The days of pupils sitting in rows reciting Shakespeare plays in the classroom may be numbered. Instead, teachers are being encouraged to use interpretive dance and drama to bring the Bard's…
The National Theatre's recent 50th anniversary gala was delightful in a number of ways, and not just for the opportunity to hear Dame Judi Dench give another magnificent rendition of "Send i…
The residents of Shepherd's Bush might have noticed something strange in their neighbourhood a couple of Fridays ago. They may have heard poetry coming from a launderette or applause soundin…
American choreographer Mark Morris is unpredictable. From romping in woolly socks to the surreal comic songs of Ivor Cutler, to the clean surface and mysterious depths of the Satie's account…
Paul Wills's witty, vibrant design is like a cross between a kitsch Catholic chapel and a garish jukebox and creates just the right atmosphere for this spirited revival by Kathy Burke of Mar…
This twice-yearly festival of short plays for the theatre " by writers who make their living from television soaps and dramas " is now in its tenth incarnation and gets better and better. JB…
This twice-yearly festival of short plays for the theatre " by writers who make their living from television soaps and dramas " is now in its tenth incarnation and gets better and better. JB…
While the job of England football manager has long been open to foreigners, Kevin Spacey believes that manager of another British institution, the National Theatre, would never be available …
Theatreland lore dictates that flowers should only be given to actors celebrating their opening nights after the curtain has fallen. Many still believe superstitiously that delivering a bunc…
There's a story that has recently been doing the rounds in New York of two strangers, both of whom had just seen the Broadway revival of Samuel Beckett's 1953 tragicomic Waiting for Godot at…
In January 2011, Tom Wells hadn't yet won two major awards for his play The Kitchen Sink; it hadn't yet become a smash hit, and earned him the critics' praise as one of the UK's most promisi…
This new play by caps-averse debbie tucker green appears to take us in two directions: a troubled young black woman interacts with visitors - friends, neighbours, or something more disturbin…
Michael Clark was always a pop rebel with a classical heart, from his ballet training to his 1980s art-fashion triumphs. His latest work, which expands his 2012 double bill, puts both sides …
Howards Brenton and Davies are reunited at the Hampstead Theatre, for Drawing the Line (from 3 Dec), tackling the meaty topic of the partition of India in 1947. There's more political upheav…
"I can't think retrospectively. I've had a life of moving forward. I've chosen a profession that happens and then disappears and only lives fleetingly in the life of a person until they die …
There are debuts that make an audience giddy with excitement. Natalia Osipova, the magnificent ex-Bolshoi ballerina, has just joined The Royal Ballet. Her first appearance as a member of the…
There's certainly no shortage of climaxes in Sarah Ruhl's provocative Broadway play, brought to London now from Bath in Laurence Boswell's beautifully acted production.
Sarah Jessica Parker is fond of remarking that she'd have been content to have remained a theatre actress all her career. Indeed prior to attaining stardom via Sex and the City and acquiring…
This piece has none of the mad originality of The Play What I Wrote, the whimsical hall-of-mirrors meta-tribute show to Morecambe and Wise that was a big hit in the West End a decade ago.
On 10 May 1933, Nazi activists burned piles of "decadent" books on the Opernplatz in Berlin. Many people know about that night of shame: a foretaste of future horrors. Not so many know that …
On 10 May 1933, Nazi activists burned piles of "decadent" books on the Opernplatz in Berlin. Many people know about that night of shame: a foretaste of future horrors. Not so many know that …
Fans of Hitchcock's superb 1951 movie are in for something of a surprise if they fetch up at this show expecting a close screen-to-stage transposition. The adaptor, Craig Warner, has reworke…
Leeds-based Phoenix Dance Company has bright dancers who look ready to take on everything. In the mixed bill Particle Velocity, they go from the lyricism of Richard Alston's All Alight to th…
It helped launch the careers of acclaimed actors and writers, including Julie Walters, Jonathan Pryce and Willy Russell. Now Liverpool's Everyman, described as embodying the "renegade and ge…
German audiences must have more stamina. Stuttgart Ballet's Made in Germany presents 13 works created for the company, including seven UK premieres. The dancers are strong and individual, bu…