468 stories by "Mark Lawson"
Orange Tree theatre, LondonThis 1894 farce set during the Serbo-Bulgarian war is impeccably played in a production showing the playwright's radical vision still resonates
When Channel 4 bega…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonDavid Edgar's sharp script feels close to home in this exuberant, illusion-filled version of Dickens' seasonal but socially conscious story
Ther…
Original Theatre OnlineShomit Dutta's play imagines the two cricket-obsessed Nobel prize winners as waiting batsmen in an enjoyable spin on Waiting for Godot and The Dumb Waiter
Samuel Becke…
Nottingham PlayhouseAdrian Scarborough stars in his own adaptation of Bennett's story, featuring convincing new dialogue and staged with visual panache
Between the stage and TV plays and jou…
Minerva, ChichesterA spin doctor's life spirals into chaos after he's hired by an ambitious senator in Christopher Shinn's grimly comic drama
After working on Hillary Clinton's failed presid…
Finborough theatre, LondonA ghostly tale and a potent monologue form a double bill that uses the 2014 conflict to remark movingly on current events
Because theatres schedule so far ahead, th…
The esteemed British director inspired each new generation of theatre creatives to be more daring and experimental
Peter Brook, influential theatre visionary, dies aged 97
The two key Britis…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonBack in the role she first played in 1997, Hunter uses her extraordinary transformative powers to show us the king as a geriatric child at the head of a disintegra…
Chichester Festival theatreHenry Goodman gives us every inch of Hercule Poirot's dandiness and comedy in this exemplary adaptation of Christie's ingenious murder mystery, but also gets every…
Sondheim theatre/Prince Edward theatre, LondonJudi Dench, Rob Brydon, Imelda Staunton and Bernadette Peters joined the cast for this superb tribute to a genius
Stephen Sondheim was so vast a…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonWith their portrait of a wobbling monarchy and egotistical leadership, these rare stagings are particularly topical
The three plays about King H…
Chichester Festival theatreMosse's adaptation of her blood-soaked novel delivers on chills but could do with more substance amid the sound and fury
Gothic chillers are rare in modern theatre…
Watermill theatre, NewburyThe actor-musicians deserve an award for multitasking here, switching between roles and instruments in a production exploring lying and dual identities
Though equiv…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonThis elusive curiosity " whose original production in 1964 closed on Broadway after nine performances " finds brilliant new contexts for its absurdist story
Some S…
Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonDavid Owen Norris and his son Barney reflect on the slipperiness of history in a show that elegantly defies categorisation
Ticketing websites divide shows fo…
Bridge theatre, LondonFiennes heads an electrifying cast in David Hare's dynamic portrait of Robert Moses, an aggressive yet visionary urban planner who refused to back down
Robert Moses, wh…
The classy actor could play both establishment and villainous characters with aplomb. He was naturally charming and hugely admired by great men of theatre like Harold Pinter
Peter Bowles die…
Coronet theatre, LondonThis drama about a sculptor looking back on his life is powerfully staged by the Norwegian Ibsen Company
In the last year of the 19th century, when Henrik Ibsen began …
As he beams aboard another Star Trek adventure, the 81-year-old actor talks about playing Picard as an intergalactic Prospero, hitting the bottle during Macbeth " and reaching page 310 of hi…
Holy Trinity Church, GuildfordFox is emotionally wrenching in Tom Littler's inventive and streamlined production, which explores the play's integral Christianity
Shakespeare gives a variety …
A generous-hearted jokesmith, Cryer created laughs for generations of comics, was a consummate performer and had a lifelong commitment to wit
'An honorary uncle to countless comics': Jack De…
Derby theatreUsing music hall and Broadway songs to tell the story of former MP Dennis Skinner's colourful Commons battles makes surprising sense
Writers often say that content dictates form…
Ian McKellen and Sanjeev Bhaskar will also take to stage and solve a crime without rehearsal in starry fundraising drama at London theatre
Actors have nightmares of going on in a play for wh…
Park Theatre, London
Interweaving triple narratives of lovers, siblings and soldiers doesn't give enough space to explore the complexities of British rule
The title of The 4th Country presum…
How does it feel to go back on stage night after night in a play that's been mauled by critics and deserted by audiences? Richard Eyre and other directors and actors relive their trauma
Movi…
