The Canadian singer will be the next to turn a bestselling album in a jukebox musical following the likes of Green DayAlanis Morissette is to find out how her songs go down in a theatre, aft…
After three years as Holby City's most complex medic, Matt Trueman finds out what drives award-winning actor Jimmy Akingbola
Nicholas Hytner, Rufus Norris and Richard Eyre join Lyndsey Turner in hunt for best director as prize shortlist announcedThree National Theatre artistic directors will go head to head at thi…
The Charlie and the Chocolate Factory star tells how his spacious digs at Theatre Royal Drury, in London, helps him get into characterMy dressing room for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory i…
David Gilmore and Guy Kitchenn exit stage left from up-and-coming theatreLondon's St James theatre is set to lose both its artistic and executive directors little more than a year after it o…
Award celebrating playwrights on both sides of the Atlantic goes to Chimerica writer Kirkwood and New York-based DoranLucy Kirkwood and Bathsheba Doran have become the first recipients of th…
Romeo and Juliet star returns to theatrical roots as part of 24 Hour Plays celebrity galaDouglas Booth, who plays Romeo in Julian Fellowes' recent film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, is to …
After six years in 'retirement', Staines's finest is set to return in Ali G: Rezurection, on Fox network's FXX comedy channelAli G is back in da house " at least, if your house is in the US …
Acclaimed director Sam Gold to direct McGregor in The Real Thing, opening October 2014Ewan McGregor is gearing up make his Broadway debut, it was announced on Thursday. The Trainspotting act…
Numerous safety violations led to death of Sarah Guyard-Guillot in 2012, investigation findsCirque du Soleil has been fined for a string of safety failings that led to the death of an acroba…
Numerous safety violations led to death of Sarah Guyard-Guillot in 2012, investigation findsCirque du Soleil has been fined for a string of safety failings that led to the death of an acroba…
The candlelit Sam Wannamaker theatre is on the same site as the Globe, where Arterton made her professional stage debutForget Quantum of Solace and Prince of Persia, Gemma Arterton is about …
From 'mouldy British sex farce' to 'thrilling theatre', the Mike Nichols staging of Pinter's classic play draws mixed responsesBond is back on Broadway, and this time Daniel Craig is starrin…
The Doll's House star explains how sharing a room at the Duke of York's theatre, London, makes for a merry " if messy " spaceIt's a typical West End dressing room: not the most spacious, mou…
NYT head comes under fire for suggesting that 'the majority of actors' don't need formal training, but should instead focus on marketing skills that enable them to get workFormal three-year …
Audiences in the 18th century were not as well behaved as today " and if they didn't like the play, they burnt the theatre down. A new British Library exhibition tells allSandwiched between …
The Bridesmaids star and the prolific American actor will appear together in a new version of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and MenChris O'Dowd will make his Broadway debut alongside James Franco…
Record-breaking deal for a UK theatre company values ATG at £350m, but founders Rosemary Squire and Howard Panter will remain in chargeAmbassador Theatre Group, the UK's largest theatre o…
Peep Show creators Objective Productions to compile clip show of the 50 best " but will any women be on it?Will Billy Connolly retain the top spot? How far will Ricky Gervais fall? Will John…
Wilson will star in The Web and Before Breakfast and make her directing debut with The Dreamy Kid at Hoxton Hall in DecemberThe last time Ruth Wilson performed in an Eugene O'Neill play, in …
Simba, Timon and gang muscle in on The Phantom of the Opera's $5.6bn worldwide grossThe producers of The Lion King might well be saying hakuna matata (no worries) for the rest of their days.…
Composer says he has been reworking some of the musical for a modern audience with Alan Cumming and Daniel EvansStephen Sondheim's legendary 1970 musical Company centres on Bobby, a New York…
Judi Dench says theatre is her 'idea of heaven', and she hopes playing M has drawn new audiences to stage showsLong before she played M in the James Bond films, Judi Dench was a stellar Lady…
'Shakespeare's for everybody,' says London theatre after writer's remark about needing 'scholarship' to understand himAncient grudge or new mutiny? Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has …
Kevin Spacey's mission to make London theatre 'fit for the 21st century' gets underway as venue applies for expansionThe Old Vic theatre is planning a major refurbishment as it approaches it…