Dorfman; Globe, LondonA 50s-obsessed couple find the veneer on their marriage cracking in Laura Wade's delicious new drama. Plus, André Holland and Mark Rylance as Othello and IagoCan you f…
Soho Theatre Upstairs, LondonA vivid depiction of life on an east London council estate evokes the films of Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino"You will rattle the house in which you play," wr…
She's not a feminist, but says women are born creative. Juliette Binoche talks to Laura Barnett about her spat with Gérard Depardieu, bad reviews " and why acting is like peeling onionsOne …
Casting directors are among the most powerful figures in showbusiness, able to make or break careers. But what exactly do they do? Laura Barnett talks auditions, callbacks " and tearsUp in h…
The performer and theatre-maker stars in George Brant's Grounded, which portrays war as soul-crushing shift workFor the past few months, Lucy Ellinson has been living inside the mind of an A…
The actor, about to star in A View from the Bridge at the Young Vic, on taking liberties with Arthur Miller " and the lure of playing the bad guy' Monroe and Miller's sensational year " in p…
How do you get over stage fright? Learn your lines? Make the most of auditions? Handle rejection? Stars of stage and screen tell their secrets to Laura Barnett, in this extract from her new …
The actor and writer, and star of daring new play The One, on the secret to good dramaThe first time I saw Phoebe Waller-Bridge at London's Soho theatre, she was naked and stepping into a ba…
He started work on his greatest verse cycle; she painted, wrote and danced. Laura Barnett reports on a new play trying to uncover the truth about the relationship between the poet and his ma…
Havana's hottest dance show goes from mambo to salsa to machete-spinning - in just a few seconds. Laura Barnett meets the companyIn a velvet-plush theatre in a once-affluent district of Hava…
It may be fun. It may be titillating. But let's not call it liberating or empowering to watch women remove their clothes in publicIt was the nipple tassles that did it. There they were, spin…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonJessica Swale's play evokes Gwynn's irreverent, irrepressible spiritBrothel dweller, herring gutter, hawker of oranges, mistress to a king and one of the first act…
NT Temporary theatre, LondonTen young performers offer vivid insights into adolescent minds in this beautifully conceived showWhat would you say if you came face to face with your teenage se…
Equity believes theatre group that sees hundreds of performers acting for one audience member at a time should pay wagesTo the uninitiated, it sounds like the sort of special-interest nightc…
When she was 13, Laura Barnett acquired a stepgrandmother she came to adoreOne Sunday afternoon in 1996, I climbed the stone steps leading up to the tall, ivy-clad facade of a house in Highg…
'I've been very lucky - I've worked consistently and I haven't had to kiss a lot of people on stage'
The Thick of It star talks about her brilliant new solo satire and breaking TV's sexist glass ceilingA couple of years ago, Olivia Poulet and her friend, fellow actress and writer Sarah Sole…
Bush, LondonBased on the life of Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight world champion, this gritty tale of sporting ambition is something special Continue reading...
Critics were wowed by the chemistry between Antony Sher and Harriet Walter in Macbeth, 15 years ago. Laura Barnett meets them as they reunite for Death of a Salesman
Part comedy show, part science lecture, this is inspiring and intriguing. But there is a lack of new material, says Laura Barnett
Ruby Wax's new stage show is about anxiety, rehab and the finer points of neuroscience - but, she tells Laura Barnett, it'll still make you laugh
Royal Court, LondonDalia Taha's compelling play transports us deep into the human reality of a conflict more familiar through TV news Continue reading...
Harriet Walter and her husband Guy Paul perform with great delicacy in this thoughtful examination of a marriage, says Laura Barnett
This is a bold retelling of a history-shaping episode from India's past, says Laura Barnett