Thursday, May 8, 2014
This outstanding 20th-anniversary production demands our attention, says Mark Brown
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:33AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Twelfth Night in running for seven Broadway prizes as best actor category pits Samuel Barnett against Mark RylanceShakespeare's Globe on the Southbank in London was celebrating on Tuesday as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:01AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Broadway comedy about heir to a dukedom leads the field, while Neil Patrick Harris nominated for role in cult musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch Read the full list of nominations Alternative …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PM[SHARE]The National Theatre of Scotland addresses national identity with a delightfully diverse series of monologues, says Mark Brown
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:46AM[SHARE]Filmmaker to direct English National Opera production of Gilbert and Sullivan classic at Coliseum next yearMike Leigh once berated directors for failing to understand Gilbert and Sullivan, r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:59AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 16, 2014
The poetry of Stuart Paterson's script is hampered by its repetitive structure, says Mark Brown
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 11:17AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Five band members provided live accompaniment to hit West End show for four years before being replaced by soundtrackFive musicians who performed as a live band for four years in the West En…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:59PM[SHARE]Monday, April 14, 2014
This show succeeded brilliantly in opening a window into the world of Scottish humorist, poet and songwriter Ivor Cutler, says Mark Brown
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:17AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 13, 2014
North London's 325-seat Almeida theatre triumphs in eight award categories including best new play at award ceremonyIt is a story of a small local theatre taking on the West End and winning,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 3, 2014
The comedy about nine black youths falsely accused of rape in 1931 has been at hit at London's Young Vic theatreIt was a tough sell: turning the harrowing story of nine black youths falsely …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:40AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Star of TV's Sherlock to take on one of Shakespeare's most challenging roles for 12 weeks in summer of 2015Benedict Cumberbatch is to swap Sherlock for Shakespeare when he plays Hamlet for 1…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01PM[SHARE]Star of TV's Sherlock to take on one of Shakespeare's most challenging roles for 12 weeks in summer of 2015Benedict Cumberbatch is to take on one of theatre's greatest and most challenging r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PM[SHARE]Monday, March 10, 2014
Small Almeida theatre is nominated in 10 categories, while women dominate best director nominations' Full list of nominations' Michael Billington: Where are the great new plays?One new music…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 6, 2014
She plays Mrs Lovett alongside Bryn Terfel for just five performances at the Avery Fisher HallEmma Thompson has made her New York stage debut to critical acclaim but it will be over in a fla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:14PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Hilary Mantel asks readers hoping for third book in Thomas Cromwell trilogy to be patient as RSC announces transferStage versions of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies will transfer to London…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00PM[SHARE]Monday, February 24, 2014
Opera about mother who kills her children to feature in programme commissioned by choreographer Hofesh ShechterA disused brewery depot in Lewes will be the unlikely venue for an operatic bal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02PM[SHARE]Apollo theatre to reopen with West End transfer of vampire story Let the Right One In, after fourth level covered with new floorThree months after part of the ceiling fell on to the audience…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 13, 2014
Video of Margot Fonteyn's Sleeping Beauty being woken with a kiss will be shown as part of broadcaster's spring ballet seasonUnseen for 55 years and thought missing, it is a classical ballet…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Acclaimed Young Vic director to work part time on Frank Gehry-designed complex until its opening in 2018One of the most respected figures in British theatre is to take on the challenge of ru…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 9, 2014
Strindberg's drama succeeds excitingly at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:32AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Hampstead theatre to stage Gray's 2001 hit play in quartet with three unperformed plays exploring different outcomes for Japes charactersThree Simon Gray plays are to be performed on stage f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM[SHARE]Monday, February 3, 2014
English National Ballet's lead ballerina to stop dancing after 18 years at company that bids farewell to 'a wonderful artist'Daria Klimentová , one of the brightest stars of classical bal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:31PM[SHARE]In the year of the referendum, can the National Theatre of Scotland evoke its home in just 90 minutes? Kieran Hurley gives it a try with his latest show, Rantin
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 01:34PM[SHARE]Friday, January 31, 2014
Original team behind hugely successful film following adventures of Marty McFly is reassembled to create a musical versionBack to the Future, which starred Michael J Fox as Marty McFly, is t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:41PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 23, 2014
Actor now best known for 11 series of My Family will play the Michael Caine character in stage adaptation of filmThirty years after Me and My Girl and 16 years after playing Fagin in Oliver!…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Tony Cownie's new production of Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical masterpiece is astute and emotive, says Mark Brown
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:50AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 2, 2014
Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire created UK's biggest theatre group 21 years ago, including venues hosting Wicked and The Lion KingThey are far from being household names, but the husband a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Bustling £22m Cast theatre venue bucks trend of funding cuts elsewhere, with 40,000 people through its door since opening One idea was to call it The Platform while another more blue sky …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:51PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Top spot for Alan Bennett's play about schoolboys studying for Oxbridge entrance exams followed by Noises Off and HamletIt was hailed as "superb" and "life-enhancing" when it first opened at…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 8, 2013
Low-budget thriller set in the Philippines is standout winner at 2013 Bifas, with director Sean Ellis also named best director'Â Interview: Sean EllisA shoestring-budget heist thriller set…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:35PM[SHARE] 
