Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonSleeping Beauty chic meets the online generation for this plush stage version of Pullman's bestseller, but more love should have been lavished on the actingA muse…
He's played Sam Cooke, an EastEnders bad boy and a closeted footballer in The Pass. Now, Arinzé Kene has returned to writing plays " and to the violent summer of 2011 " with a searing accou…
Cult US theatre group 600 Highwaymen are putting on their first UK show with a gang of strangers who have rehearsed individually and never met each otherWhen they take the stage this week, t…
After six years in 'retirement', Staines's finest is set to return in Ali G: Rezurection, on Fox network's FXX comedy channelAli G is back in da house " at least, if your house is in the US …
One of my favourite things in theatre is the moment the Barbican shuts its doors, pre-show. You catch it out of the
He brought sex dolls to Measure for Measure and a food fight to The Changeling. As his Midsummer Night's Dream looms at the Young Vic, the director discusses the dark truth to fairy storiesN…
Nina Dunn, 37 Video Towards the end of The Mountaintop, history began to unspool. Nina Dunn's handsome, greyscale projections for the Young
Less than a year ago, the Bunker was a storage space beneath the Menier Chocolate Factory in London. It held occasional one-off
In his play Winter Solstice, Roland Schimmelpfennig seeks to explore how rightwing rhetoric can ambush even the liberal-mindedAs Michael Rosen's poem insists, fascism doesn't come in fancy d…
Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, NetherlandsJean Genet's symbolist crime drama seems all too tense and real in this contemporary setting, with a trans victim who forgot to check her privilegeJean …
Former Royal Ballet principal ballerina to replace Alesha Dixon on BBC show's judging panel in autumn 2012Darcey Bussell might have hung up her pointe shoes, but she's set to dish out scores…
Whatever became of theatre blogging? Maybe it's just me, but a scene that seemed so vibrant a few years ago seems to
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who is reviving the one-woman stage show that inspired her Amazon series, said she admits to feeling "a certain amount of whiplash."
Pinter classic proves the second biggest non-musical hit of 2013 in New York, grossing $17.5mDaniel Craig and Rachel Weisz have proved box-office dynamite on Broadway. Betrayal, wh…
Kate Pakenham is showing me round the Donmar Warehouse's new hub on Dryden Street " a converted warehouse five minutes from the
It's crucial for the theatre's coffers and must entertain audiences of all ages. No pressure then … Panto veteran Susie McKenna and rookie Ellen McDougall on staging a festive spectacularT…
Somewhat guiltily, I find myself gripped by The Crown " the new Netflix nostalgia-fest that falls on bended knee and drools at
For his new Roundhouse show, Putting Words in Your Mouth, the artist interviewed 400 LGBT people around the UK. Their views are staged in a 'lip-sync marathon' designed to catch audiences of…
After a quarter-century in politics, the Oscar winner, at 80, will play one of the most challenging roles in theater in a production at the Old Vic.
Australian director reveals desire to follow Romeo + Juliet and The Great Gatsby with a third DiCaprio-driven film adaptationLaurence Olivier, Kenneth Branagh and even Mel Gibson have done i…
Star ballerina overcomes hardship and injury to become American Ballet Theatre's first black soloist in 20 yearsA ballerina who lived in a single motel room with her mother and five siblings…
London had 241 theatres in 2014 " a total capacity of 110,000 seats. It's getting lots more. Some permanent, some temporary. Some
In the middle of a council estate in Vauxhall is an unloved community hall: its floor criss-crossed with faded tramlines; its basketball
NYT head comes under fire for suggesting that 'the majority of actors' don't need formal training, but should instead focus on marketing skills that enable them to get workFormal three-year …
So, that was the Kenneth Branagh season: greeted with such fanfare, sent off with scarcely a shrug. It's a real shame. Branagh