Campaign group met with disappointment from company following plea to read up on country's human rights recordThe Globe theatre said yesterday that it was disappointed with Amnesty querying …
Former Harry Potter star recognised for performance in The Cripple of Inishmaan while Rupert Grint also wins prizeFormer Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has won the WhatsOnStage best acto…
The Irish actor explains the genesis of her monologue riverrun, sprung from a masterpiece of Irish literature, between rehearsals for its UK debut at the National Theatre's ShedThe Irish ac…
An installation " Raw Material: Llareggub Revisited " and two new productions of the play presented 60 years after premiereThe bible-black night over the dreaming town of Llareggub, peopled …
Hit musicals including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and star turns from actors such as Helen Mirren help drive up ticket sales to £586m in 2013London's theatres enjoyed a record year…
With 25th anniversary production of Les Misérables breaking box-office records in North America, Mackintosh becomes first British producer to be honouredThe theatre impresario Sir Cameron M…
Actor returns to West End with scatty medium Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit, reprising Broadway role that drew Jessica Fletcher fansAngela Lansbury, an actor returning to the London stage wi…
By day, the drydocked sailing ship will continue as a museum; by night, an 85-seat space for comedy, music… and sailors' talesTheatregoers will occupy a space once packed with tea chests, …
Album of photos preserved for over 50 years show princesses acting in wartime productions of Aladdin and CinderellaThe costumes look remarkably grand for home theatricals, the jewellery is s…
Press launch for London reunion show of Monty Python Flying Circus descends into pantomimeBooking will open and almost certainly close on Monday for one of the most keenly awaited reunions i…
Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear jointly win the prize as the judges are unable to choose between their performancesThe men playing the lead roles in the National Theatre's recent production o…
Cultural envoys hope tense diplomatic relations will be eased by James Bond, Yuri Gagarin, Shakespeare and StravinskyThe largest ever festival of Russian and British culture, embracing art, …
Previously unpublished image of power couple is curtain-raiser for National Portrait Gallery's exhibition of her life and careerA previously unpublished image of one of the most glamorous co…
Regional theatre awards honour actors Cush Jumbo, Janie Dee and Siân Phillips, while Blanche McIntyre wins best directorWomen have scooped all the major acting prizes in the UK Theatre aw…
Joost Schmidt poster designed for 1923 Bauhuas exhibition in Weimar among 100 for sale from Dutch collectorA poster made for an exhibition that was a landmark in design and art history, and …
Two-year tour will start next April on 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, and aims to visit every nation on EarthThe Globe theatre is sending a production of Hamlet on the first genui…
Sold-out performance in King Richard II to be relayed live around the world and streamed into 1,000 British schoolsIt's too late to book tickets to see David Tennant tackle Shakespeare's fla…
Star of War Horse and Thor will play opposite Mark Gatiss in Shakespeare tragedy, which he calls 'play for our time'The film star Tom Hiddleston, whose recent hits include War Horse, The Ave…
London venue will form company of child actors to perform in candlelit Sam Wanamaker PlayhouseShakespeare's Globe is to create a company of child actors for its new, candlelit indoor theatre…
Antonio Pappano claims that 'they are weaker in their bodies or don't care' and are too ready to pull out of productionsYoung opera stars are too ready to pull out of productions because of …
Biennial festival's premieres include Maxine Peake reciting The Masque of Anarchy and Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare roleA string of world premieres will be among the highlights of this summe…
Hit productions including Lion King, Wicked, and James McAvoy's Macbeth at risk after pay talks break downA string of West End hit shows including The Lion King, Wicked, and James McAvoy's …
Joan Littlewood's classic musical to be recreated in its original home at the Theatre Royal Stratford EastHalf a century after it brought audiences to their feet cheering and weeping, Joan L…
David Cecil is charged with staging play about homosexuality while it was still under review by censorsA petition expressing outrage over the detention in Uganda of the British theatre produ…
Musical to close in London in October after 10,000 performances, but will continue to tourThe musical Blood Brothers, which has been running in London's West End since 1988, is to close in O…