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When Rory Kinnear was summoned by National Theatre artistic director Nicholas Hytner back in 2007, during the run of The Man of Mode, he thought he was about to get his marching orders; inst…
Why pay money to turn out on a wet night when you could stay in with a DVD? Because nothing compares to the liveness of live theatre, to that sense of being in the moment. Two premieres last…
You can't reprise Once, can you? The title implies as much. Moreover, what rendered John Carney's original, award-winning, low-budget 2006 movie so extraordinary was that, while being at hea…
What are we talking about? Michael Rosen, writer and former Children's Laureate, is guest director for this year's three-week season of theatre, music, dance and film.
Rob Drummond's complex but gripping psycho-thriller about truth and perspective stirs memories of 1980s television quiz shows.
The dull-brained tormentors of little Matilda " her gauche parents and terrifying headteacher Miss Trunchbull " would surely despair.
More than 60 of Britain's most acclaimed luminaires of stage and screen have called on Culture Minister Ed Vaizey to respond to a report outlining the threat Government funding cuts pose to …
This play by the 23 year old Alfred Jarry caused a sensation when it was premiered in Paris in 1896. A somewhat hysterical W B Yeats subsequently asked "what more is possible? After us, the …
Prime Minister David Cameron, David Beckham and the Duke of Cambridge are to be portrayed together on stage in a new comedy production shown at the Edinburgh Fringe this summer.
Prime Minister David Cameron, David Beckham and the Duke of Cambridge are to be portrayed together on stage in a new comedy production shown at the Edinburgh Fringe this summer.
Anthony Neilson's work at the Royal Court has been remarkably varied in tone and psychological provenance. It has ranged from a telling fantasia on the operations and import of bipolar disor…
What if there were no magic potion in A Midsummer Night's Dream? What if your best friend fell for your girl and no enchanted flower could lift the spell? That is the premise of Shakespeare'…
The onstage drama can't compete with the goings-on behind the scenes. A week before the London premiere of the Peter Schaufuss Ballet's Midnight Express, its star Sergei Polunin left the pro…
Young ballet star Sergei Polunin has been found in Moscow after disappearing from his Midnight Express rehearsals days before the show was set to premier in London.
Sir Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr, the pair credited with taking the National Theatre to "undreamt levels" of success, are to step down within two years.
Sir Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr, the pair credited with taking the National Theatre to "undreamt levels" of success, are to step down within two years.
Sir Nicholas Hytner, who has led the National Theatre through triumphs and controversy over the past 10 years, has announced he is to step down from his post as director in 2015.
There's a mock-up of a Dublin bar on the stage of the Phoenix Theatre (all foxed mirrors and nicotine-stained walls) and in the build-up to the show and during the interval, punters are invi…
Theatre stars such as James McAvoy and Billie Piper shared a stage today as nominees for this year's Olivier Awards gathered to celebrate their inclusion on the shortlist.
A work of great depth, a showcase of first-rate acting: Lucky Guy, Nora Ephron's final play and Tom Hanks's Broadway debut, is neither.
"King Lear is an oak and I'm more of an ash tree, or a silver birch " or privet," declares Edward Petherbridge in his silvery, whimsical way. The seventy-six year old actor can smuggle a lot…
"There are all sorts of things you don't even think about when you start building a theatre from scratch", says Ben Power, looking critically at some red neon lights above the bar. "I think …
The Royal Ballet has secured one of Russia's "superstar" ballerinas, with the appointment of Natalia Osipova to join the company.
Don't miss this final chance to watch Shakespeare in the intimate surroundings of the Swan Theatre with his most bloody and brutal revenge tragedy.
"Please welcome, the comedian, Paul F. Tompkins". The precise way in which the American veteran introduces himself to us tonight is not merely playful intonation, it's indicative of the pois…
