It started so well: a lead role with the Royal Shakespeare Company, ecstatic reviews, a hotshot agent. But then I started losing parts to Dev Patel, and the years of hustle and humiliation b…
Rhik Samadder meets the Comedy Store misfit and forgotten pioneer of British alternative comedyAn open-mic night below a Stoke Newington pub. A man in a black cowl, looking unnervingly simil…
How many Edinburgh shows can you watch back to back? With no sleep and a lot of running between theatres, one festival first-timer takes in everything from the Game of Thrones musical to an …
The host of the smash-hit reality show knows a bargain, all right. So we gave him the chance to crack open the Guardian's dusty lockers and marvel at the treasures within Continue reading...
We now know that theatreland can sustain a musical about a calculating yuppie serial killer. But dare you take this lot on, Mr Lloyd Webber?Vera Drake In theatres, the call for hot water and…