378 stories by "Nick Smurthwaite"
The enduring appeal of Beatrix Potter's animal stories, as well as the author's 150th anniversary, is celebrated in a new musical at
Gentleness and modesty may have prevented Owen Holder, who has died aged 95, from becoming a bigger star, but he sustained a
Readers who grew up in the 1970s will have fond memories of The Adventures of Black Beauty. It was essential Sunday afternoon
The benefits of the great Victorian boom in theatre construction are still being felt today. These buildings were not only made to
Christopher Hampton describes 36-year-old French playwright Florian Zeller, whose new play, The Truth, he has translated for UK consumption, as "half my
Rain has already stopped play at Sudbrook Park, home of the Stage Golfing Society on the borders of Richmond Park. But the
The best advice Robert Atkins could offer his successor David Conville at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in 1962 was: "Don't look
For sheer authenticity, you couldn't find a company more committed to the Shakespearean template than the Lord Chamberlain's Men. Not only does
For sheer authenticity, you couldn't find a company more committed to the Shakespearean template than the Lord Chamberlain's Men. Not only does
Covent Garden's most celebrated flower seller returns to her roots on Sunday in an all-star performance of My Fair Lady to mark the
Just one month after the Queen's 90th birthday, her erstwhile impersonator celebrates the same milestone. Like our sprightly monarch, Stanley Baxter remains
Though his is not a name well known to musical theatre lovers, composer Richard Taylor currently has two major shows up and running:
If the Bristol Old Vic has discovered the secret of eternal youth, Bristol Hippodrome is content to grow old gracefully. While it
It was during the press launch for new Disney musical Aladdin that designer Bob Crowley said he'd never designed a panto before.
Any conversation with Ian Stickland is going to be challenging for someone who struggles to work the remote control on his TV.
Thanks to the success of The Lion King and War Horse, theatrical puppetry has undergone a radical image transformation over the past
Cross-dressing acts were not uncommon on the Victorian stage but few were as infamous as Fanny and Stella " Frederick Park and
What qualities do you need to be a top producer? How do you set about raising the money, and how easy is
An inspirational drama teacher for four decades, Nina Finburgh has died aged 79. In the mid-1950s, Finburgh trained in speech, drama and
A popular character actor whose work ranged from TV soaps to the courtier Voltemand in the Benedict Cumberbatch Hamlet, Morag Siller has
News of the death of Victoria Wood aged 62 was met by a widespread sense of personal loss that bore witness to
If anyone were in any doubt about the demand for National Theatre Live broadcasts, the worldwide audience of half a million that
As job descriptions go, 'fixer' is not what you'd call enlightening. It could be someone in the building trade, or some dodgy
Superstitious at the best of times, actors of a certain age have a tendency to seethe and palpitate at the very mention
Since setting up his own design practice in 2004, David Korins has become one of Broadway's busiest production designers, whose multifarious company
