Olivier Awards: how a tiny theatre in north London trounced the West End by Hannah Furness

The local Almeida Theatre in Islington, north London, was the big winner at the coveted Olivier Theatre awards on Sunday night, picking up eight accolades, a third of the total

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 6:00pm on April 13, 2014☆⚑

Shakespeare would be 'shocked' to see his plays today, directors claim by Hannah Furness

Theatre directors argue William Shakespeare would be surprised to see how few actresses were on stage if he were alive today

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 2:00am on April 12, 2014☆⚑

Dame Gillian Lynne, 88, releases exercise DVD for 'oldies' by Hannah Furness

Dame Gillian Lynne, the award-winning choreographer, releases an exercise DVD inspired by 'ancient people who haven't given up yet'

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 2:00am on April 10, 2014☆⚑

Michael Palin: A lot of Monty Python was 'c--p' by Hannah Furness

Michael Palin discloses the highlights and lowlights of his long career and admits a lot of Monty Python was 'not really that good'

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 2:01am on April 9, 2014☆⚑

Dench: I've wanted to tell the audience to go home by Hannah Furness

Oscar-winning actress among leading lights of stage and screen who reveal their insecurities in new book    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 4:40pm on March 28, 2014☆⚑

Judi Dench admits wanting to tell theatre audience to go home in new book by Hannah Furness

New book uncovers traumas of theatre's best-known performers    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 4:40pm on March 28, 2014☆⚑

Trevor Nunn: Shakespeare is 100 times more relevant than the Bible by Hannah Furness

Shakespeare is "one hundred times" more relevant today than the Bible, the theatre director Sir Trevor Nunn says    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 3:00am on March 17, 2014☆⚑

Tim Rice: 'Failure is the best thing for some people' by Hannah Furness

Failure is the "best thing" for some people, Sir Tim Rice says, as he admits he worries about a society where "everybody has to pass"    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 3:00am on March 14, 2014☆⚑

Hilary Mantel: 'I never patronise my readers' by Hannah Furness

As the award-winning author announces that stage adaptations of her novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies will transfer to London, she tells the Telegraph that modern authors should not t…

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 3:59am on March 6, 2014☆⚑

Michael Grandage: Cheap theatre seats for the young to stop West End stagnating by Hannah Furness

Theatres should offer cheap seats to attract a new generation of fans, the director Michael Grandage argues    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 2:00am on February 16, 2014☆⚑

Alan Ayckbourn: Theatre must get its 'liveness' back to compete with film by Hannah Furness

Theatre must get its "liveness" back to compete with films for audience attention, Alan Ayckbourn argues    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 8:55am on February 12, 2014☆⚑

Duchess of Cornwall: Children should see Shakespeare to 'get it' by Hannah Furness

Children should see Shakespeare plays acted out to make them more accessible, the Duchess of Cornwall argues    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 6:26am on February 11, 2014☆⚑

Could King Lear have suffered Lewy body dementia? by Hannah Furness

Simon Russell Beale, the actor, discloses how he researched dementia with Lewy bodies ahead of playing King Lear at the National Theatre    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 2:00am on February 7, 2014☆⚑

Wayne Sleep: 'Tubby' little girls 'traumatised' by being sidelined at ballet class by Hannah Furness

Little girls around the world have been "traumatised" after being pushed to the back of their ballet classes for being too tubby, the dancer Wayne Sleep argues    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 2:00am on January 28, 2014☆⚑

Danielle de Niese: New generation of opera stars to combat 'fat lady sings' parody by Hannah Furness

Danielle de Niese, the opera singer, argues outdated stereotypes about the genre must go, and signals the end of 'the fat lady sings'    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 3:10am on January 26, 2014☆⚑

Unseen First World War photographs show troops at play by Hannah Furness

The unseen diary of a First World War nurse shows servicemen dressing up, playing games and putting on theatre productions    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 2:15am on January 26, 2014☆⚑

Ticket touting should be illegal, head of Royal Opera House argues by Hannah Furness

Being complicit in ticket touting should be illegal, Alex Beard says, as he argues it is "desperately unfair" on would-be audience members    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 9:53am on January 24, 2014☆⚑

Apollo Theatre could face £1m legal action over ceiling collapse by Hannah Furness

Apollo Theatre could be facing damages claims of more than £1m after ceiling collapsed on audience during performance, legal expert says    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 5:24pm on December 23, 2013☆⚑