In the week Nigel Farage told a conference that mums who take time off to raise their children are 'worth less' as employees, the Hampstead Theatre has staged a play about whether women have…
One of the more preposterous statements of 2013 was provided by Robin Thicke. Trying to defend the video of his song "Blurred Lines" from the charge of that it's misogynistic and promotes a …
Oscar-nominated Bradley Cooper is trading in the bright lights of Hollywood for a turn on New York's Broadway, it has been reported.
The Strictly Come Dancing live tour is a sequinned extension to panto season. It's a fluffy, feelgood show for the Strictly faithful, reliving the big moments from the most recent series " b…
In 2012, I had a meeting with the National Theatre's Sebastian Born and Ben Power. They talked about the National's plans to erect a temporary, "pop-up" theatre while the Cottesloe theatre i…
To truly command the stage as Hamlet is enough of a challenge for any thespian. To do so while your big brother stands by, filming every word and action for a TV documentary, raises the bar …
In 2012, I had a meeting with the National Theatre's Sebastian Born and Ben Power. They talked about the National's plans to erect a temporary, "pop-up" theatre while the Cottesloe theatre i…
John Donnelly's acerbically witty and horribly gripping new play tackles the topical subject of the homophobia that seems to be entrenched in the culture of football.
The top 20 of The Stage newspaper's recently published "power list" of the 100 most influential people in British theatre made for fascinating reading. Most of the usual suspects were there,…
The top 20 of The Stage newspaper's recently published "power list" of 100 most influential people in British theatre made for fascinating reading. Most of the usual suspects were there, but…
On an intimate, rooftop stage in the rafters of the Royal Court in London, homosexuality in football is given the theatrical treatment, which in this example opens with two fit young actors …
Is there no limit to his genius? The question arises with particular pertinence at the moment because Simon Russell Beale is pulling off the rare trick of appearing in two Shakespeare produc…
The roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre, located in the heart of Times Square, has quietly become the go-to destination for young British film actresses seeking a stint on…
The first of several pleasurable surprises is the smallness and intimacy of the Globe's new indoor Jacobean theatre. You feel as if you are sitting in an exquisite little jewel box or doll's…
Filled as it is with melody, energy and heartfelt emotion, surely the music of Lloyd Webber needs to be heard more often? Ah, but this is not Andrew Lloyd Webber. It is his father, William, …
Peter Pan was given his own real-life fairytale happy ending when Wendy agreed to take is hand in marriage during a live stage performance of Peter Pan: The Never Ending Story in Scotland.
Comedian and composer Tim Minchin is developing Harold Ramis' 1993 movie Groundhog Day for the Broadway stage.
Lisa Dwan delivers a virtuosic performance of three of Beckett's short later works in an extraordinary hour-long experience that feels more like a group hallucination or a troubling collecti…
In the wonderfully intimate St James Theatre studio (complete with bar), Simon Slater gives a real tour de force in this one man thriller about an ex-detective with a drink problem investiga…
Set between 1989 and today, Ann Henning Jocelyn's plodding drama attempts to show us the social changes that have taken place in Ireland through the experience of three generations of a disp…
Samuel Beckett liked his actors to be up to their necks in it. In Happy Days, the protagonist's head pokes out of a mound of earth; in Play, characters are incarcerated in urns; in Endgame, …
The stage adaptations of Hilary Mantel's lauded historical works Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies opened to rave reviews in Stratford-upon-Avon this week " and the Tudor cavalcade shows no …
The stage adaptations of Hilary Mantel's lauded historical works Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies opened to rave reviews in Stratford-upon-Avon this week " and the Tudor cavalcade shows no …
This fresh, forceful, starkly staged account of Hamlet in modern dress kicks off the award-winning Faction's third annual rep season at the New Diorama where the same actors will also perfor…
English National Ballet's production of Le Corsaire makes a sparkly post-Christmas treat, overflowing with colourful costumes, pirates, sumptuous scenery and dance party pieces. The company …