24 stories by "Ben Lawrence"
It isn't too soon for a play about Jimmy Savile - but this one just isn't any good, says Ben Lawrence
The actor, who died today, was too fine an actor for the 007 role he famously rejected, says Ben Lawrence
The Hollywood actor shows theatrical prowess but he's let down by a sluggish production, says Ben Lawrence
Diana Agron's stilted performance and snigger-inducing poetic lines make this a fashion faux-pas, says Ben Lawrence
Communicating Doors may not be a classic Ayckbourn, says Ben Lawrence, but this production reminds us of its merits
Transposed to Fifties Soho, this is a gleeful RSC revival of Middleton's Jacobean comedy, says Ben Lawrence
This pulse-taking of the NHS has some strong sections, but it sorely needs editing, says Ben Lawrence
As she prepares to play Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's The Audience, Kristin Scott Thomas tells Ben Lawrence why people mistake her shyness for haughtiness
As she prepares to play Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's The Audience, Kristin Scott Thomas tells Ben Lawrence why people mistake her shyness for haughtiness
How did a 5ft nothing girl from Barnet become the award-winning queen of musical theatre? Not by being Miss Tippy Toes says Ben Lawrence
This powerful play about about a black, early-20th century boxing champion reaches beyond the sport into race relations, says Ben Lawrence
Mark Rylance's return to the stage after Wolf Hall mixes crowd-pleasing theatrics with dark psychodrama, says Ben Lawrence
This is a promising debut about two Palestinian families living in the shadow of Israeli air strikes, says Ben Lawrence
The Singing Stones is overlong, inconsistently written and undermined by poor design
E Nesbit fans will be disappointed by this beautiful but botched version of the children's classic, says Ben Lawrence
This play about the child soldiers of the Liberian Civil War reminds us of the human capacity for hope, says Ben Lawrence
Alan Titchmarsh delights as Kenneth Grahame in Will Tuckett's charming, ingenious adaptation
Ben Lawrence is stirred by Not About Heroes, this revival of a chamber piece about Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen
Terence Rattigan's first play today seems as immature as its subjects, says Ben Lawrence
This musical adaptation of David Baddiel's 2010 film is clouded by lazy writing
Irina Brook's reimagining of Ibsen's drama - featuring songs by Iggy Pop - falls short, says Ben Lawrence
Anna Chancellor stars in this delirious roadtrip about an aristocrat's uprising against the Establishment, says Ben Lawrence
TV's crown has been snatched by the stage, says Ben Lawrence
Writer Lee Hall, creator of BIlly Elliot, has now adapted Shakespeare in Love for the stage.
