835 stories by "Paul Vale"
Though set in a world of fairytale, there's a grittiness to Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods. There are enough dysfunctional families, strained
The story of Eleanor of Aquitaine is a dramatist's dream. Once the queen of France and then the queen of England she
It’s difficult to imagine now the influence The Goon Show had on a post-war British audience. Austerity had extended the privations of
The social divide between the working classes and the aristocracy has long been a popular theme in musical theatre. Think My Fair
The story of Fred Barnes is a theatrical tragedy just gagging to be brought to life on stage. In his heyday in
In the age of the sexual revolution, British dramatists used farce as a device to satirise the disintegration of old-fashioned social mores
The beauty of Stephan Elliot and Allan Scott’s musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is the way it retains every aspect of
In the 19th century, there was money to be made digging up fresh cadavers from the graveyard and selling them on to
While onstage gender reversal has long been a common sight in pantomime, drag has tended to be regarded as a niche style
Kathleen Turner is an instinctive performer who rarely shrinks from a challenge. She made her film debut in Body Heat, had leading
Retirement drama is not a particularly new trend but, naturally, as our nation ages, there’s going to be a greater market for
There’s a modern Mafioso twist to Simon Dormandy’s busy production of Much Ado About Nothing, with Don Pedro and his men arriving
If you are going to create a cabaret show to tour cocktail bars around the world, the history of gin is probably
When the original production of Twang!! closed in January 1966, it was the most expensive flop in the West End to date.
Seth Rudetsky began his Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre concert series with Patti Lupone in 2013, then returned last year with Audra
In a dingy basement, strategically coated in plastic sheeting, character A offers a specialist fetish service. For the right money, a punter
Towards the end of the Second World War, the communist resistance in Yugoslavia were beginning to liberate pockets of the country. Any
This solo play written by Siobhan McMillan has undergone several transformations since it opened at the Camden People’s Theatre in 2015. There
Producer Bill Kenwright has enjoyed a long and successful run with the Agatha Christie Theatre Company, touring adaptations of her most popular
Set in Kent parkland yet only 25 minutes from central London, the Sidcup-based school is offering one student the chance to study
It would be easy to sideline the Sherman brothers as sentimentalist songwriters from a bygone era. It's true that their best loved
Director Simon Phillips saw Bernadette Robinson’s singing at a corporate bash in Melbourne. Mesmerised by Robinson’s extraordinary talent as a vocalist, he
Inspired by a Norwegian event for those working in film and television, the Costume Symposium is a focal point for a disparate
When Leo Butler's Faces In The Crowd premiered at the Royal Court in 2008, it was one of the first plays to
Spirit Young Performers Company's students regularly work in West End shows and all its elite students get their first choice drama schools,
