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For years, audiences flocking to see War Horse in the West End have been thrilled by the music played live by a five-piece band as much as by its breathtaking puppets.
As the glamour of Kevin Spacey's tenure in charge of The Old Vic theatre draws to a close, he is to hand the baton not to another star but to the acclaimed director of Matilda the Musical, w…
Matthew Warchus has been announced as Kevin Spacey's successor at the Old Vic, where he will take on the role of artistic director.
In Timothy Sheader's al fresco staging of Arthur Miller's 1947 tragedy, the Keller home is a facade in more ways than one " represented by a giant advertising poster that depicts a grinningl…
The Joan Littlewood centenary celebrations continue in style at her old stomping ground with Terry Johnson's witty and rollicking revival of Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be, the Theatre Works…
Christopher Bruce's Rooster swaggers back into Rambert's repertory, as fabulous as its Rolling Stones soundtrack and much funnier. It's the irresistible heart of a sharp, varied and gorgeous…
Live relays of theatre productions have allowed millions to enjoy performances they would not otherwise have been able to see. But the actress Gemma Arterton says live theatre should be enjo…
With a voice that could reach his own theatres' cheap seats, and wearing a characteristically flamboyant purple shirt, Sir Howard Panter should be on the stage, not talking about the stage i…
Hilary Mantel has criticised the public clamour following her comments regarding the Duchess of Cambridge, saying that it pointed to a Britain that is "narrow and intolerant".
Nick Payne is not a dramatist who baulks at tackling big ideas. His award-winning Constellations took on quantum theory, astronomy, bee-keeping, and free will as it sent its metaphysical…
Given it was inspired by a short story by High Modernist wordsmith Virginia Woolf, and adapted for the stage by Lucy Kirkwood - a playwright who just won every award going for the thinky, wo…
This Royal Ballet triple bill offers two athletic, plotless works sandwiched with a messy narrative. There's lyricism and attack in George Balanchine's Serenade and Christopher Wheeldon's DG…
The rest, as they say, is history, concludes Zeus, speaking three thousand years after the end of the Trojan Wars. Actually, the rest is mythology says his goddess wife Hera in The Last Days…
Tutti frutti has been delighting audiences from the age of three years and upwards with its ethereal and thoughtful productions for nearly a quarter of a century.
It is probably a bit glib to wonder whether it is now compulsory to cast a father and son in Caryl Churchill's dystopian cloning drama. Timothy West and his son Samuel were widely acclai…
Lydia Leonard, who plays Anne Boleyn in the stage adaptation of Hilary Mantel's books Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, wears a necklace given to her by Mantel for every performance. The fa…
She was the "Queen of Crime", whose murder mysteries centred on a final "big reveal". But newly seen correspondence between Agatha Christie and those who staged her plays, including her most…
Buy a ticket for the play This May Hurt a Bit and you'll be getting two dramas for the price of one. There's the big political story " the current NHS crisis " and then, underpinning it, est…
In Tragédie, French choreographer Olivier Dubois sets out to explore the human condition. It turns out to be very long, very loud and very naked.
In the 12th century, a Welsh prince called Madoc discovered America - or so legend has it.In the 18th century, John Evans walked thousands of miles in search of 'white Welsh Indians'.
The posters show Fiona Shaw's Mary muzzled by a crown of thorns. That metaphorical gag is torn away in this beautifully wrought and emotionally devastating solo piece, adapted by Colm Toibin…
Over 11 years, the Sadler's Wells festival Breakin' Convention has celebrated and helped to broaden the hip hop dance landscape.
In this subtle two-hander on at the Brighton Festival, Andy Smith plays a version of himself - a comfortable middle-aged, middle-class man with a young family, doing a pHD in theatre.
In this subtle two-hander on at the Brighton Festival, Andy Smith plays a version of himself - a comfortable middle-aged, middle-class man with a young family, doing a pHD in theatre.
It was a supreme test of Leanne Cope's professionalism when the ballerina was slipped a note by her handsome prince during the closing scenes of the Royal Opera House's Nutcracker.
