853 stories by "Matt Trueman"
Posh Spice harboured ambitions to star in West End musicals, according to Viva Forever producer Judy Craymer Continue reading...
Young writers James Graham and Nick Payne vie with Caryl Churchill, while actor Hattie Morahan goes up against Cate Blanchett as Young Vic gains five nominationsYoung playwrights James Graha…
Matt Trueman talks to Bush Theatre artistic director Madani Younis about his approach to establishing the theatre in its new home
Actors calls for public debate with RSC to discuss casting concerns in production of so-called Chinese HamletA group of east Asian actors is seeking an apology from the Royal Shakespeare Com…
After famously revealing that he saw his father's ghost when playing Hamlet at London's National Theatre in 1989, Day-Lewis has now denied the claimsDaniel Day-Lewis has put paid to one of t…
After famously revealing that he saw his father's ghost when playing Hamlet at London's National Theatre in 1989, Day-Lewis has now denied the claims Continue reading...
With top price seats at $350, the Schoenfeld Theatre run could do even better business than the 1992 filmForget carving it up " the Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross is raking it in r…
RSC criticised for producing The Orphan of Zhao, regarded as Chinese equivalent of Hamlet, with predominantly white castThe Royal Shakespeare Company is facing criticism for producing a play…
Playwright withdraws performance rights for race satire following revelation of theatre's intention to 'experiment with makeup'Bruce Norris has intervened to prevent a German production of h…
Mark Hotton has been charged with fraud over a scam involving fictitious financial investors for the Daphne du Maurier adaptationThe businessman at the centre of the cancelled Broadway produ…
Critics applaud British actor's performance as the long-nosed hero in first Broadway production for 25 yearsYou might all it a drag-to-britches story. Two years after his Tony award-winning …
Staff from Dunfermline's Alhambra posed with swastika flags from production of The Sound of Music outside Fife council officesFive theatre workers have been detained by police in Fife after …
Director's 11-year tenure at the venue in Islington, London, saw him overturn a sizeable deficit and produce twice as many premieres as his predecessorsMichael Attenborough is to step down a…
Profits shrink by two thirds at major UK theatre producer Bill Kenwright Productions, and a 'difficult' summer is likely to affect takings elsewhereProfits at Bill Kenwright Productions, one…
Troubled production of Rebecca musical has been cancelled after it emerged that key investors never actually existedThe theatrical investor whose "death" caused the cancellation of a major B…
Academy award-winning actor's donation is announced as theatre unveils $40m makeoverMeryl Streep has donated $1m to the Public theatre in New York, as it unveiled the results of a $40m (£…
Co-founder of Jenin's Freedom Theatre, who faces charges over an attack on the home of Jenin governor Qaddura Musa, has been released on bail following a series of hunger strikesThe imprison…
Picasso's granddaughter among cast for reading of one of artist's two stage works at gallery, featuring characters Big Foot and Big Blonde CurtainPablo Picasso: playwright? The first of two …
Picasso's granddaughter among cast for reading of one of artist's two stage works at gallery, featuring characters Big Foot and Big Blonde Curtain Continue reading...
Tony award-winning production to tour UK and Ireland next year, as original co-director Tom Morris and Handspring Puppet Company announce new Shakespeare collaborationThe Olivier and Tony aw…
Actor says she would 'love to do a musical soon' after being inspired by Rocky Horror Show scenes in her recent Hollywood film, The Perks of Being a WallflowerHarry Potter star Emma Watson h…
Emmy award-winning medical sitcom's creator Bill Lawrence reveals on Twitter that a Scrubs musical is in developmentA stage musical of the long-running American sitcom Scrubs is in the works…
Star of forthcoming Les Misérables movie to give sneak preview of her vocal ability at one-off gig in New YorkTwo months before Les Misérables opens in cinemas, Anne Hathaway will give a s…
Broadway hit musical to take up residence in London's Phoenix Theatre in MarchOnce: The Musical, the surprise champion at last year's US Tony awards, will be produced in London's West End ne…
As Stephen Fry returns to the theatre after fleeing a performance 17 years ago, Salma Hayek, John Simm and Eileen Atkins share their own experiences of 'the actor's nightmare'Stephen Fry cou…
