276 stories by "Mark Brown"
62% rise on last year hailed, but with women accounting for 17% of comics at 2014 festival, equality has some way to go at fringe Continue reading...
The capital's 241 theatres had takings of nearly £620m last year, employing more than 3,000 performers at any one time Continue reading...
The Tin Forest is a gorgeously detailed offering in the NTS's South Rotunda - Mark Brown just wishes it were longer
The Tin Forest is a gorgeously detailed offering in the NTS's South Rotunda - Mark Brown just wishes it was longer
Project inspired by late theatre maverick encourages people to celebrate arts, culture and science at variety of venuesAn unfulfilled dream by the late theatre maverick Joan Littlewood to cr…
Digital arts company Hibrow will beam eight August festival performances on to Odeon cinemas, says director Don BoydThe problem with the Edinburgh fringe, with catching an hour of satirical …
Musical version of Sue Townsend's Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 will be staged in fictional character's city of birthFirst love; acne so bad it could surely be Lassa fever and the …
Last hurrah of comic quintet at London's O2 Arena will be screened in 2,000 cinemas and on TV across the worldWhen the surviving members of Monty Python deliver their final performance in th…
Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals will run for limited seasons at London Palladium and Dominion theatreThe Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals Cats and Evita are both returning to the West End of London…
Story of how they took on FBI and major companies to be explored in new play called Teh Internet is Serious BusinessTwo original members of the hacktivist collective Anonymous are working wi…
Curtain lifts on play delayed for News of the World trial verdicts, with Billie Piper as tabloid editor (not based on Rebekah Brooks)Phone hacking, MPs' expenses and the dangerously close re…
This 24-hour show of five-minute pieces around the Scottish independence debate is sometimes funny but 'decidedly uneven', says Mark Brown
There are strong performances in this adaptation of Betsy Whyte's memoirs, but it lacks pace and ultimately outstays its welcome, says Mark Brown
This play is a fitting tribute to the pioneering Scottish musician, says Mark Brown
Whisky Kisses is a fine musical but Pitlochry Festival Theatre need to hire some singers that can actually sing, says Mark Brown
After playing Brutus in Julius Caesar, Harriet Walter prepares for the second production in Phyllida Lloyd's trilogy of all-female Shakespeare plays Josie Rourke interview: 'We make theatre …
Cameron Mackintosh's plan to buy Victoria Palace could mean hit musical is turfed out but it's sure to find another venueThe future of one of the UK's most successful musicals was thrown up…
The acclaimed stage director, whose new film Pride is at Cannes, will start as artistic director at London theatre in 2015Matthew Warchus, the director of hit plays and shows including Art a…
This outstanding 20th-anniversary production demands our attention, says Mark Brown
Twelfth Night in running for seven Broadway prizes as best actor category pits Samuel Barnett against Mark RylanceShakespeare's Globe on the Southbank in London was celebrating on Tuesday as…
Broadway comedy about heir to a dukedom leads the field, while Neil Patrick Harris nominated for role in cult musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch Read the full list of nominations Alternative …
The National Theatre of Scotland addresses national identity with a delightfully diverse series of monologues, says Mark Brown
Filmmaker to direct English National Opera production of Gilbert and Sullivan classic at Coliseum next yearMike Leigh once berated directors for failing to understand Gilbert and Sullivan, r…
The poetry of Stuart Paterson's script is hampered by its repetitive structure, says Mark Brown
Five band members provided live accompaniment to hit West End show for four years before being replaced by soundtrackFive musicians who performed as a live band for four years in the West En…
