Saturday, September 2, 2023
She stepped in to play Blanche to Paul Mescal's Stanley at the 11th hour. Now she's taking on her childhood dream role of Eliza Doolittle. Andrzej Lukowski talks to Patsy Ferran, the most ex…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:49AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Diversity " or lack thereof " has never flared into a major issue at the Olivier Awards. This is perhaps surprising: in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM[SHARE]Friday, February 21, 2020
For the past few months, London's two Troubadour Theatres have been a growing obsession of mine. It started out innocently enough: I
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 24, 2020
Last week, the extremely troubled immersive theatre show The Wolf of Wall Street closed. The show's official Twitter at one point declared
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, December 20, 2019
As a theatre critic, I see a lot of weird stuff on stage, but I'd never given serious thought to the dramatic
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 10, 2019
After last year's bumper crop of headline-grabbing new works that caught the spirit of the times and stormed the West End, Andrzej
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 26, 2019
It was recently announced that Thriller Live, the venerable Michael Jackson jukebox musical, would be departing from the Lyric Theatre, its home
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Paper theatre tickets will not single-handedly doom our planet if not stopped immediately. But they are part of a wider problem of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Never one to shy away from a challenge, playwright Alice Birch portrays women and children separated by the criminal justice system in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AM[SHARE]Friday, September 20, 2019
Everybody likes to moan about a list, and this week everyone has been moaning about the Guardian's list of the 50 best
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 10, 2019
When it was announced that the Troubadour White City Theatre's inaugural production " a revival of the National Theatre's 2016 Christmas hit
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 20, 2019
International arts events are a platform to discuss the planet's future. But traveling performers and visiting audiences arrive with their own environmental baggage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:06PM[SHARE]Friday, August 16, 2019
The 'Edinburgh bubble' is a very real phenomenon. The relentless 24-hour mania of the Scottish capital during festival season provides almost total
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:34AM[SHARE]Monday, July 29, 2019
It is rare that stories about theatre make the mainstream news. 'Celebrity to star in a play' is reasonably common, with 'Mobile
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 26, 2019
In 2007, Dominic Cooke said he intended to stage 'middle-class dramas' at London's Royal Court " but where is that fare now?
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PM[SHARE]Friday, June 14, 2019
Let's be clear: there is no upside or silver lining to the Evening Standard's decision to let go of its theatre critics
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 21, 2019
And so we head to the polling booths for Thursday's European elections. Parliamentary democracy has still failed to sort out Brexit. But
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 17, 2019
I've never watched Game of Thrones. Not because I have any problem with topless dragon fighting and whatnot, it's just there are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AM[SHARE]Friday, April 5, 2019
Over the years, I have been nothing if not critical of the Oliviers, especially how the shortlists are compiled for the UK's
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Four times a year, the National Theatre puts out a standard press release saying what will be playing in its repertory system
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:32PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 13, 2019
There is something thrilling when a play has been deemed of significant interest to the population at large that critics all write
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:01PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 28, 2019
Look away now if you're chronically averse to spoilers, but I can exclusively announce the shortlist for the best new comedy category
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Recently, I became the tiniest bit emotional when I opened up my programme for Pinter Seven, the final part of Jamie Lloyd's
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Friday, February 8, 2019
Two new theater productions in London give fresh perspectives on marriage and parenthood, by looking at them from a gay point of view.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Last year, Macbeth was all the rage. The year before that it was Julius Caesar. In 2019, it's going to be wall-to-wall
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 24, 2019
The annual Society of London Theatre box office figures are generally about as predictable as a Kazakhstani election result. Just as the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:49AM[SHARE]Monday, December 10, 2018
Say what you like about Ed Hall " and plenty have " but his tenure at Hampstead Theatre has seen some serious
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:30PM[SHARE]Monday, December 3, 2018
For 14 years, the chief bogeyman of British theatre's critical fraternity has been the Daily Mail's Quentin Letts. And now, at last,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:05PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 29, 2018
Let's start with the good news from The Stage's ticketing survey: it is genuinely terrific that the bottom ticket price for West
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:13AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 22, 2018
A year-and-a-bit on, London’s Bridge Theatre has established itself as a significant part of the capital’s landscape. But here’s the thing: has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 11, 2018
National Theatre head honcho Rufus Norris has endured an occasionally 'difficult' relationship with elements of the nation's press. But it was nothing
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