853 stories by "Matt Trueman"
Despite being nicknamed Paint Never Dries, Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to Phantom is set to return for a UK tour after successful Australian stagingIts London premiere was widely judged to …
Sellout show transfers to New York Theater Workshop, marking another coup for the Royal CourtCaryl Churchill's Love and Information is to receive its New York premiere early next year.The pl…
The RSC's hit production still faces strong competition from a revival of Annie and Rodgers and Hammerstein's CinderellaMatilda the Musical is off to a strong start on Broadway, playing to 9…
Broadway star tweets she is 'completely devastated' after British shows called off at last minuteTony-award winner Kristin Chenoweth has been forced to cancel her UK tour three days before h…
Star of 127 Hours reveals role in stage adaptation of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, on Stephen Colbert chatshowJames Franco has revealed he is to make his Broadway debut in a stage adapt…
The Cloud Atlas star joins a gala performance of The Chapel of Unrest at London's Bush theatreOscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent is returning to the stage for the first time in eight years to…
Mike Bradwell is to direct Tim Fountain's comedy Queen of the Nile, which examines the contradictions of sex tourismHull Truck theatre is to welcome its founder Mike Bradwell back to its mai…
Tom Attea's Benedictus, in which fictional pontiff has visions of new calling, will run off-Broadway in May and JunePlaywright Tom Attea has just got very, very lucky. Two years ago, he wrot…
National theatre, LondonThis House is a thoroughbred crowdpleaser, lampooning " without tipping into spoof " a political system that is flawed but somehow still functioning.By taking us behi…
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Die Hard star last appeared in a stage play in 1984, but says theatre 'seems like a more reasonable job, more manageable'Yippee ki-yay, theatregoers: Bruce Willis has hinted that he's in the…
Judges reward 'surprising, hilarious and wise' follow-up to British actor's first autobiography Red Carpets and Other Banana SkinsRupert Everett has won this year's Sheridan Morley prize for…
Edward Fox steps in to play opposite Helen Mirren in Peter Morgan's play after Robert Hardy stands down due to injuryBafta-winning actor Robert Hardy has pulled out of The Audience at the Gi…
West End production starring Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II will be streamed to cinemas around the world on 13 JuneHelen Mirren's return to the role of Queen Elizabeth II has already mad…
A week into rehearsals for a revival of Lyle Kessler's Orphans, US actor reveals emails to and from creative team in which he apologises for his part in a 'disagreeable situation'Shia LaBeou…
Producer Cameron Mackintosh planning to storm New York barricades with third run of stage musical after success of filmLes Misérables is heading back to Broadway, more than a decade after t…
Injuries allegedly caused by faulty rigging spark latest lawsuit to beset Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the DarkEvery superhero needs a suit, but not the kind that beleaguered Broadw…
Sondheim production wins five gongs at awards voted for by public, while Tim Minchin, Danny Boyle and Mel C also triumphIf Sweeney Todd reckons his razors are his only friends, Fleet Street'…
The first night of Graham McLaren's production was shown in 120 cinemas, generating an audience of 7,500. Organisers hope similar ventures can boost theatre box officesThere are just 690 sea…
The Curtain and the Theatre, both used by Shakespeare, have recently applied for redevelopment as modern drama spacesThe sites of two Jacobean theatres in London, both used by William Shakes…
Taking just 20.5 hours to rehearse, choreograph and costume a production of Summer Holiday, Scottish company LimeLight hold the new recordIn Britain, rehearsal periods tend to last between f…
Royal Shakespeare Company to reinstate annual residency in north-east with three-week run in OctoberThe Royal Shakespeare Company is to reinstate its residency in Newcastle after two years a…
In a coup for the north London theatre, acclaimed Headlong director will succeed Michael AttenboroughRupert Goold has been announced as the next artistic director of London's Almeida theatre…
New season will also include return for Roger Allam as Prospero and Joseph Millson in title role of Macbeth " but no new Richard IIIShakespeare's Globe will take the Wars of the Roses to the…
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