Thursday, December 23, 2021
A Fight Against… (Una Lucha Contra…) marks Chilean playwright Pablo Manzi’s English-language debut. Translated by William Gregory, it’s a timely look at how violence acts as a cataly…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:41AMWednesday, March 25, 2020
In these unprecedented times, most of us are going to be living and working in isolation for potentially months on end. That’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMMonday, March 23, 2020
As venues remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the head of lighting at London’s Royal Court tells Theo Bosanquet about discovering
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:48AMMonday, March 2, 2020
This double-bill of dramatisations has been a long-time labour of love for actor Robert Bathurst, and his passion shows. He pours himself
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:59AMWednesday, February 19, 2020
The ‘geek musical’ is truly having a moment. With Dear Evan Hansen in the West End, and recent shows including Eugenius!, Loserville
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:09AMFriday, February 14, 2020
Actor Danny Mac’s Strictly success has led to a number of West End leading roles. He talks to Theo Bosanquet about being
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMFriday, February 7, 2020
Roxana Silbert became artistic director of Hampstead Theatre eight months ago, but this is the first production she has tackled herself. It’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:43AMMonday, February 3, 2020
Known for his roles in The Matrix and Lord of the Rings, Hugo Weaving is about to star at the National Theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:14AMThursday, January 30, 2020
Ingmar Bergman’s enigmatic 1966 film, about a young nurse and her actress patient, may be a masterpiece of European cinema, but it
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00PMMonday, January 27, 2020
Riverside Studios’ redevelopment has taken five years to complete, at a cost of £50m, but its new look is finally on show
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMWednesday, January 15, 2020
Tara Arts co-founder and artistic director Jatinder Verma tells Theo Bosanquet why he has decided to leave the multicultural London theatre company
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMFriday, November 29, 2019
The grim excesses of the financial world are well documented, and particularly the abhorrent behaviour of one Jordan Belfort, the self-monikered “Wolf
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:19AMThursday, July 4, 2019
Mardi Gras has come to Shakespeare’s Globe. New associate director Sean Holmes’ inventive and colourful production is a heady summer treat. It
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:43AMMonday, July 1, 2019
It’s great to see new Unicorn Theatre artistic director Justin Audibert giving Aesop his due attention amid the seeming ubiquity of Messrs
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:27AMTuesday, June 25, 2019
With Wimbledon round the corner, this play about the parents of a tennis prodigy is well timed but ultimately proves more of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:41AMWednesday, May 29, 2019
The Merry Wives of Windsor has long been derided as one of Shakespeare’s weaker works. American critic Harold Bloom labelled it “Shakespeare’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:25AMTuesday, April 30, 2019
It has often been said that the current political omnishambles has rendered the art of satire dead. This risible offering from Ben
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMWednesday, April 24, 2019
Written in 1989, Jerry Sterner’s Off-Broadway hit play is as 1980s as shoulder pads and Wham. The central character, played on screen
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:30AMTuesday, April 23, 2019
My great-grandfather, Bertold Wiesner, is thought to have fathered more than 600 children, putting him close to Genghis Khan in the record
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMMonday, April 15, 2019
While Beatrix Potter’s anthropomorphic tales have been adapted innumerable times, most versions struggle to replicate the unique charm of the original books.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AMFriday, April 5, 2019
Who doesn’t love polar bears? They’re amazing animals, pin-ups of the arctic amid the existential threat of melting icecaps. In this latest
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMMonday, April 1, 2019
There are some intriguing ideas underscoring American playwright Tom Coash’s study of a gay relationship in present day Cairo. Mohammed, fresh from
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:16AMMonday, February 4, 2019
The question of whether to tamper with Shakespeare’s words in productions for young audiences is a big one. On the one hand
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AMMonday, January 21, 2019
The tale of Elmer and his existential crisis has been entertaining very young children for 30 years, so he has packed his
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:23PMThursday, December 20, 2018
An owl has a nighttime adventure – as owls are wont to do – in this charming sequel to Wow! Said The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:39AMWednesday, December 12, 2018
There are a number of festive alternatives to panto for young children this year, and this homespun tale from SharkLegs is a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:25AMMonday, December 10, 2018
For the uninitiated, Operation Ouch! is a CBBC show that offers a – literally – warts-and-all look at the human body. There’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:39PMSaturday, December 23, 2017
Since finding chart success with McFly, Tom Fletcher has carved out a career as a YouTube star, children’s author and all-round pop
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:40PMFriday, December 8, 2017
For all its tricks, the most enchanting sequence in this seasonal show from Paper Balloon involves simple hand puppetry with coats and scarfs
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:22PMWednesday, November 29, 2017
Mike Kenny’s version of The Snow Queen was written long before Frozen turned the story into a sugar-coated sibling yarn. One of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:11AMThursday, December 1, 2016
Open the arts pages of any broadsheet newspaper and read a book review. Notice anything? It has likely been written by an
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