Artist Alex Katz collaborated for more than 20 years with Paul Taylor, who has died aged 88. He remembers their quiet and once combative partnershipI remember when I first saw Paul Taylor da…
The writer recalls the anger that fuelled her early play Splendour " and reveals she is directing her rage into a drama about abuses of power in HollywoodThis is an edited extract from The S…
In Orton's dark farce, staged uncut for the first time, Anah Ruddin plays the recently deceased Mrs McLeavy whose body is extravagantly manhandled. She describes the stiff challenges of the …
Actor and standup Eddie Izzard talks about his debut as a raven, beating stage fright and why lipstick gags don't make good comedyYou've been doing stand-up for years now. How much do you ne…
David Suchet played George to Diana Rigg's Martha in a 1996 production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He remembers meeting the quiet yet direct playwrightWhen I heard Diana Rigg was goin…
In the German director's Schaubühne production, there's a drum kit on stage, the princes are puppets and the battle scene features Richard alone in his pants Related: Ibsen meets Snowden: T…
When the director re-opened a dilapidated Parisian theatre with an international Shakespeare production, the applause shook the buildingKing Lear is the supreme achievement of the world's th…
Bowie's dance teacher recalls their first meeting, their early collaborations, and their marriage of theatre and rock'n'roll in the Ziggy Stardust stage showWe first met in 1966, probably la…
In the final production of his West End season, Kenneth Branagh takes on the role of the failing comic Archie Rice. He explains how he's taken tips from funnymen Rob Brydon and Ken DoddYou'r…
Claire Marshall of Forced Entertainment on her own tabletop version of Shakespeare's play, in which the leads are played by a rose and a jar of mustardWhen Forced Entertainment set out to st…
In her RSC version of Marlowe's satanic drama, Maria Aberg bins the jokes, channels Tom Waits and makes the leads strike matches to see who plays whoIn your version of Christopher Marlowe's …
Caryl Churchill's new play gets the cast singing Da Doo Ron Ron and imagines apocalyptic horror. Don't try to work it all out with your head, says actor Linda Bassett, 'just listen, let it h…
Bowie's dance teacher recalls their first meeting, their early collaborations, and their marriage of theatre and rock'n'roll in the Ziggy Stardust stage showWe first met in 1966, probably la…
The star of BBC1's The Paradise on her offbeat new show in the West End, playing Desdemona for the RSC and demanding Alan Cumming's friendship You're starring with Andrew Scott and David Daw…
The actor, currently appearing in Queen Anne, talks about making her RSC debut, searching for complicated characters and the Glasgow panto that set her off Queen Anne focuses on the monarch'…
The US dramatist said this play came to him in his sleep. Natalie Abrahami explains how she hopes to sweep audiences into his dream world in her revival Continue reading...
How do actors make sure their movements stay in line with the characters they play? Choreographer Wayne McGregor " whose diverse theatrical credits include Sarah Kane's Cleansed and Aladdin …
As her Hamlet heads to cinemas, Maxine Peake talks about a sweet prince inspired by Bowie, returning to the Royal Court and starring as a 70s standupA film of the Royal Exchange's Hamlet is …
As he embarks on a UK tour of The King's Speech, the star talks about playing speech therapist Lionel Logue, Neighbours' 30th anniversary and selling 1m copies of Especially for YouHow are r…
The novelist has handed over the rights to his Brian Clough novel to the radical Yorkshire theatre company Continue reading...
When US standup Scott Capurro joined the cast of Mrs Doubtfire he found himself witnessing a king of comedy at work Continue reading...