880 stories by "Marianka Swain"
We need more waffles in diplomacy. Or rather more personal connections to bridge those vast divides. So believed the Norwegian couple who orchestrated secret peace talks in 1993 between Isra…
New Orleans comes to Marble Arch via this energetic revival of Clarke Peters' 1990 tribute to 'The King of the Jukebox', swing and blues bandleader Louis Jordan. Occupying a new pop-up, circ…
Kristin Chenoweth's work ranges from Wickedand On the Twentieth CenturytoThe West Wing,Pushing Daisies and Glee,plus numerous albums and concerts. British fans will have a chance to see her …
Ben Lewis's past work includesForbidden Broadway andCandideat Menier Chocolate Factory,Annie Get Your Gunat Sheffield Crucible, and playing The Phantom in the original Australian production …
Theatre has a long memory. Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's 1971 musical has been through myriad incarnations, donning and shedding numbers, an interval, an ill-conceived upbeat ending, …
Ria Jones has starred in numerous musicals, including Evita, Chess, Cats and Les Miserables. She's now reprising her acclaimed performance as Norma Desmond in the UK tour of Sunset Boulevard…
London is never short of theatre temptations, whetherWest End epics or bold fringe offerings. From starry Sondheim to political plays and a new Florian Zeller, here are some of this month's …
Carley Stenson's work includes Hollyoaks, Shrek The Musical, Legally Blonde, Spamalot and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. She's currently starring as Fantine in Les Miserables at the Queen's Theatr…
The incident tent, the police tape a sickeningly familiar sight, made fresh yet again by the tragic events of this week. But that very familiarity, and the tendency of one event to be swiftl…
New Take That musicalThe Band, co-created with Tim Firth, begins its national tour at Manchester Opera House on 8 September. Cast members AJ Bentley, Nick Carsberg, Yazdan Qafouri Isfahani, …
Back in 2009, Alexi Kaye Campbell followed up his bold first play The Pride with Apologia, which follows the well-trodden path of a fraught family reunion where past grievances stalk the pre…
London is never short of theatre temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From a starry drama to musical revivals and family-friendly fun, here are …
Thirty years on from its birth at the Royal Court, Jim Cartwright's northern, working-class battle cry returns in a revival from John Tiffany which, though initially stodgy, has an accumulat…
Britain's most beloved diarist give or take a Bridget Jones comes to London in chamber musical form in a new adaptation created with the late Sue Townsend's blessing. Jake Brunger and Pippa …
Actress and singer Emma Hatton's previous work includes We Will Rock You and Wicked. She's now starring inAndrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's iconic musicalEvita, which returns to the West En…
Defiantly rejecting the standard jukebox model, Conor McPherson's much-anticipated new work mining the back catalogue of Bob Dylan is labelled 'a play with songs' - or perhaps that should be…
Olivia Williams and Olivia Colman are shattering as two warring sisters in Lucy Kirkwood's epic
Mark Quartley's previous work includes Written on the HeartandMeasure for Measurefor the RSC,Ghostsat Rose Theatre Kingston,and TV seriesHoff the Record. His latest challenge is a motion-cap…
Freema Agyeman rose to fame with roles on TV shows like Doctor Who, Torchwood, Law and Order UK and Sense8. Now, she's making her West End debut in black comedy Apologia at Trafalgar Studios…
Actress and musician Bronagh Gallagher's work ranges fromThe Commitments, Pulp Fiction and Stars Wars on screen to War Horse on stage, as well as touring and recording albums with her band. …
Choreographer Anthony Van Laast has worked extensively on both stage and screen, from Mamma Mia and Bombay Dreams to Harry Potter. His latest project, the life action version of Disney's Bea…
Neat freaks beware Touch is your ultimate nightmare. This latest offering from DryWrite, the company that launched the now stratospheric Fleabag, centres on another woman with a chaotic pers…
Charlotte Wakefield's past work includesThe Sound of Musicat Regent's Park Open Air,Mamma Miain the West End, and the UK tour ofOklahoma. She's back on tour next month, starring inCrazy for …
Game of Thrones returns this weekend, but those hungry for political machinations and manipulations can also find a feast of them in Helen Edmundson's 2015 stealth thriller about a little-kn…
Playwright Jake Brunger and composer Pippa Cleary have been creating musicals together since they met at Bristol University in 2008. Their work includes Jet Set Go,The Great British Soap Ope…
