The writer behind Matilda the musical and cult TV show Utopia is about to make his Royal Court debut. Not bad for a man who spent his 20s stacking shelves and fighting alcoholismSome people …
A question of responsibility: Maddy Costa reviews Josette Bushell-Mingo performing at the Young Vic. The post Review: Nina – A Story About Me and Nina Simone at the Young Vic appeared …
A way of performing live music as theatre: Maddy Costa reviews the new KlangHaus show at the Royal Festival Hall. The post Review: KlangHaus: 800 Breaths at the Southbank Centre appeared fi…
How can theatre accommodate neurodiversity? Maddy Costa explores how Art with Heart's touring show 'Declaration' remagines relationships between artist, venue and audience. The post Art wit…
An experience of great satisfaction: Maddy Costa reviews Thomas Adès opera adaptation of Luis Buñuel's 1962 surrealist film. The post Review: The Exterminating Angel at the Royal Opera H…
Maddy Costa talks to alternative cabaret star Le Gateau Chocolat about puncturing drag stereotypes, making work about depression, and surviving in a world where "We have to keep fighting for…
Busty Beatz, MD of Hot Brown Honey, is on residency at Wellcome Collection as part of The Sick Of The Fringe. She talks to Maddy Costa about making the personal political, and confronting We…
He is one of Britain's most revered actors, the winner of three Oliviers and hailed as the new John Gielgud. So why does Alex Jennings seem so unsatisfied? By Maddy CostaGarry Essendine is o…
Former EastEnders actor Arinze Kene is fast becoming one of Britain's most exciting young playwrights. He tells Maddy Costa why he has turned his gaze on the riots that rocked the 1980sWhen …
Kneehigh is one of Britain's most exciting theatre companies. How do they do it? Maddy Costa finds out at their secret hideaway in CornwallAt the top of a cliff on the south coast of Cornwal…
The writer and star of the groundbreaking show on the drag queen no one could resistAs soon as I started writing, other writers stopped wanting me acting in their shows " maybe they thought …
He has done everything from Tomb Raider to appearing nude with Nicole Kidman in The Blue Room. Now Iain Glen has graduated to directing. And it's very hard workLeading actors do not often ma…
An exercise in misogyny " or a love story about a man liberating a woman? As the RSC stages The Taming of the Shrew, Maddy Costa asks actors and directors how they read the playA man acquire…
Diana Rigg played a memorable Medea " now her daughter Rachael Stirling is taking it on. She talks to Maddy Costa, while other actors recall their own immersion in one of theatre's toughest …
With its swearing and its baby-stoning, Saved shocked Britain in 1965. Will the play do so again? Maddy Costa talks to the original cast " and asks Edward Bond why he finally allowed a reviv…
Nick Payne might only be 28, but he's already dazzled audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. As his hit play Constellations transfers to the West End, he talks to Maddy Costa about science…
What's it like to play Shakespeare's most controversial character? As a new RSC production opens, Patrick Stewart, Antony Sher and other former Shylocks reveal allPatrick Stewart Bristol Old…
He is one of Britain's most revered actors, the winner of three Oliviers and hailed as the new John Gielgud. So why does Alex Jennings seem so unsatisfied? By Maddy CostaGarry Essendine is o…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonDirector Thom Southerland has a long history with Mack and Mabel: he worked on it first in 2005, as an assistant on a stripped-back production in Newbury that tran…
Rebecca Lenkiewicz makes emotionally charged dramas about marginalised women. She tells Maddy Costa how adapting The Turn of the Screw brought back haunting memories of her ownOn a grey afte…
The Wizard of Oz musical is about to open in London. Why is its director so worried about the audience throwing shoes?
'Relaxed' performances, aimed at people with disabilities and their carers, are few and far between " but they have benefits for all of us. The whole point of theatre is that disruption shou…
Through discussions, performance and a shared lunch, the Dialogue festival invites audiences to see the value of art in new ways. Guest blogger Maddy Costa explains Continue reading...
Garrick, LondonThe past masters feel a bit hemmed in on stage, but there's still serious satirical comment on contemporary events behind their barrage of historical fun Continue reading...
New London theatre, LondonIt's 15 minutes before there is an Elephantom in the room but the party animals are worth the wait in this fast-paced show"When is the elephant going to come?&…