267 stories by "Kate Kellaway"
Musician, satirist, writer of Matilda... Tim Minchin talks about his Aussie roots, why he never Googles himself and how, as a rationalist and Richard Dawkins fan, he still has a romantic sid…
Olivier; Royal Court, LondonThe time is vividly out of joint in the National's affecting Edward IIChristopher Marlowe's Edward II (1594), one of the earliest English history plays, is domina…
The gifted young director on Ibsen, the entrapment of women and why she loves to be in controlAt 32, Carrie Cracknell is one of our most gifted young directors and on the receiving end of a …
The actor talks about the psychology of Lady Macbeth " and feelings of guilt closer to homeSamantha Spiro suggests, when we meet on a summer afternoon at the Globe theatre, that rehearsal is…
Seventeen years after being nominated for an Oscar for her role in Mike Leigh's award-winning Secrets & Lies, Londoner Marianne Jean-Baptiste has returned to the London stage. Here she t…
Seventeen years after being nominated for an Oscar for her role in Mike Leigh's award-winning Secrets & Lies, Londoner Marianne Jean-Baptiste has returned to the London stage. Here she talks…
On the day the actor bids farewell to her character in the last episode of Shameless, she will open in a very different role in Eugene O'Neill's marathon, Strange Interlude, at the NationalA…
Duke of York's, LondonIf the break-up of a marriage tends to be chaotic, the problem with Peter Nichols's Passion Play (1982), I used to think, was that its contrivance created order, was to…
Barbican, LondonFräulein Julie, directed by Katie Mitchell for Berlin's Schaubühne theatre, is a visual experiment " as much painterly and cinematic as theatrical. The look is reminiscent …
Wyndham's, LondonIt might seem a doomed idea to turn Hjalmar Soderberg's 1905 novel Doktor Glas into a one-man show. It caused a scandal when first published because of its treatment of sex,…
Rose, Kingston; Almeida; Young Vic, LondonRichard Bean's new comedy, Smack Family Robinson, is perfectly tailored for the Rose theatre because it's packed with gags about local geography (ev…
Old Vic, LondonThe Winslow Boy seems to be a storm in a teacup. Did Ronnie, a 14-year-old cadet, steal a postal order for five shillings, forge a signature and deserve expulsion from naval c…
The actor on her time at the RSC, working with Peter Brook, sleeping on a scarlet feather and appearing in 4000 MilesYou are about to open in Amy Herzog's play 4000 Miles, playing Vera, a de…
The artistic director of London's Royal Court theatre, Dominic Cooke, is soon to bow out. We talk to him and some of the exciting new playwrights whose work he has helped showcaseDominic Coo…
Trafalgar Studios; Royal Court; Palladium, LondonThe wonderful thing about Jamie Lloyd's production of Macbeth is that the Scottish play is Scottish. There is a rightness about the accents "…
The director of Skyfall talks about the pleasures and pains of making Britain's highest-grossing film everSam Mendes, director of Skyfall, hesitates. He is thinking about James Bond. It is, …
Watford Palace theatre; Hampstead theatre, LondonMedea has moved into the suburbs. She is living in a modern house in a street of identical houses. The facade slides open and we see the inte…
Minerva, Chichester; Donmar, London; Old Rep, BirminghamNoël Coward's Private Lives, with its unforgettable balcony scene, could be seen as a wink in the direction of Romeo and Juliet, a …
A new era is dawning at London's Tricycle theatre under Indhu Rubasingham, its first new artistic director in three decades. Her inaugural play " starring Adrian Lester, and written by his w…
Old Rep, Birmingham; Wepre Park, WalesIt is a bold idea to graft Shakespeare's thoughts about forests and make something original out of them " to turn over a new narrative leaf. And the Cat…
Freddie Fox on playing Oscar Wilde's lover Bosie " and the joys of being the baby in an acting dynasty Continue reading...
Freddie Fox on playing Oscar Wilde's lover Bosie " and the joys of being the baby in an acting dynastyFreddie Fox is deliciously debonair. He walks into Hampstead theatre wearing his silk ti…
The actor on audience taming, tap-dancing dreams and how life mirrored art at the OlympicsWhen Samuel Barnett asks whether I'd like a coffee, it sounds familiar " and it's only belatedly tha…
The actor on audience taming, tap-dancing dreams and how life mirrored art at the Olympics Continue reading...
Royal Opera House/National Gallery, LondonThe National Gallery and the Royal Ballet are collaborating in an uncommon and marvellous way with Metamorphosis: Titian 2012. Leading artists (Mark…
