853 stories by "Matt Trueman"
Around a year and a half ago, Theatre503 nearly closed. An intimate, ramshackle black box space on the first floor of the
Marco Ramirez's hard-hitting 'play in six rounds' is inspired by the first African American heavyweight champion of the world Continue reading...
On his very first day in London, Robert Holman went to the theatre. He had come down by bus the day before,
Harry Melling is over Harry Potter. "I kind of want to let it go," he says. "It's done." The 27-year-old spent his
Songs of Lear and Verity Standen's MmmHmmm prove that choral compositions can be emotional, political and dizzyingly intimateA 10-strong choir " five men and five women " are stood in a semi…
Watch out Matilda, Billy and Charlie ... 2015 brings some striking roles for kids. But as The Nether's director Jeremy Herrin explains, working with young stars can be a high-wire actLondon …
The backstage antics of Michael Keaton and his Broadway co-stars are the beating heart of this Oscar-tipped film, perfectly portraying the thrills and terrors of live theatre performanceRigg…
Madani Younis has inspired record audiences at his London venue. His new season explores central issues for the theatre's local community " as well as a piece inspired by the US boxing champ…
The story of Amanda Todd, who at 15 killed herself after being blackmailed and harassed online, is evoked in Girls Like That at Londons Unicorn theatre Continue reading...
Richard Sheridans grande dame from The Rivals is best known for her flamboyant word-mangling, but what lies behind the desperate desire to impress? Two actors whove played the role doff thei…
Falstaff has been played as fool, villain, weakling and liar. Ashley McGuire, who is starring in the Donmars all-female Henry IV, and Joss Ackland, who has played the role twice, explain the…
Fresh from filming Hilary Mantels Wolf Hall for the BBC, the actor explains why hes adapted the Russian authors scuzzy existentialist novella for the stage Continue reading...
From George Bernard Shaw to Nicholas de Jongh, there is a tradition of reviewers penning their own scripts. So can you learn to write plays by watching them? And does being a playwright make…
Alan Ayckbourn's latest work is less than the sum of its parts, says Matt Trueman
Euripides's tragedy demands a killer central performance as the woman who murders her children to avenge her betrayal. Helen McCrory and Diana Rigg, who played the role 20 years apart, expla…
Breaking up is hard to do if you're part of a comedy group where the numbers no longer add up. Pappy's and the Birthday Girls relive the horrors of rejigging their lineups Continue reading...
In Jennifer Haley's play, adults adopt child avatars to enact fantasies of illicit sex raising issues around freedom of expression and the pernicious influence of explicit materialIn Jennif…
Noel Coward's once-banned play about adulterous aristocrats is spoiled by an abrupt ending, says Matt Trueman
Robert Soans's religious drama is worth persevering with, says Matt Trueman
It has giant inflatables, rubber-clad aerialists and a walk-through whale's stomach Living Structures' immersive homage to Moby-Dick, Leviathan, looks set to make a splashWhen Orson Welles …
Nick Payne's one-man play gives us death through an Instagram filter, says Matt Trueman
The play inspired by the Anders Breivik mass shooting is mixing British, Norwegian and Austrian actors on stage to explore the forces of multicultural collision. Director Ramin Gray explains…
Alexander Zeldin's devised piece Beyond Caring explores the precarious existence of cleaners at a meat factoryYou've seen the stats: 2.7m jobs, 600,000 workers, on zero-hours contracts. Some…
This production lets Keith Waterhouse's iconic anti-hero, Billy Fisher, off the hook, says Matt Trueman
Promenade theatre often means little more than a shuffle, but a wave of walking-based productions are taking audiences, on foot, into unknown territoryWhen theatregoers get to their feet, it…
