60 stories by "Emily Hardy"
By Emily Hardy
On the whole, adaptors have tended to skirt around the 'darker' elements of the stories, fearful of the brutal, gory comeuppances (for which Dahl has faced criticism).
This po…
By Emily Hardy
This July everyone's favourite furry monster roars back into the West End in celebration of his 15th anniversary on stage. Tall Stories' smash hit production of The Gruffalo, …
By Emily Hardy
To mark the tenth anniversary of Ruby in the Dust, the theatre company will be presenting their iconic production of Gatsby at the Union Theatre, where they had their first pr…
By Emily Hardy
The Curing Room by David Ian Lee, which caused a stir at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and subsequently played a limited season at the Pleasance Islington, will return to…
By Emily Hardy
The Encounter, Simon McBurney's spell-binding solo performance for Complicite, the big hit of last year's Edinburgh Festival, opens its UK tour at Home in Manchester. Threadin…
By Emily Hardy
Following hot on the heels of an audacious winter season, the King's Head Theatre will show two critical revivals plus London transfers for three Edinburgh Fringe success stor…
By Emily Hardy
Ahead of revealing its full tenth anniversary programme, HighTide has announced that, alongside the Arcola Theatre, they will present a new play by Anders Lustgarten, which wi…
By Emily Hardy
We recently paid a visit to the National Theatre’s production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time at the Gielgud Theatre. Here are our top 5 reasons to …
By Emily Hardy
From March 2016, as part of artistic director Madani Younis' aim of creating a theatre that truly reflects the community, the Bush Theatre will undergo a major redevelopment. …
By Emily Hardy
The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company has revealed the full cast for Romeo and Juliet, the fifth production in the inaugural Plays at the Garrick season. Joining Lily James as J…
By Emily Hardy
Transferring to the King's Head Theatre following successful runs in Wales and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015 is Scriptography Productions' To Kill a Machine. Catrin Ff…
By Emily Hardy
Curve's artistic director, Nikolai Foster, has revealed the full company for his new production of the award-winning West End and Broadway smash hit musical comedy, Legally…
By Emily Hardy
After eight years at Tobacco Factory Theatres, director Ali Robertson has announced his new appointment as executive producer at the acclaimed Kneehigh Theatre. Robertson said…
By Emily Hardy
David Aula and Simon Evans have teamed up to create a ground-breaking piece of theatre, The Vanishing Man, described as a "time-hopping, misdirection-abusing, mind-bendi…
By Emily Hardy
Eggs is a dark comedy about female friendship, fertility and freaking out. This intimate two-hander by Florence Keith-Roach, which premiered to great acclaim at the Edinburgh …
By Emily Hardy
Tessa Peake-Jones, Paul Kemp and Emily Burnett will appear in the world premiere of Tabitha Mortiboy's Beacons at Park Theatre (PARK90), presented by Attic Theatre Company. Di…
By Emily Hardy
Following the success of last year’s production of Obama-ology, multi-award-winning African-American playwright Aurin Squire returns to the Finborough Theatre with anoth…
By Emily Hardy
A new production, directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie, begins previews at the West Yorkshire Playhouse on Wednesday 30 November. The first UK staging of Strictly Ballroo…
By Emily Hardy
Daniel Evans' five star production of Show Boat will transfer from Sheffield to the West End this spring. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber, Show Boat, with music by Jerome Ke…
By Emily Hardy
Liverpool lad Philip Olivier – best known for his role as Tim O'Leary in Channel 4's Brookside, not to mention a killer set of abs – spills the beans on his direct…
By Emily Hardy
Hand to God is a soul-cleansing experience – gleefully unburdening its audience of their suppressed hysteria, and leaving them to guiltily head for confession (or the th…
By Emily Hardy
International hit musical The Bodyguard will return to the West End for a limited six month run with Beverley Knight once again as the lead. Public booking will open on 12 Feb…
By Emily Hardy
Alan Ayckbourn's farcical tale of marital manners, How The Other Half Loves will appear in the West End this spring. The 1969 classic " the first of Ayckbourn's plays to be st…
By Emily Hardy
If you don't mind it light, hammy and reminiscent of a drunk uncle, Nell Gwynn is fabulously entertaining. There's a natty onstage band, snappy songs and even a lesson in the …
By Emily Hardy
Emily Hardy reveals her February favourites. The End of Longing The Playhouse theatre February 2 – May 14 BOOK NOW Written by and starring Friends' Matthew Perry, The En…
