A satire on The X Factor that's been endorsed and partly financed by Simon Cowell sounds an improbable proposition " equivalent to imagining a big West End revival of Pravda blessed and part…
A satire on The X Factor that's been endorsed and partly financed by Simon Cowell sounds an improbable proposition " equivalent to imagining a big West End revival of Pravda blessed and part…
Tessa Ross, described as having made "as big a contribution to Channel 4 as anyone in its history," is to leave the broadcaster and take over running the National Theatre alongside incoming …
How do you make a movie audience root for a hero who cheats on his wife? That was the problem facing the makers of Fatal Attraction back in 1987. They solved it by turning the Glenn Close ch…
Benedict Cumberbatch has been confirmed to star as Hamlet in 2015, after new details about the forthcoming production were revealed.
Benedict Cumberbatch has been confirmed to star as Hamlet in 2015, after new details about the forthcoming production were revealed.
James Alexandrou has been confirmed to star in a forthcoming West End production of Othello.
The Old Vic kicks off its second season of in-the-round productions with a witty, blistering play by American dramatist Jon Robin Baitz, the intimacy of the new configuration serving wel…
Paul McGann is doing a superb impression of Emlyn Hughes, the late Liverpool and England footballer. McGann, a Scouser and life-long Liverpool supporter, has got old "Crazy Horse" " as Hughe…
It should come as no surprise that the job Erica Whyman seriously considered before becoming a theatre director was that of philosopher. Thoughtful, articulate and supremely comfortable disc…
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The National Theatre is to stage its first new play by Sir Tom Stoppard in over a decade, an as-yet untitled work that will mark the last show directed by Sir Nicholas Hytner before his depa…
When a Portsmouth theatre had its bank accounts accidentally shut down by NatWest in January, the management wrote it off to bad luck and looked forward to getting back to business without t…
The National Theatre is to stage its first new play by Sir Tom Stoppard in over a decade, an as-yet untitled work that will mark the last show directed by Sir Nicholas Hytner before his depa…
When a Portsmouth theatre had its bank accounts accidentally shut down by NatWest in January, the management wrote it off to bad luck and looked forward to getting back to business without t…
When a Portsmouth theatre had its bank accounts accidentally shut down by NatWest in January, the management wrote it off to bad luck and looked forward to getting back to business without t…
It's been quite a week for octogenarian legends in Theatreland. We've had Angela Lansbury returning to the London stage after a forty year gap with her delicious Madame Arcati in Blithe …
Kings of the Dance, a gala format celebration of men's dancing, makes a very mixed bag. It has a starry line-up, including ex-Bolshoi wonder Ivan Vasiliev as its first among equals. Unfortun…
Kevin Spacey is to star in a one-man play at The Old Vic to commemorate his 10 years as artistic director of the theatre.
There is a notice on the door of the RSC's rehearsal room instructing ladies to wear bodices, bustles and skirts for all Roaring Girl rehearsals. Next to the notice is a rack over which said…
"Aw, bless her" cooed the woman behind me dotingly when Angela Lansbury finally bustled on, to a burst of rapturous applause, in this West End reprise of her 2009 Tony Award-winning turn as …
"Aw, bless her" cooed the woman behind me dotingly when Angela Lansbury finally bustled on, to a burst of rapturous applause, in this West End reprise of her 2009 Tony Award-winning turn as …
A preview of X Factor musical I Can't Sing was cancelled last night mid-performance due to an "electrical fault".
The stage version of smash hit film The Full Monty is to close just over a month after opening in the West End. The news comes shortly after the production was nominated for one of the UK's …
The stage version of smash hit film The Full Monty is to close just over a month after opening in the West End. The news comes shortly after the production was nominated for one of the UK's …