Sunday, March 12, 2023
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
A ‘Bake Off’ inspired musical was never going to be subtle, but the humour is surprisingly offbeat and self-aware
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:30AMSunday, March 5, 2023
The nation’s nicest TV show has been turned into an all-singing, all-dancing musical about star bakers and soggy bottoms. Isobel Lewis meets the cast and creatives bringing the tent to the…
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:30AMWednesday, March 1, 2023
Two decades on from the repeal of the law that banned the ‘intentional promotion’ of homosexuality in schools, risk-taking theatre company Breach are making a musical about Section 28. T…
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:30AMWednesday, February 22, 2023
‘Now is really the moment for this particular piece,’ actor said
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:12AMTuesday, February 21, 2023
‘Dear England’ has been written by ‘Quiz’ playwright James Graham
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:00AMSunday, February 5, 2023
Thursday, February 2, 2023
The Geordie pop princess makes an impressive West End debut in Danny Robins’ spooky tale
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:18AMSunday, January 29, 2023
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
‘It’s my favourite play and it’s wonderful to be able to share it with a wider audience,’ Mescal said
SOURCE: The Independent at 03:41AMSunday, January 22, 2023
London’s answer to Edinburgh Fringe is back with a bang after a two-year hiatus. Isobel Lewis rounds up the unmissable highlights
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:30AMSunday, January 1, 2023
‘A Little Life’ comes to the stage, Sheridan Smith and Lily Allen return to the West End, and ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is transported to 1930s Cable Street – we bring you our guid…
SOURCE: The Independent at 03:08AMSunday, December 25, 2022
Clip will air as part of ‘The National Lottery’s New Year’s Eve Big Bash’
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:54AMMonday, December 19, 2022
The Independent’s theatre critics have chosen their top stage shows of 2022, a year in which fresh new writing and charming musicals reigned supreme
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:42AMWednesday, December 14, 2022
Classic Christmas tale is given the Parton treatment, in a saccharine musical with flashes of fun
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:48AMSunday, December 11, 2022
After feverish word-of-mouth and unanimous five-star reviews, Liz Kingsman’s ‘One Woman Show’ is heading to the West End. She talks to Isobel Lewis about how it catapulted her to stard…
SOURCE: The Independent at 03:18AMWednesday, November 23, 2022
Ivo Van Hove’s original Dutch-language production opened in Amsterdam in 2018 and was four hours long
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:18AMTuesday, November 15, 2022
‘If you insert a different color, if you insert a different race, it is wrong,’ interpreter said
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:24AMSaturday, October 22, 2022
Actor had been playing Maggie in a production of ‘Nine Night’
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:13AMFriday, October 7, 2022
‘I was on stage on my own and she was in the wings trying to make me laugh,’ actor recalled
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:03AMMonday, October 3, 2022
Musical will move to Broadway as ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ ends
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:07PMFriday, September 2, 2022
The Globe’s much-publicised production of Charlie Josephine’s new play is no gender studies lecture but a rousing piece of theatre
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:03AMSunday, August 28, 2022
A guide to comedy and theatre from the final week of the Fringe
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:12AMWednesday, August 24, 2022
A guide to comedy and theatre at this year’s Fringe festival
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:42AMFriday, August 12, 2022
Production will ‘question the gender binary’
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:24AMFriday, July 22, 2022
Book containing 36 of the bard’s plays was compiled seven years after his death.
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:24AMThursday, July 21, 2022
Matarazzo will be the last actor to play the role of Jared before ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ closes on Broadway
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:42AMTuesday, July 12, 2022
Ware accused Michele of making her life a ‘living hell’ on set of musical comedy series
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:24AMSunday, July 3, 2022
Actor fainted on stage during first night and contracted Covid before fully leaving show
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:42AM‘The man was a giant in our field,’ Adrian Lester tweeted
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:33AMThursday, June 16, 2022
For over 20 years, Gifford’s Circus has been bringing kitsch comedy and knife-throwing to village greens. Oh, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge is a fan. Isobel Lewis meets the people who really di…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:42AM 
