618 stories by "Fergus Morgan"
This really is gig theatre. Supported by the Watermill Theatre and Theatr Clwyd, Wildcard " the company behind Erica Murray's brilliant black
Gary McNair is having a fantastic fringe. After the Cuts, his play about the dismantlement of the NHS, is darkly witty and
Yes, yes, yes. The Paines Plough Roundabout’s programme this year is exceptional, but there’s nothing better there " maybe nothing better at
Rylance returns. Sir Mark, the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe when it opened its doors in the mid-1990s, is treading the
Hull-based gig-theatre company Middle Child supplied one of the hits of the fringe last year with the frankly superb All We Ever
Yikes. Gary McNair's After the Cuts, one of a few shows about the NHS this Fringe, paints a pretty startling picture of
The Debut scheme " a programme of four shows by first-time writers, jointly produced by BBC Arts and Avalon " is the
Here's something a little bit special. Charley Miles' debut play Blackthorn, which premiered at Leeds Playhouse in 2016, weaves together two tales
Kaisa Lundan's All the Lights Are On has to be one of the saddest shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. Staged as
Another festival of failure is upon us: Fergus Morgan is here to get you in the mood for the Edinburgh Fringe with a healthy dose of misery.
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There's certainly something poetic about Ian McKellen playing King Lear in the West End. Age 79, he's joining a small circle of
Since working on the opening ceremony for the London Olympics, 59 Productions has become the industry leader in projection design for theatre
Eugene Ionesco, the French-Romanian titan of post-war drama, acclaimed architect of such avant-garde classics as The Killer, The Chairs and Rhinoceros, only
Allelujah! It's a new play by Alan Bennett. The nation's most beloved dramatist is back after a six-year hiatus with a new
Book, film, play. Like fellow classics of contemporary children's literature War Horse and Harry Potter before it, Patrick Ness' A Monster Calls
On September 15, 2008, the Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy " the devastating end to a story 158 years
Looking back, it was probably inevitable. Latitude " the self-styled “queen of arts festivals”, the family-friendly, gluten-free, Moroccan-topped hummus pot of the
Hard hats on. Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I, the latest Broadway juggernaut to take a trip across the Atlantic, has
It's been a blistering couple of years for the Yard. Jay Miller's Hackney Wick venue has become one of London's most exciting
Connections, the National Theatre’s youth festival, is more important than ever. With drama’s importance in the curriculum dwindling, Connections, now in its
Look out. Here comes the next American musical sensation. With Hamilton firmly up and running in the West End, The King And
Kate Waters " or Kombat Kate " is one of the most respected fight directors in UK theatre. She tells Fergus Morgan
Miss Julie is always being performed somewhere, in one form or another. Strindberg's classic 1888 tale of a fatal love affair between
So far, the two Nicks’ flexible Bridge Theatre has hosted a proscenium-arch farce, an immersive Shakespeare, and a thrust-stage Barney Norris play.
Orlando Bloom hasn't had the most conventional career. He bagged the life-changing role of Legolas in Lord of the Rings two days
