The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland is based on a new approach called 'open dialogue', and replicates the experience of having an auditory hallucinationCan theatre offer a cu…
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 guyMark Strong has an uncanny ability to make ba…
'My beloved helped me shave my entire body once a week with a beard trimmer'What first drew you to acting?I went to this very odd school, Christ's Hospital " like Eton for poor boys. I remem…
Don't be put off by the 'stupid, tacky' name. The Tony award-winning show " which ran for three years on Broadway " is a sharp satire on the dangers of climate changeUrination may not be the…
The comedian on his posh past and his first arena tour. Just don't remind him that it kicks off in three days…Jack Whitehall doesn't seem like a man troubled by self-doubt. At 25, he …
The former Royal Shakespeare Company chief talks about the joy of creating worlds he wants to live in, getting bad reviews, and why theatre must not become a plaything of the wealthyWhat fir…
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…
The stage star talks reveals how comedy cost him his athletic figure, why he struggles to be taken seriously as an actor " and why doing a 10-metre dive on Splash! changed his lifeWhen did y…
Why are so many health organisations funding art projects and what can artists and scientists gain from close collaboration?Anna Dumitriu turns bacteria into art. She has stitched strains of…
The actor talks about getting the rhythm of Shakespeare, why parts for older women are opening up, and resembling a chickenWhen did you realise you wanted to act?I was a dancer for years, bu…
The Shed at the National Theatre, LondonRhys Ifans is superb as a rough sleeper caught up in the Occupy demonstrations in Tim Price's commendable playFor an article marking the National Thea…
Vaudeville, LondonAn energetic farce about the MPs' expenses scandal has plenty of good one-liners but runs out of steam in the second actTo call the MPs' expenses scandal farcical feels lik…
The Russian ballet star talks about her formative years with the Bolshoi, the troubled times it has faced " and why life on stage is nothing like Black SwanWhat's your earliest memory of&nbs…
PG Wodehouse Society treasurer Jeremy Neville praises a clever, cross-dressing stage translation that stays true to the books " and is enormously enjoyableTranslating PG Wodehouse to the sta…
Actor Martin Shaw talks about working with Polanski, the dumbing-down of his profession, and the death of his fellow Professional Lewis CollinsHow did you become interested in acting?It…
Tricycle, LondonA controversial play from the 70s no longer shocks in Kathy Burke's spirited revivalMary J O'Malley's comedy about piety and puberty at a Willesden convent school in the 1950…
Penelope Wilton talks about the effect Downton Abbey's success has had on her career, the importance of actors listening to each other and why dressing up for premieres is her idea of hellWh…
The comic talks about the mundanity of fame, the difficulty of doing alternative comedy when you went to Cambridge, and how Andrew Lloyd Webber keeps mistaking him for Ben EltonWhen did you …
'No one ever says: "You're a composer? Wonderful! Why don't I give you lots of money?"'What got you started?I wrote my first composition when I was nine, but I never thought I'd be a compose…
Preparing for his new show Fylm, the comic talks about stress, Ginsters sandwiches, crayons and punching boxersWhen did you discover you were funny? Still waiting.What was your big breakthro…
The Shed, the National, LondonThe human cost of China's growth is scrutinised in a damning but somewhat one-dimensional playThere is a great drama to be written about Chinese migrant workers…
Wyndham's, LondonEven a quality cast can't save the late Clive Exton's foul-mouthed, old-fashioned farceMaybe it's because I'm the daughter of an Essex girl, but I've never quite understood …
Theatre designer Hildegard Bechtler talks about jettisoning film, putting live horses on stage, and why she isn't a fan of awards seasonWhat got you started?We didn't have much when I was gr…
The political comic on why telly's 'battery viewers' should be liberated, and the best advice he ever hadWhat got you started?The fact that the one time the whole family came together was du…
Globe, LondonJessica Swale highlights female students' fight for the right to graduate in 1896"A woman who expends her energy exercising the brain," proclaims the psychiatrist Dr Henry Mauds…