Some theatregoers seem so anxious to post their reactions instantly, they tweet before the curtain falls. Isn't that missing the point?Midway through the post-show Q&A I was hosting at the W…
A big thank you to everyone for getting involved in our open journalism project " and it isn't over yet. As well as our tweet night, we're doing a webchat with Zoe Boyle and Jamie Parker, so…
The debate we held after a performance of Three Sisters raised some fascinating points about criticism in the age of social media " what do you think?Sign up for our next tweet night, at Wes…
Standup Russell Kane talks to Andrew Dickson about issues with echoes, the lesser stresses of books, and biological clocksSo you've just arrived in Edinburgh, and your show is already beset …
A mosque is stormed, its inhabitants are butchered … Andrew Dickson on a Macbeth set in today's Middle EastIt is, in fairness, the Scottish play. But rarely has Macbeth been so inescapable…
'I hate the word "production". It's a ceremony, a ritual - you should go out of the theatre more human than when you went in'Beyond the péripherique, a short drive through the Bois de Vince…
To mark the beginning of the Edinburgh festival, we're giving the blog a makeover "Â and bringing one of our critics centre stageBig day for us today. Not only is the Edinburgh festival ju…
Comedian Alex Horne tells Andrew Dickson about improvisation, Tellytubbies and the terrible dangers of Beyoncé dancesOK, so what's with all this Horne Section malarkey? It's comedians mucki…
Our crack team " plus a host of comedians " are poised and ready to deliver daily reviews, news, interviews, videos, podcasts and insider tips from the very bowels of the festival. Join us n…
Mike Pearson and Mike Brooks are constantly pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved in site-specific theatre. So what have they got planned for their mash-up of Shakespeare and Brecht…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonThough there's been plenty of error in Afghan politics in the past few decades, we've seen precious little comedy " as the most recent news, a triple suicide bombi…
Young Vic, LondonFor a director who once threw everything he could at the stage " Japanese bunraku puppetry to Hindu epics " Peter Brook has latterly discovered the art of the exquisite mini…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonA gaunt and arthritic king totters on stage, his head a thatch of matted white hair " then, grinning, he springs up like a jack-in-the-box and whisks off the wig. …
National Theatre of Scotland head takes job described by one predecessor as theatre's equivalent to England managerAn American producer may have once joked that British theatre was entirely …
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonWhat's Titus Andronicus really about? On one level, it's Shakespeare's most conspicuously show-offy tragedy: an earnest homage to Seneca and Ovid that reads, on th…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonOne's heart goes out to the National Theatre of China, hit by a calamity of Shakespearean proportions as they prepared to make their British debut in the Globe to …
Shakespeare's GlobeNo one could accuse Shakespeare's Globe of lacking nerve. Not only does their contribution to the World Shakespeare festival include almost every work in the canon, each i…
The World Shakespeare festival, with performances from across the globe in nearly 50 languages, begins this weekend. Andrew Dickson travelled to India to watch rehearsals for a Bollywood ver…
Novello, LondonThis revival of Michael Frayn's farce to end all farces was extravagantly garlanded when it first opened at the Old Vic. With two Olivier award nominations safely in the bag, …
I was half-expecting a 'Rooster' Byron-style hellraiser. Instead, the playwright treated us to reflections on theatre full of modesty and dry humourAfter a week or so living inside the world…
'I kept thinking, I should be playing that part, but then I'd remember that the actor doing it was posh'On the looming cliff-face of Dean Clough mill in Halifax there sits an enormous sign, …
What kind of a man was Shakespeare? A cold husband and a cruel father " or quite the party man? Patrick Stewart and Simon Callow recreate his life in two very different productions'I've alwa…
What can an all-black production add to Waiting for Godot? Andrew Dickson finds outIn what used to be a warehouse in Leeds, two men are waiting for something " anything " to happen. One rumm…
'The skills involved in working with a musical score and lyrics are every bit as particular as the skills required in putting on a Shakespeare play' Continue reading...
'The skills involved in working with a musical score and lyrics are every bit as particular as the skills required in putting on a Shakespeare play'When Trevor Nunn was about to take over at…