1,125 stories by "Natasha Tripney"
So here it is. With Christmas drawing near there are only a handful of big shows left to open before everyone gets
Call me joyless. Call me a Grinch. I don't mind. You probably have a case. But when it comes to panto I'm,
Dep Arts, the Leeds-based production company with a strong track record of creating theatre and arts projects in the north of England,
It's a small moment, but an eloquent one. While playing the title role in Penelope Skinner's Linda at the Royal Court, a
Christmas is creeping ever nearer, so naturally my picks of the week include an array of ghosts, witches, and villains, as well
Five minutes before the end of the press performance of Waste, Roger Michell's production of the play by Harley Granville Barker at
Along with the West End transfer of Martin McDonagh's new play, Hangmen, this week also sees major new productions opening at the
As we head towards December, venues across the country are bringing out the glitter guns and snow machines. The coming week sees
Lucy Bailey's career has been one of seismic shifts. In a career spanning more than three decades, she's worked in both opera
"It definitely changed everything," says Anna Jordan, winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2013 for her fourth play, the vivid,
Fewer major openings this week, but lots of intriguing things happening elsewhere: the Radar festival of new writing continues at the Bush
The lights dim and there are actors on stage. There are actors on stage and this time they're saying things I've written.
The Team is not a company to shy away from a grand narrative or an iconic American image. The work of the
There's something pleasingly circular about the fact that As You Like It was one of the first productions Polly Findlay ever directed
As November arrives, wreathed in mist, the prospect of retreating indoors for a couple of hours of an evening to be told
This is the year that theatre went Greek, where the ancient and the modern collided, violently, brilliantly, beautifully. The Almeida Theatre flew
After a little lull, things kick up a gear this week with a major new opening at the National, plus the third
There's a sizeable queue of people at the stage door already. Benedict Cumberbatch is in the building, about to perform in Lyndsey
The Royal Court, which has just announced a pretty dazzling 60th anniversary season " including new work from Caryl Churchill, a well-deserved
Memories make us, they shape us: they are our narratives, a fundamental part of our sense of self " and, conversely, their
What I found most striking, when helping to compile the shortlist for this year's UK Theatre Awards, was just how difficult a
On October 13, the Out of Joint co-production of Rebecca Lenkiewicz's new play Jane Wenham: The Witch of Walkern, based on the
It's not quite as busy this week as it has been of late, certainly not in London, but some breathing space is
"Brave New World is full of incendiary, slippery debates which readily adapt to the stage. But the really powerful confrontation is the one between the
Last time I stood in this space it had a ceiling. Now the Battersea Arts Centre's Grand Hall resembles an ancient ruined
