853 stories by "Matt Trueman"
The Mike Daisey controversy " in which the monologue artist's radio piece about Apple was presented as non-fiction " kept theatre bloggers very busy this weekLast weekend, US radio programme…
What's more important " fidelity to the raw material or interpretation for modern audiences? Plus: which critics are the most generous?"Is it interesting? Does it tell us something about Sha…
Plays by Laura Wade and April de Angelis will run consecutively for three months each at the Duke of York's theatre from MayTwo of the Royal Court's bestselling productions in recent years a…
Beat Generation will debut at this year's Jack Kerouac Literary festival in Massachusetts, 55 years after it was writtenJack Kerouac's only full-length play will receive its world premiere t…
Natalia Koliada says company faces closure in three months unless it gets funding, and fundraising is still not complete for production of King Lear at Shakespeare's Globe in MayThe founder …
It's been well-publicised that Ishy Din was a cab driver for two decades before he got his debut play Snookered commissioned. But should a writer's personal history matter?How much does a pl…
West End theatres will offer £10 tickets to workers in 'transport hot-spot' locations in bid to ease Olympics congestionLondon theatres will offer discounted tickets to commuters during t…
The big hitters are still months away, but the season kicks off this month with Sprint and Fierce. So how are festivals evolving?It's only March. Alright, the first snowdrops have been and g…
BBC's hit sitcom is to gain a new lease of life in Kneehigh theatre adaptationLong-running BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son is to be adapted for the stage by Kneehigh theatre.Emma Rice will direct…
Former presenter of The One Show will take role of Adolfo Pirelli at London's Adelphi theatre in four weeks before the OlympicsStandup comedian Jason Manford will make his stage debut this s…
Moscow production of BerlusPutin imagines half of the former Italian prime minister's brain being transplanted into the newly re-elected Russian president's headWhat do you get if you cross …
While some bloggers berate 'criticism by numbers', others debate a new relationship between critics and makersTime Magazine's Person of the Year 2006 strikes again. Another week, another tir…
Composer and lyricist reveals he is collaborating with US playwright on his first musical since 2008's Road ShowStephen Sondheim has revealed that he's working on a new musical in collaborat…
Government-commissioned Henley report urges the coalition to continue exceptional financial support for Rada and othersFunding for the country's top drama schools must be protected, accordin…
The millionaire standup comedian tells those who have sneered at his routines: 'If it's so easy then why don't you do it?'Michael McIntyre's brand of observational comedy has made him comedy…
The millionaire standup comedian tells those who have sneered at his routines: 'If it's so easy then why don't you do it?'Michael McIntyre's brand of observational comedy has made him comedy…
Composer reveals he is considering 1960s sex-and-politics scandal as subject for his next musicalThe News of the World might be gone, but one of its most notorious scoops could be the subjec…
Comedy awards shortlist two solo female comics out of 54 nominations despite vintage year for women's comedyThe Chortle comedy awards have courted controversy by shortlisting only two solo f…
While British bloggers ask whether the recession is making producers too risk-averse, US sites despair over nonprofit theatres' 'Broadway habit'Consensus has it " at least in Britain " that …
Second production of play based on the manifesto of the Norwegian mass murderer is to be staged in the city where his attack beganA controversial play based on the manifesto of Norwegian gun…
Comedian will star in Eric Idle's new musical in LA alongside Billy Connolly, Tim Curry, Tracey Ullman and Eddie IzzardRussell Brand is to make his stage debut in the title role in Eric Idle…
Tony and Grammy award-winner Heather Headley will star in a musical version of Whitney Houston's 1992 film, which opens at London's Adelphi theatre in NovemberA musical version of The Bodygu…
Theatre can turn around a piece on topical issues quicker than most art forms " but, asks the blogosphere, what's wrong with a bit of critical distance?The last shop window had barely been s…
Fry will play Malvolio in the Globe's summer production of Twelfth Night " his first role since walking out of a West End production in 1995Seventeen years after he famously deserted a West …
American producers are eyeing up the bestselling musical " but Royal Shakespeare Company is likely to keep a firm hold over the projectThe RSC is considering taking its hit musical Matilda t…
