Mike Faist and Lucas Hedges are underserved by a clunky production as Annie Proulx’s story reaches the stage
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:36PMMark Gatiss is superb as Sir John Gielgud in Jack Thorne’s affecting play about Hamlet rehearsals with Richard Burton
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SOURCE: The Independent at 04:18AMDuncan Sheik’s score is the true pleasure of this adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd’s 2001 novel
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:48AMRachael Stirling and Stephen Mangan play the sparring ex-lovers in a production that emphasises domestic violence
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:18AMLeaked photographs of the ‘Happy Valley’ star performing nude in ‘A Little Life’ has plunged the theatre world into crisis mode. It speaks to a grotesque violation of the unspoken co…
SOURCE: The Independent at 03:32AMWilly Russell’s 1986 warm, wistful play about a bored housewife is the perfect vehicle for Smith’s return to the stage
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:30AMJodie Comer and Harry Styles have both won awards from gender-neutral categories, but much more needs to be done to make industries inclusive than simply renaming prizes, writes Jessie Thomp…
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SOURCE: The Independent at 01:30AMThe ‘Albert Nobbs’ and ‘Ozark’ star is about to play Phaedra in a new Simon Stone production. She talks to Jessie Thompson about ‘one of the most vilified anti-heroines ever’, em…
SOURCE: The Independent at 03:07AMIt’s nice that Sam Steiner’s 2015 fringe gem has been plucked out for the West End, but it doesn’t seem the best way to serve a bright new writing talent
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:15AMThe ‘Aftersun’ actor gives an entrancing performance in Rebecca Frecknall’s intense Tennessee Williams revival at the Almeida
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:42AM‘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 03:08AMThe 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 02:42AMMichael Grandage’s production has an inventiveness and creativity that’s true to the spirit of Virginia Woolf’s novel
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:36PMRupert Goold’s production at the Almeida about the televangelist, with music by Elton John, is gloriously OTT and packed with great performances
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:19AMWith the hit Broadway show about Michael Jackson set to arrive on the West End, Jessie Thompson asks whether a production that completely avoids the more troubling questions of his legacy is…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:03AMThe Olivier award-winning playwright Lucy Kirkwood’s short play ‘Maryland’, written in response to the murders of several women, has been made into a BBC film. She talks to Jessie Thom…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:03AMThe ‘IT Crowd’ and ‘Here We Go’ star is playing Beatrice in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’. She talks to Jessie Thompson about using wit as a defence, problematic Shakespeare plays and…
SOURCE: The Independent at 03:37AMAlthough written before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, this political play by the writer of ‘The Crown’, taps into current world events with masterful precision
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:37AMIndira Varma is excellent, but this self-referential rewrite of Chekhov’s 1895 play feels slow and self-indulgent
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:48AMThe versatile actor speaks to Jessie Thompson about how his experiences with mental health led to his new West End play, family life with pop star Lily Allen, and ‘the problem with James B…
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:54AMThe playwright’s identity was subject to frenzied speculation, which was fitting for a play about online conspiracy theory-ism
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:12AMNoma Dumezweni stars in Lucas Hnath’s schematic Broadway hit about what Nora Helmer did next
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:03AMAnne-Marie Duff is on spectacular form as the family matriarch in this century-spanning new play
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:06AMHe’s just played Gordon Brown in the West End (in The Audience), and he’s now gearing up to play Henry VIII – complete with beard – in the RSC adaptations of Hilary Mantel’s novels…
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