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The desperate plight of Syria's two million refugees is searingly and sensitively communicated in this one-woman show, conceived and performed by the half-Syrian actress, Corinne Jaber, and …
A planned Adrian Mole musical is set to go ahead after author Sue Townsend's death last week.
The Belgian director Ivo van Hove has taken a drastically non-naturalistic approach to Arthur Miller's 1955 drama, set in Brooklyn's Italian-American neighbourhood, and the stripped-back int…
The hit play about a photographer's search for the Tiananmen Square "tank man" was the big winner at the most prestigious awards ceremony of the UK's theatre calendar.
The hit play about a photographer's search for the Tiananmen Square "tank man" was the big winner at the most prestigious awards ceremony of the UK's theatre calendar.
The Book of Mormon has won Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards 2014, beating competition from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Once and The Scottsboro Boys.
Lucy Kirkwood's Chimerica has been named Best New Play at the Olivier Awards.
The Almeida theatre was named the biggest winner of the night, winning eight awards for its West End transfers Chimerica and Ghosts.
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The Book of Mormon has won Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards 2014, beating competition from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Once and The Scottsboro Boys.
Lucy Kirkwood's Chimerica has been named Best New Play at the Olivier Awards.
Theatre stars and luvvies had their glad rags on tonight ahead of Britain's most prestigious theatre awards, the Oliviers.
Lesley Manville has won the Olivier for Best Actress for her role in Ibsen's Ghosts.
Lesley Manville has won the Olivier for Best Actress for her role in Ibsen's Ghosts.
Rory Kinnear has taken home the Olivier Award for Best Actor, beating competition from Henry Goodman, Tom Hiddleston and Jude Law.
Rory Kinnear has taken home the Olivier Award for Best Actor, beating competition from Henry Goodman, Tom Hiddleston and Jude Law.
Theatre stars and luvvies had their glad rags on tonight ahead of Britain's most prestigious theatre awards, the Oliviers.
"I remember being in the Shed foyer in those days when Romeo and Juliet was on in the afternoon and in the evenings there was the Mathew Herbert show and straight after that Andrew Scott wou…
It's a job that left even Sir Laurence Olivier scarred. For this greatest of thespians, his reign as director of the National Theatre was often consumed by politics, and it ended amid claims…
It's a job that left even Sir Laurence Olivier scarred. For this greatest of thespians, his reign as director of the National Theatre was often consumed by politics, and it ended amid claims…
In a piquant twist of fate, the premiere of Mike Bartlett's bracingly provocative and outrageously entertaining new play about the future of the monarchy has coincided with news of the death…
ABBA's Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus are teaming up with the London cast of Mamma Mia! to close Sunday night's Olivier Awards.
Moriarty resurrected as a stadium rock god? A mouthwatering prospect for fans of Andrew Scott's delectably witty and deviant turn as Sherlock Holmes's nemesis on TV and for admirers of t…
Moriarty resurrected as a stadium rock god? A mouthwatering prospect for fans of Andrew Scott's delectably witty and deviant turn as Sherlock Holmes's nemesis on TV and for admirers of t…
This transformation of Jacqueline Wilson's children's book is a real treat. And not just for ardent, existing fans: we're all won over by Hetty Feather, a hot-tempered but good-hearted Victo…
