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Rather tickled that no less than the artistic director of the National Theatre Rufus Norris himself does time out of his hectic schedule to answer Ten (9) Questions for Ten Years.
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Canadian soprano and OG Cosette, Rebecca CaineÂ
Rebecca Caine may have been in a couple of musicals you've heard of before, but my introduction to her was through Tête à Tête's …
With nary an emoji in sight, Megan Vaughan answers Ten Questions for Ten Years with characteristic frankness.
Original History Boy Samuel Barnett takes on the 10 Questions for 10 Years challenge.
Actor/singer/writer/dad Nadim Naaman takes a moment to answer 10 Questions for 10 Years most thoughtfully indeed.
Nicholas Hytner gives us an utterly inspired take on A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bridge Theatre, with Gwendoline Christie in stupendous form.
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam's Hans Kesting was my first ever Best Actor award winner and has continued to be one of the most interesting actors around, in any language.
The outgoing Evening Standard theatre reviewer Henry Hitchings takes a little time to reflect with 10 easygoing questions.
From Coldplay to Claude Debussy, crossover soprano Justine Balmer's debut album Simple Thing is a collection of songs that work well together.
How many of us can say we've inspired some branded condoms?! Find out more as playwright Tom Wells becomes the first person to answer 10 questions for 10 years.
A sensational performance from Cary Crankson anchors a powerful production of Simon Stephens' Country Music at Clapham's Omnibus Theatre.
The inimitable Kneehigh retools The Beggar's Opera in Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs).
Despite a cracking design, White Pearl doesn't convince as an effective play at the Royal Court.
Some properly tasty food makes the Game of Thrones-inspired immersive show Dinner is Coming an entertaining night indeed at The Vaults.
Middle-aged white male wish fulfilment writ large, The Starry Messenger is a dull, disappointing and delusional three hours at the Wyndham's Theatre.
A pair of dreamy album reviews with Matthew Croke's Only Dreaming & Anna O'Byrne's Dream.
As sweet-sharp as a diabolo grenadine, Amélie the Musical has lost none of its inimitable charm as it gears up for a considerable UK tour.
August Wilson's King Hedley II is something of a flawed play but it receives a strong production from Nadia Fall at Theatre Royal Stratford East.
A sensationally good new British musical that I couldn't recommend more. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at the Southwark Playhouse is something special.
Tennessee Williams's Orpheus Descending may not be his greatest play but Tamara Harvey's production for the Menier Chocolate Factory proves most affecting in the end.
Bold as you like, Chalk Line's Testament is a breath of bracingly fresh air into the Hope Theatre with its blend of physical theatre, metaphysical narrative and contemporary issue-baiting.
Aussie soap opera musical Summer Street proves an amiable if unchallenging watch at the Waterloo East Theatre.
Neil Austin's lighting design in Rosmersholm at the Duke of York's Theatre is a thing of beauty and Hayley Atwell is excellent but Ibsen is still Ibsen…
Maxine Peake is magisterial at the Barbican in this heart-breaking monologue Avalanche; A Love Story.
On the one hand, you might consider Little Death Club as just another late night cabaret show, but on experiencing this extraordinary hour, you see that it really is more than that, somethin…