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This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the premiere at the Royal Court of Our Country's Good, the contemporary classic by Timberlake Wertenbaker.
"It's a bit of a problem. My bosom is mentioned in nearly every scene," Olivia Poulet says, with a wry glance at her lack of cleavage. "In the script my bosom is constantly described as 'hea…
The zeitgeist moves in mysterious ways, which can only be why, this week, three interpretations of Pushkin's verse novel Eugene Onegin can be seen on the London stage. The latest, what's mor…
They said it was a gimmick, but that isn't true. Kristin Scott Thomas and Lia Williams are swapping roles, from one night to the next, in Ian Rickson's staging of Old Times at London's Harol…
What can the theatre learn from Facebook? That was the question at the second TEDx Broadway conference this week.
Amelia Bullmore's three-hander may not be "experimental" but it achieves what it sets out to do " show how the lives of a trio of women are shaped by their friendship over 27 years " with wa…
It is the saviour of singing starlets whose vocal prowess might not otherwise cut the mustard, and the scourge of pop purists. But as a regular live performer who received rave reviews for h…
In Deborah Colker's danced version of the Eugene Onegin story, multiple Tatyanas yearn for half a dozen Onegins, while scrambling over the branches of a giant tree. The acrobatics often blur…
Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller were the last to do it when they alternated as Frankenstein and the monster at the National. Now Kristin Scott Thomas and Lia Williams continue the …
What can the theatre learn from Facebook? That was the question at the second TEDx Broadway conference this week.
It looks like "dsrific LCDAppr" but computer says "no". Ticketmaster is to dump the jumble of hard-to-read nonsense words it requires customers to enter in order to prove that they are human.
As its smallest stage closes for refurbishment the National Theatre is gearing up to host a "more experimental repertoire" in a temporary wooden shed.
Just two weeks after the artistic director of the Bolshoi Theatre was left badly burned and nearly blind after an acid attack, one of the company's top ballerinas has revealed she has moved …
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A leading playwright has accused the BBC of an "extraordinary" act of censorship after the corporation told her to cut key lines from a drama about "honour killings" which will be broadcast …
In a rare boon for the long-of-leg in often cramped West End theatres, a new website will allow audiences to rate seats for their comfort and condition.
London's theatres are set for a decade of growth following record advanced sales for 2013. This comes after they "cleared the hurdle" of the Olympics, and Boris' voice on the tube, to post a…
Audiences and box office takings in London's theatreland were up in 2012, despite fears of a collapse in business as a result of the Olympics.
Playwright Simon Stephens' Port is arguably one of his most personal, not least because it is based where he, and the play's director, Marianne Elliott, grew up. It was also written while hi…
Actress Sheridan Smith is to host theatre's biggest prize show, The Olivier Awards, as the event returns to mainstream TV for the first time in a decade.
Once a week, Kristin Scott Thomas and Lia Williams toss a coin to decide who will play which role on stage in the West End that night. The two actresses are starring in Harold Pinter's play …
"II feel danger", announced the Cairo-based theatre director and playwright, Ahmed Al Attar. "I have always been an optimist, but now I am frightened." In late December, the British Council …
This is a 10 minute piece of music for cello, banjo and (as the lead instrument) 150 voicemails, intended to be listened to on headphones.Â
"I' the East my pleasure lies" Shakespeare says, and this winter it has been my great pleasure to direct two very different plays, both set on the other side of the world, in the Far East: T…
"My journey to the Olympic Opening Ceremony began at the Bolton Octagon," said Danny Boyle when he, Nicholas Hytner and the Artistic Directors of two dozen regional theatres gathered recentl…
