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Forget about Disney's 1967 animated feelgood classic this is
a tale as dark as the blackhole of Calcutta. But don't let that put you off.
Georg Kaiser's 1912 play is reckoned to be a landmark of German Expressionism but in this rare revival, adapted by Dennis Kelly and directed by Melly Still, it comes over as a massive white …
Benedict Cumberbatch has confirmed he will star in a London production of Shakespeare's famous tragedy Hamlet next year.
Benedict Cumberbatch is to turn his thespian hand from Sherlock to Hamlet after confirming that he will star in a London production of Shakespeare's famous tragedy next year.
In 2008, Daniel Evans was a successful stage actor with a career flying ever higher, thanks to an Olivier award and Tony nomination for his role in the Stephen Sondheim musical Sunday in the…
What is it? The National's Christmas show is an adaptation by Carl Miller of Erich Kästner's much-loved 1929 children's book.
What is it? Peter Wright's revival of Tchaikovsky's Christmas classic for the Royal Ballet, with Francesca Hayward as Clara.
The playwright/screenwriter's stage adaptation of Let the Right One In is at the Royal Court, London, until 21 December. His film adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel A Long Way Down is out in …
Laurence Olivier's 1944 film of Henry V was commissioned as propaganda and cheered a nation back into battle. But as Jude Law's performance proves, this is a play about the underside of war,…
Jamie Parker, The Globe, 2012
A delighted "ooh" runs round the theatre as scampering, dancing reindeer come on stage, drawing Father Christmas's sleigh.
The genre of vampire romance is not one that I have been inclined to take seriously " at least not in its trashy Twilight phase of cynically exploiting the adolescent female market. But …
You get the exhilarating impression that there must be as many children on stage as there are in the audience at Emil and the Detectives, this year's Christmas show at the National. And …
Between them, they have recorded number one albums and have won awards for scoring soundtracks for Hollywood films. But when it came to looking for a sounding board for their recent Christma…
The Royal Ballet's Nutcracker is the most traditional of British productions.
Alexander Hanson is used to flying under the radar. He is an Olivier-nominated actor and singer who was in the original cast of We Will Rock You, saved the day by stepping in to The Sound of…
Twenty five years ago, Shobana Jeyasingh founded her company by creating Configurations with composer Michael Nyman. Mixing the Indian classical style Bharata Natyam with contemporary dance …
Actors normally play Henry V before they broach Hamlet. But Jude Law has inverted that progression. He portrayed Shakespeare's tragic hero for Michael Grandage four years ago and now he reun…
Actors normally play Henry V before they broach Hamlet. But Jude Law has inverted that progression. He portrayed Shakespeare's tragic hero for Michael Grandage four years ago and now he reun…
Matthew White directs an ebullient in-the-round (and in-your-face) revival of this endlessly rewritten operetta but it doesn't solve any of the problems that have perennially beset it.
A
leading dancer with the Bolshoi ballet has been sentenced to six years in a
maximum security prison colony for his role in an acid attack that nearly
blinded the troupe's artistic director…
A
leading dancer with the Bolshoi ballet has been sentenced to six years in a
maximum security prison colony for his role in an acid attack that nearly
blinded the troupe's artistic director…
The Russian ballet dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko has been convicted of the Bolshoi Ballet acid attack that nearly blinded artistic director Sergei Filin, and sentenced to six years in prison.
The Russian ballet dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko has been convicted of the Bolshoi Ballet acid attack that nearly blinded artistic director Sergei Filin.
R C Sherriff is exclusively associated these days with Journey's End but now Knight Mantell directs this intriguing and strongly acted revival of a rarity from the bulging back catalogue.
