Operation Mincemeat review: A glittering Second World War musical that is funnier than Hamilton by Isobel Lewis

SplitLip’s comedy musical about a little-known wartime plot is as daring as it is comic

‘It’s like a fairground’: Inside the musical ride of the West End’s Moulin Rouge by Isobel Lewis

Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 musical jukebox was an assault on the senses – but is the stage version really as extra as the film? Isobel Lewis goes behind the scenes of this lewd, lurid spectacul…

One-Woman Show review: Liz Kingsman skewers the ‘messy woman’ with deliciously disorientating defiance by Isobel Lewis

Kingsman’s comedic show within a show is both astonishingly funny and deeply profound

Hugh Jackman praises Broadway actor who stepped into The Music Man lead role at last moment by Isobel Lewis

‘Take it from me – real superheroes do not wear capes,’ Jackman said

Best of Enemies review: Pushes the boundaries of what can be done on stage by Isobel Lewis

New play from ‘Quiz’ writer James Graham finds comedy within political division

Beverley Knight ‘fuming’ after ‘rat-arsed’ audience members stop West End musical: ‘Stay your a** at home’ by Isobel Lewis

‘There is a level of aggression around right now that I do not like,’ singer tweeted

Antony Sher: RSC actor dies aged 72 by Isobel Lewis

Actor’s terminal cancer diagnosis was announced in September

String v Spitta review: A premise so ingenious it’s hard to believe it hasn’t been done before by Isobel Lewis

Musical comedy about warring kids’ party entertainers hits all the right notes

Andrew Lloyd Webber tells young actors they work in the service industry: ‘Nobody has a right to be on stage’ by Isobel Lewis

Composer denied reports that he shouted at cast of his new musical due to a bad review

‘It feels like a step forward’: The play that’s paving the way for pregnant actors in theatre by Isobel Lewis

A production at the RSC has pioneered a job-share in which a pregnant and a back-from-maternity actor can stay in work, lighting the way for new mums in a notoriously unforgiving industry. T…

Rare Earth Mettle review: Al Smith’s lengthy and controversial comedy lacks coherence by Isobel Lewis

Arthur Darvill gives his all to the role of Henry Finn, but there’s nowhere to go with a villain this cartoonish

little scratch review: Katie Mitchell breathes life into Rebecca Watson’s experimental novel by Isobel Lewis

Seemingly unstageable novel comes to life with a terrific cast and mesmerising sound design

Moulin Rouge! The Musical becomes first West End show to make mask-wearing mandatory by Isobel Lewis

Previews begin at the Piccadilly Theatre on Friday

Romeo, rebooted: Intermission, the youth theatre group ripping up the Shakespeare rulebook by Isobel Lewis

The company led by Darren Raymond is staging a radical production of the Bard’s tale of a doomed romance, featuring a majority Black cast – with a little help from Mark Rylance. As it op…

Into the Woods cancelled by The Old Vic following staff ‘unrest’ at Terry Gilliam’s involvement, report claims by Isobel Lewis

Staff allegedly complained that Gilliam’s stance on #MeToo movement, trans rights and racism were at odds with theatre

’Night, Mother review: Stockard Channing returns to the London stage in darkly comic drama by Isobel Lewis

Marsha Norman’s play at Hampstead Theatre explores the complex relationship between a mother and her daughter who wants to die

Blake Harrison: ‘I’m surprised The Inbetweeners is still being watched now’ by Isobel Lewis

The actor is known for starring in the hit Brit show but now he avoids being the ‘dumb Cockney in a comedy’ at all costs. As his new play opens in London, he talks to Isobel Lewis about …

Jagged Little Pill star quits Broadway musical citing transphobia allegations against producers by Isobel Lewis

Broadway star Antonio Cipriano originated the role of Phoenix in musical

Jasmine Lee-Jones: ‘People tend to commodify young women playwrights’ by Isobel Lewis

The acclaimed writer of ‘seven methods of killing kylie jenner’ returns to the London stage with a new play about her search for Black actors in 17th-century England. She talks to Isobel…

Love Island: What will happen to Jake and Liberty if they split up now? by Isobel Lewis

Liberty tells Faye that she doesn’t want to ‘stay in the villa with someone that doesn’t like me or love me’ in episode preview

Cinderella review, Gillian Lynne Theatre: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical is high-camp fun with a muddled message by Isobel Lewis

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Emerald Fennel’s show is visually spectacular, but lacks the consistent material to support its ideas

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella to reopen next month after premiere pulled due to Covid-19 by Isobel Lewis

Musical had been due to premiere this week but was forced to cancel after cast member tested positive

Kenneth Branagh play cancelled as rehearsals disrupted by ‘Covid-enforced absences’ by Isobel Lewis

Producers said that some actors had been “robbed” of “more than two-thirds of the limited rehearsal time”

Ian McKellen’s age-blind Hamlet faces setbacks as two key actors drop out days before opening by Isobel Lewis

Atalanta Forever review, Mikron Theatre: Big, bombastic musical about the birth of women’s football by Isobel Lewis

Performed by Mikron Theatre Company, and centring around the short-lived Huddersfield Atalanta Ladies FC, the show really excels in its intricacies

Cabaret: Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne to star in London musical revival by Isobel Lewis

Redmayne previously played the Emcee in a 2001 Edinburgh Fringe production

Macbeth: Saoirse Ronan to star as Lady MacBeth in feminist Shakespeare production at the Almeida by Isobel Lewis

Production marks Irish actor’s UK stage debut

Amy Trigg: ‘Every disabled person in the industry gets put up for one role’ by Isobel Lewis

The winner of The Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2020, Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me is a hilariously honest look at life for a young woman with spina bifida. Its writer and star Amy Tr…

Six the Musical creators: ‘How can you be an emerging artist when there hasn’t been a real-life theatre industry? by Isobel Lewis

Before Covid, Six was the hit musical about the wives of Henry VIII that looked set to slay all over the world. Now as it tentatively remerges for a West End production and UK tour, its crea…

Lockdown rules: When do theatres reopen? by Isobel Lewis

Theatres could reopen from as early as May

Olivia Colman saw hypnotherapist after ‘wetting herself’ from stage fright during performance with David Mitchell by Isobel Lewis

Actor said she had hoped hypnotherapy would help her ‘stop being quite so petrified’