102 stories by "Andrzej Lukowski"
The annual Society of London Theatre box office figures are generally about as predictable as a Kazakhstani election result. Just as the
Say what you like about Ed Hall " and plenty have " but his tenure at Hampstead Theatre has seen some serious
For 14 years, the chief bogeyman of British theatre's critical fraternity has been the Daily Mail's Quentin Letts. And now, at last,
Let's start with the good news from The Stage's ticketing survey: it is genuinely terrific that the bottom ticket price for West
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
National Theatre head honcho Rufus Norris has endured an occasionally 'difficult' relationship with elements of the nation's press. But it was nothing
I recently interviewed Sean Holmes about his departure from the Lyric Hammersmith. He mused that as his reign wore on, mainstream theatre
The most powerful piece of theatre at last year's Edinburgh Fringe was Hannah Gadsby's devastating, deconstructed confessional Nanette. Despite the lavish praise
Britain's tortured withdrawal from the European Union is a common theme at the Edinburgh Fringe. Many comedians are trying to go beyond mockery.
Even as many performers focus on psychological well-being in their work, the grueling annual event can take a toll.
I'm sure everyone has noticed this by now, but football's coming home. And in certain respects the theatre world is not terribly
A London journalist takes pity on his New York colleagues and the "unadventurous" work they ended up championing.
There is a long and occasionally noble tradition of producers not inviting critics to shows. That is their right. Sometimes, there's a
The New York Times has caused something of a stir with a piece ranking the best 25 American plays written since Tony
Much like Jennifer Lawrence and and Marilyn Monroe, Tanya Burr does not have any formal acting qualifications. Unlike those two, the YouTube
How much does it cost to see, say, Les Miserables? The most recent press release I have " from earlier this month
"Fatherland," now playing in London, is an ambitious, genre-defying work that brings together interviews about what it means to be a parent, enlivened with music and dance.
Back in the day, a 'pause' in theatre was mostly known as Harold Pinter's favourite stage direction. And the odds are that
Somewhere, in a dank crevasse of the internet, there will be somebody venting their spleen over the recent news that Hayley Atwell
Are all great iconoclasts doomed to become icons? The titanic British theatremaker Joan Littlewood more or less gave up on the stage
Revivals of Oscar Wilde's deathless comedy warhorse The Importance of Being Earnest are not exactly uncommon: there were different West End productions
Considering the volume of critically acclaimed theatre productions that don't end up on TV " i.e. most of them " I'm not
What's good for the West End is good for the Olivier Awards. And it is almost impossible to conceive that any serious
And so it happened, the day I had been dreading since becoming a critic: somebody finally sleep shamed me at the theatre.
Not wishing to sound like a shill for the patriarchy, but is something heartening finally happening about gender parity of writers on
