It has been a pretty special year for Sheffield Theatres. The Full Monty reprised back in its Steel City backyard was a joyous critical and popular hit touring the country to rapturous recep…
Three short one-acts plays by Eugene O'Neill are brought together in a snazzily tricked out old music hall in east London, given a speakeasy vibe complete with smokin' live jazz and a cockta…
In her finest achievement to date as artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse, Josie Rourke directs this stark, swiftly-paced account of Shakespeare's severe Roman play and elicits a centra…
Will Tuckett's inventive production of The Wind in the Willows is cosily hand-knitted. A family favourite for the Royal Opera House, where it was created in 2002, it transfers to the West En…
Iain Glen seems to be cornering the market in the Russian repertory. He was last seen on the boards as a moulting heart-breaker, allergic to commitment, in Longing, William Boyd's conflation…
Christmas is all about tradition " overcooked sprouts, drunken, warring families slugging it out over the turkey bones and struggling households tempted into debt by the months of glitzy tel…
A tiny snail longs to see the world and hitches a lift on the tail of a great big grey-blue humpback whale.
Your starter for 10: what famous children's novel was written by JM Barrie? If you answered "Peter Pan", you are, unfortunately, wrong. While that was the name of Barrie's 1904 play, his 191…
What is it? The English National Ballet dance this festive favourite, with choreography from Wayne Eagling.
What is it? Headlong's musical adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' novel. Duncan Sheik provides the music, Rupert Goold is directing, and it stars Matt Smith.
What is it? Headlong's musical adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' novel. Duncan Sheik provides the music, Rupert Goold is directing, and it stars Matt Smith.
It's behind you!" If those words elicit a groan, then bah humbug to you. You may hate pantomime but I'm honing my heckles in preparation to see several shows around the country.
At the start of Rupert Goold's diabolically slick production, Matt Smith rises out of the floor on a vertical sun bed clad in only tight white undies and an eye-patch. It's a startling spect…
At the start of Rupert Goold's diabolically slick production, Matt Smith rises out of the floor on a vertical sun bed clad in only tight white undies and an eye-patch. It's a startling spect…
Film producers face a delicate balancing act between adding their input and not treading on the creative toes of the director, the writer and the actors. It seems Harvey Weinstein has a new …
Damian Lewis has told of his "huge embarrassment" at offending Sir Ian McKellen after saying he did not want to become a "fruity actor" known for playing wizards.
English National Ballet dance The Nutcracker with energy and understanding, brightening up Wayne Eagling's uneven production. From Micaela Infante's child Clara to Daria Klimentová's grow…
Stage managers are a phlegmatic breed and, if the house style of their nightly show reports at the National Theatre is anything to go by, their sense of humour is bone-dry.
The Partition of India is a massive subject but in this powerful new piece Howard Brenton has had the fertile idea of approaching it from the perspective of a forgotten but crucial player.
The History Boys has been voted the nation's favourite play, according to a new poll.
Twenty-nine pounds and ninety-nine pence for a glittery loo seat; £380 for 550 sacks of manure; a £2,000 bill for cleaning the moat. You couldn't make it up. So how do you write a come…
It's 11 o'clock in the morning and row upon row of well-sculpted men are pirouetting in a small room to the tinny notes coming from an upright piano. One, dark, with perfectly chiselled feat…
It's 11 o'clock in the morning and row upon row of well-sculpted men are pirouetting in a small room to the tinny notes coming from an upright piano. One, dark, with perfectly chiselled feat…
It's 11 o'clock in the morning and row upon row of well-sculpted men are pirouetting in a small room to the tinny notes coming from an upright piano. One, dark, with perfectly chiselled feat…
Two years ago Nancy Carroll was named Best Actress at the Olivier and Evening Standard Theatre Awards, for her heartbreaking performance as Benedict Cumberbatch's wife in After the Dance. Sh…