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As I wrote when the full cast was first announced, "the world is hardly crying for more productions of King Lear, but if you're going to put it on, you might as well go balls out on some ama…
"When you get big school groups in, mass hysteria breaks out " they set each other off. It becomes a kind of white noise all the way through the show."
Jane Eyre is one of those mythical stories that make their home in your imagination. Where they can chat, sing and dance through your unconscious for years and years and years.
National Theatre artistic director Rufus Norris announced the flagship institution's 2018 plans at a press conference held today. Here are the announcements today that reach beyond the confi…
National Theatre artistic director Rufus Norris announced the flagship institution's 2018 plans at a press conference held today. Here are details of programming in the three auditoria at th…
Tristan Bernays and Dougal Irvine's award-winning British musical TEDDY returns in the new year, opening in January at the Watermill Theatre before touring and transferring The Vaults in Lon…
Finally, the version of the Tempest you've always wanted - name the one with Native Chichewa speakers.
A playwright wants to write a play about patricide, but with an actual criminal onstage instead of an actor. Initial research leads him to a young man called Martin Santos, serving consecuti…
Acclaimed American playwright Keith Bunin gets his UK debut this week when his play The Busy World is Hushed receives its European premiere at the Finborough Theatre. Directed by Theatre503 …
These are our current Top 15 Ticket Recommendations " broken down into five musicals, five plays and five 'winter warmers' " based on both best-sellers over the past month as well as our pre…
What were the headlines that got readers clicking most last month? Any surprises? Here are our Top 10 News stories from September 2017.
What were the reviews and other blogs that got readers clicking most? Any surprises? Our Top 25 Mates Blogs from September 2017 are listed below with summaries and links to read more.
It's a bold move to put a character as flawed as Madeline front and centre in your debut play; still more to not give her the kind of redemption arc that conventional wisdom suggests we crav…
Son of a Preacher Man is jukebox musical featuring the hits of 60's songstress Dusty Springfield " written by Warren Brown and choreographed by Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwoo…
Stephen Mallatratt's adaptation of Susan Hill's classic ghost story still has the power to thrill and terrify in equal measure.
Ria Jones' extraordinary history with Sunset Boulevard might well be entitled The Norma Conquests... And, 26 years on, was it worth the wait?
Am Dram is more than a group of amateurs putting on shows for families and friends. It allows audiences to see shows not commonly found in professional settings, it builds confidence, it giv…
Devised by the original company, this Bristol Old Vic and National co-pro has little technically wrong with it " it captures Jane's spirit reasonably well, using physical theatre to cut thro…
Written by Spanish playwright, Guillem Clua, The Swallow is a tightly written, brilliantly directed and acted rollercoaster of anger, heartache, hatred, humour, recriminations, guilt and sor…
Lazarus Theatre, the pioneering theatre company that specialises in reimagining, slimmed-down classics, has secured a year-long residency at south London's Greenwich Theatre.
Ian McKellen immediately makes the intimate space his own, the dialogue almost conversational and his Lear a warm-hearted soul with a twinkle in his eye. This is surely as good as it gets, a…
What would you do for six million dollars? That's the question underlying Lynn Ahrens (book and lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty's (music) 1988 musical farce Lucky Stiff.
Turkey is a play about playing with nature and playing with emotions. All three characters are people who haven't met their full potential, particularly Madeline who despite her skill with l…
"I'd not seen The Addams Family as a live performance before, not even an amateur version. I was pretty much unaware that the musical version even existed until the audition came along."
Recorded just after he completed his 2014/5 return to Cabaret at Studio 54, Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs - Live at the Cafe Carlyle is one of the best cabaret records I've had the pleasure…
