The Norwegian theatre director on bringing Annie Ernaux's memoir The Years to the West End, standing on Ivo van Hove's shoulders, and why live experiences still matter Eline Arbo is a Norweg…
Three decades after he first adapted Tchaikovsky's classic, the choreographer's reimagining of Swan Lake with an all-male corps is back for an anniversary tour. At rehearsals with the new ca…
The actor famous for playing Gerri Kellman on starring opposite Mark Rylance on the London stage, her recent emergency operation, and her thoughts on the US election When J Smith-Cameron tel…
The star of Doctor Who, The Crown and House of the Dragon has come a long way since swapping sport for acting. For his latest challenge, he's taking to the stage in Thomas Ostermeier's unort…
The American film and stage actor, renowned for her roles in the composer's musicals, on making her West End debut in a celebration of his music Bernadette Peters is an American singer and a…
Fleabag's hot priest is about to take on his most liberating role yet: a one-man show of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya in which he will play all nine roles, male and female. He loves taking risks, h…
From Jeremy Hunt to Lucy Frazer via Matt Hancock, Nadine Dorries and the rest, recent incumbents have overseen a massive reduction in funding, and steadily downgraded the place of the arts i…
The actor best-known for playing Princess Anne in The Crown on making her National Theatre debut in The Crucible " and how the world it portrays is not so different from today Erin Doherty g…
The acclaimed creator of The Split and The Iron Lady has endured three gruelling years of loss and illness. Now she's written it all up, and it reads like a thriller The screenwriter Abi Mor…
The dramatist and West Ham fan on exploring what it means to be a couple in his trilogy of plays and how King Lear blew his mind David Eldridge is an acclaimed dramatist and screenwriter. Bo…
As he prepares to return to live theatre " in his wife's acclaimed play about male friendship " the actor reflects on a tumultuous 18 months, and on why he needs an audience In the short and…
The son of theatre director and polymath Jonathan Miller, on moving back to the London street where he grew upTen years ago, William Miller, a former TV producer turned entrepreneur, bought …
Vaudeville; Almeida, London Farce is to the fore in a new West End revival of classic Wilde. Plus a Monopoly-style interactive rompSophie Thompson is a fine comic actor: when she's on her ma…
Soon to be seen in Dark River, a bleak picture of a farming family at loggerheads, the actor talks people-puzzles, #MeToo, and playing her own grandmotherRuth Wilson shot the scene in which …
The real story of Hull's year as City of Culture is how it's transformed the lives of local people. Here they discuss 2017's highlights " and what its legacy might beIn July 2016, Sheila Ann…
Billy Elliot creator Lee Hall won an Olivier with his musical Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour " now it's starting a major London runUntil I knew the real story, I had some fun imagining the …
The former National Theatre director talks about his new memoir and the launch of his latest venture, the Bridge " the capital's first commercial theatre in 80 yearsNicholas Hytner makes sev…
As she prepares to play Martha, Elizabeth Taylor's role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the actor talks about how she 'ducked and dived' her way to the topUnlike some actors, who carry w…
To Leonie Orton, Joe Orton was less the brilliant 60s playwright than her adored older brother. Here she talks about relaiming Orton for the family, while, below, we present an extract from …
Surely Emma Rice's revolutionary style at the Globe could have sat alongside traditional interpretations?The search for authenticity, in the matter of art as with anything else, can drive a …
Producer Judith Dimant's personal experience and director Bryony Kimmings's radical ideas have combined to moving effect in an original new showIn the theatre, work in progress is fiercely p…
Eighteen months into his tenure, the National Theatre's artistic head, a one-time painter and decorator, talks diversity, criticism and making a drama out of BrexitRufus Norris never expecte…
After decades on the sidelines, this great British playwright is back on the national stageUntil quite recently, an appointment with Sir Arnold Wesker required a trek to Wales, where he live…
The actor-turned-director on her career after cancer, coming from a broken home, and rolling into the West EndMaria Friedman is a three-time Olivier award-winning actor and singer, best know…
After 22 years, the Spooks star became an 'overnight success' after her performances in this year's River and Unforgotten' See the Observer's faces of 2015 in full here' Viola Davis: 'We hav…