Wednesday, November 9, 2022
‘A world of rising prices’ ushers in the final curtain for the second longest running non-musical play in London
The Woman in Black, one of the longest-running plays in London, is to clo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMIan McKellen in Mother Goose, Robin Hood as a rock’n’roll panto, a circus spin on The Little Prince and glitter galore … it’s our selection box of festive theatre
Unicorn, London, 17…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMThursday, July 21, 2022
Part of a £300m regeneration of the area near Tottenham Court Road station, @sohoplace combines intimacy with innovative design
A major new West End theatre is to open this autumn, designed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33PMSunday, July 3, 2022
The director’s landmark achievements include a nine-hour Mahabharata, putting Shakespeare on trapezes and directing Olivier, Gielgud and Scofield at the RSC
Mark Lawson on Peter Brook: the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMTuesday, June 14, 2022
Infections among workforce lead theatres to cancel performances, with loan repayments, soaring energy prices and the cost of living crisis adding to their woes
With infections on the rise in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMThursday, June 9, 2022
Adam Meggido’s comedy considers the PM’s blustering school performance as Richard III, drawing potent parallels to his current political position
It is the tale of a leader’s ruthless …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMTuesday, May 10, 2022
Lucy Moss, who at 26 became the youngest female director of a Broadway musical, is now writing a new show and a film with co-creator Toby Marlow
It was written by two university students, ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48AMMonday, May 9, 2022
Three actors from The Lehman Trilogy go head to head, the musical Six picks up eight nominations and the production MJ – about Michael Jackson – is also recognised
British talents have r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMSunday, April 10, 2022
Awards for Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley among musical’s wins, with Life of Pi also recognised in several categories
Full list of winners
An intimate revival of the musical Cabaret, wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42PMMonday, March 21, 2022
Dawn King’s dystopian courtroom drama The Trials, dubbed ‘12 Angry Young People’, is part of a programme that also includes European premieres of The Band’s Visit and A Doll’s Hous…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMWednesday, March 9, 2022
Henry will also star in August in England, to be staged at London’s Bush theatre as part of 50th birthday celebrations
Lenny Henry is to make his debut as a playwright with a drama about t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33PMFriday, January 14, 2022
Cancelled pantos decimated income at peak time as soaring cases caused cast and crew absences and restrictions cut audiences
As panto season draws to an end, Britain’s theatres are countin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMThursday, December 16, 2021
With a surge in cancellations across the country, the new strain of Covid might be the biggest threat to the UK’s stage industry yet
It is the crucial season for theatres when families, sc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AMSunday, July 18, 2021
This month, Lucy St Louis becomes the first woman of colour to play Christine in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical in the West End
The first black actor to star as Christine in The Phantom of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMFriday, June 25, 2021
Laura Wade, writer of Posh and Home, I’m Darling, criticises government’s attitude to industry as unions fight cuts to performing arts degrees
The government has insufficiently supported…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMTuesday, May 11, 2021
Two-metre minimum distancing rules cap audiences at a tiny fraction of capacity and hamper tours too, say venues
Theatres in Scotland have called for an urgent review of Covid-19 social dist…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMEmma Rice’s adaptation of Bagdad Cafe and Harold Pinter’s darkly comic The Dumb Waiter staged in July as venue reopens
The Old Vic in London will welcome back theatregoers this summer in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AMTuesday, January 12, 2021
Sound Stage, a season of eight new audio plays, will enable audience members to connect with each other virtually
A new digital initiative has been launched to recreate the social experience…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54PMWednesday, December 16, 2020
As theatres are forced to close for the third time this year, the panto was recorded at its final preview as a gift for families
It’s Tuesday night at the panto and the theatre resounds wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMMonday, October 5, 2020
Future plays, the brainchild of playwright Tamsin Oglesby, is a collection of captivating extracts introduced by their authors
Seen any great plays recently? Seen any new plays recently?
Mor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMFriday, August 14, 2020
New drama by Roy Williams and Clint Dyer will be given socially distanced production in Olivier theatre
Rufus Norris: Covid funding must do more than just allow theatres to survive
The Natio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06AMThursday, August 6, 2020
With the reopening of indoor venues delayed, it’s open season for outdoor performances with companies heading out into the sunshine
If you want to watch live theatre in the UK, you current…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMWednesday, August 5, 2020
They fill the coffers, nurture audiences and enable venues’ other activities. Pantomimes are pivotal for the UK stage industry – a year without them could be catastrophic
It’s like a s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03AMThursday, May 14, 2020
Trio of stories about Anansi, the spider from West African and Caribbean folklore, will be available free and with accompanying activities
The Guardian has partnered with the Unicorn theatre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMWednesday, May 13, 2020
Covid-19 crisis draining theatre’s reserves, says artistic director, who announces new community schemes and streamed shows
Coronavirus and culture – a list of major cancellations
UK li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMThursday, April 23, 2020
The Guardian and Shakespeare’s Globe present three new versions of speeches from the Bard’s plays, performed by professional actors and theatre lovers around the world
Theatre lovers in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMFriday, April 3, 2020
Across the country, the crisis is having a devastating effect on recently established venues forced to shut their doors
• Coronavirus and culture – a list of major cancellations• Coron…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PMMonday, March 16, 2020
Old Vic closes Beckett revival starring Daniel Radcliffe two weeks early, stating it would be ‘financially devastating’ to refund tickets
Coronavirus – latest updates
See all our coron…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMFriday, November 8, 2019
Katharine Viner congratulates ‘wonderful’ arts writer who is already a vital contributor to the paper
Arifa Akbar has been appointed as the Guardian’s chief theatre critic. Akbar, who …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMTuesday, November 5, 2019
Editor-in-chief Katharine Viner hails the ‘extraordinary’ career of the celebrated critic who started at the newspaper in 1971
After almost 50 years and some 10,000 reviews, Michael Bill…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PM 
