Tarell Alvin McCraney: Out of the hoods
Hip writer Tarrell Alvin McCraney has left Miami vices behind
Hip writer Tarrell Alvin McCraney has left Miami vices behind
One of our greatest actors discusses the role of Oedipus that he plays at the National with one of our most astute psychoanalyts
As he takes on "credit-crunch Chekhov" at Wyndham's Theatre, the actor explains why his celebrity reputation is misplaced
Stephen Rea finds it easier to act alongside a dead horse than talk about his personal life
As Caryl Churchill turns 70, her admirers and collaborators tell what it's like to work with one of our most important playwrights
The BBC's abandonment of the single television play is a spineless betrayal of the playwright, the art and the public
A mix of Shakespeare fans and Doctor Who fanatics are queueing around the block to see David Tennant in Hamlet, but at the stage door the teenagers rule
She loves lewd limericks, hates sentimentality, and turned down Colin Farrell; Lucy Powell meets the feisty Eileen Atkins
As the movie version of the stage smash hit is released, we look at the enduring appeal of the show and the Abba music that inspired it
The Mamma Mia star reveals how a nurse and a nun inspired her to defy her Irish family and take to the stage
First, producer Judy Craymer turned the songs of Abba into the world's biggest musical, Mamma Mia!. Now she's cracked Hollywood
Robert Carsen's sardonic but overstrained take on Voltaire's tale is a horrible mixture of scattergun and sledgehammer
This year's American stage awards will have a strong English accent. Our key players explain what's gone right with British theatre
Does the new role for bubbly Ruthie Henshall reveal a hint of sadness?