461 stories by "Mark Lawson"
Mike Daisey's campaigning monologue about Apple may have succeeded as a play, but it failed as journalism. Does it matter if theatre based on real-life material takes dramatic licence?Some t…
Barry Humphries' announcement that he is to retire Dame Edna Everage is sad news for all fans of the housewife superstarOne of Dame Edna Everage's shows was called, in a characteristically c…
Her mother was a celebrated Ellida. So was her sister. Is that why Joely Richardson is marking her return to the stage by playing Ibsen's difficult heroine?One day last year, Joely Richards…
With his plays about heroin addicts and barrow boys, David Eldridge has swung the wrecking ball at class bias in theatre. But his biggest conflict is with himselfOver the last 15 years, Davi…
From The King's Speech to the Great British Bake Off, this year's arts winners ignored the safety-first rules of surviving a downturnThe year began and now ends with an odd little movie, sho…
Betty Blue Eyes was a critical smash, but the final curtain comes down early this weekend. Why are original British musicals being squeezed out of the West End? Blog: join the debateOn the…
David Mellor is right to remonstrate with unruly theatre-goers. But he's fighting a losing battleThe opera-going former politician David Mellor has reportedly taken to remonstrating with mem…
On the anniversary of his death, researchers " driven by a devotion to plays which have lasted centuries " are still finding, and deleting, works to credit to himThis week, I spent six hours…
Copyright law can be a minefield " as the BBC found out over Room at the TopThe sudden removal from the BBC4 schedule last week of a new dramatisation of John Braine's novel Room at the Top,…
He may be white, but Johnny Depp is perfect casting for Tonto, the Lone Ranger's Native American sidekickReports that a movie remake of The Lone Ranger will star Johnny Depp as the Native A…
From pantos to atheism, from Great War slaughter to Ronnie Corbett, every hit festive show will make us look back in wonderThe Royal Court Theatre in London has always been a pioneer: the si…
