Even Natalia Osipova can't always defy gravity. Making her debut in the Royal Ballet's production of Don Quixote, the Russian star fell after a soaring leap. Though she finished the act with…
Two West End productions were brought to a halt yesterday after an electrical fire broke out in the boiler room of the one theatres.
Lesley Manville, 58
"It's quite a patchwork of talent, this particular production" says Michael Boyd about his new take on Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo, which looks set to be quite the opening shot in the 2015 op…
Theatre directing is a notoriously unpredictable career, so it's instructive to talk to two younger practitioners who have defied the financial and artistic odds to make it work. Nadia Fall …
Sylvie Guillem: Life in ProgressThe most famous, most influential ballerina of her generation retires in 2015. Her farewell show will include new works by Akram Khan and Russell Maliphan…
The Hard ProblemThe Hard Problem is consciousness in Tom Stoppard's first new play for nine years. It's set in a brain science institute and directed by Nicholas Hytner, who steps down a…
Paul Miller directs a witty, spirited and timely revival of Shaw's first play " a subversive comedy about the perennial problem of housing in London and the immorality of the buy-to-let clas…
The success of his last two Christmas shows at the Crucible set expectation levels high for artistic director Daniel Evans. But if there was any sense of trepidation at the task of making it…
The writer of a controversial new Princess Diana play has dismissed reports that it claims James Hewett is Prince Harry's father.
A View from the Bridge, Young Vic, LondonPlayed out barefoot on an empty white thrust stage, Ivo van Hove's production brought the feeling of an intense and timeless tragic ritual to Arthur …
A new play about Princess Diana 'suggests that James Hewitt could be Prince Harry's father', according to reports.
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Hampstead Theatre rounds off a highly successful year with this welcome revival of Tiger Country, Nina Raine's insightful, meticulously researched and deeply engrossing play set in the A&…
It's not the work of a magician but Phoebe Fox is about to step into Daniel Radcliffe's shoes. The 27-year-old is the lead in The Woman in Black: Angel of Death, the sequel to the hugely suc…
Even Natalia Osipova can't always defy gravity. Making her debut in The Royal Ballet's production of Don Quixote, the Russian star fell after a soaring leap. Though she finished the act with…
Paul Miller directs a witty, spirited and timely revival of Shaw's first play (premiered in 1892) " a subversive comedy about the perennial problem of housing in London and the immorality of…
Hundreds of families with autistic children are enjoying pantomimes for the first time this Christmas, as a growing number of theatres offer "relaxed" performances of their seasonal shows.
Acclaimed actress Billie Whitelaw, famous for her work with playwright Samuel Beckett, as well as a starring role in horror-classic The Omen, has died aged 82.
'Tis the season to be jolly… a sentiment embraced on stages up and down the country, as theatrical fare gives way for a month to the bonkers British tradition of pantomime. And no role mor…
Film: Scarlett Johansson by Nicholas Barber
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has officially announced a musical version of School of Rock, which will open on Broadway in November 2015.
It is a sign of the importance attached to the pantomime at York's Theatre Royal that assurances have already been made that its £4.1m facelift would be completed in time for next year's …
A High Court judge who was attempting to decide the settlement figure in a divorce case admitted he turned to the works of William Shakespeare for help.
The Donmar hasn't tackled a musical since 2011 but it makes up for lost time in terrific style now with Josie Rourke's dazzling revival of this Cy Coleman/David Zippel tuner: a jazzy, delect…