Complicit at the Old Vic by Benedict Nightingale (**)
Earpiece or not, Dreyfuss scores a success - which is more than can be said for the play
Earpiece or not, Dreyfuss scores a success - which is more than can be said for the play
Theatregoers said that Dreyfuss's earpiece did not affect his performance
Dickens of a revival for Rowan Atkinson who plays Fagin as Mr Bean with menace
Two hours with the extraordinary manic talent of Mandy Patinkin can seem as gruelling as a route march across the Catskills
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is Tom Stoppard and André Previn's seldom-seen musical collaboration. The National Theatre aims to show it can still captivate
Alison Steadman is happy to talk about her new play and Gavin & Stacey, but don't mention the H-word
He famously swaggered through The Princess Bride but it's as a singer that Mandy Patinkin excels
The sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical may open in London, New York and Shanghai at the same time
There was always the dangerous possibility that some hapless person would Say the Wrong Thing to Harold, recalls Pinter's friend of more than 30 years. The uncertainty leant an unnerving sen…
Graham Norton explains why donning drag for his stage-musical debut makes him feel absolutely terrified - and relatively butch
From prostitutes to neurotic mums, there's no role Alison Steadman hasn't slipped into. So why hasn't she conquered Hollywood?
Do all love stories now have to be period films? Sixteen experts identify the key concepts that are redefining the arts.
Raised unloved in poverty, Tarell McCraney has channelled a toxic childhood into riveting theatre
What would an Obama or McCain presidency do for the arts? Or will the new President's hands be tied by the economic turmoil?
Oedipus for the Noughties was never going to be easy - but the National's attempt deserves all the plaudits
A parable for precarious times . . . like ours
Ayckbourn's comic masterwork The Norman Conquests is getting a risky revival from Kevin Spacey and an all-star cast
Her fellow Spaced stars have found movie fame. But Jessica Hynes assures our correspondent she wants to forge her own future
This is a fine revival by Matthew Warchus of Alan Ayckbourn's ambitious, daring and emotionally punchy 1974 trilogy
The cast of the off-Broadway play Mindgames are appalled to find that Ken Russell has never directed a play in his life