'The Trial': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

British screen star Rory Kinnear returns to the London stage in a new adaptation of Franz Kafka's most celebrated novel, which marks its centenary this year.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:31pm on June 27, 2015☆⚑

'An Audience with Jimmy Savile': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

British journalist-turned-dramatist Jonathan Maitland brings celebrity sex criminal Jimmy Savile back from the dead to answer for his crimes.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 7:18am on June 12, 2015☆⚑

'The Red Lion': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

The first new stage play from Oscar nominee Patrick Marber in over a decade tackles the topical theme of corruption in football.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:55am on June 11, 2015☆⚑

'London Road': Film Review by Stephen Dalton

Tom Hardy makes a creepy cameo in this docudrama based on the hit stage musical about a real-life murder spree in a sleepy English townread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 7:00pm on June 7, 2015☆⚑

'Everyman': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor plays a debauched London playboy looking for salvation in this spectacular modern-day reboot by new National Theatre boss Rufus Norris.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 7:28am on April 30, 2015☆⚑

'Death of a Salesman': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Anthony Sher takes on the most iconic male role of 20th century American theater in this Royal Shakespeare Company production of Arthur Miller's perennially relevant social drama.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 1:48pm on April 2, 2015☆⚑

'Rules for Living': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Marianne Elliott directs this fast-moving comedy of manners with a psychological twist, the last new play to bow at London's National Theatre under outgoing director Nicholas Hytner.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 1:14pm on March 25, 2015☆⚑

'Trainspotting': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Irvine Welsh's druggy low-life classic that spawned the Danny Boyle film returns to the London stage in this fast-moving, filth-heavy, full-frontal revival.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 4:53pm on March 21, 2015☆⚑

'Trainspotting': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Irvine Welsh's druggy lowlife classic that spawned the Danny Boyle film returns to the London stage in this fast-moving, filth-heavy, full-frontal revival.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 4:53pm on March 21, 2015☆⚑

'The Hard Problem': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

National Theatre director Nicholas Hytner stages a classy exit by directing Tom Stoppard's first new play in nine years, a lofty meditation on brain science and evolutionary biologyread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:50pm on January 28, 2015☆⚑

'The Ruling Class': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

James McAvoy returns to the London stage as a mentally deranged English aristocrat with messianic delusions in director Jamie Lloyd's revival of a 1960s political comedyread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 7:00pm on January 28, 2015☆⚑

'Behind the Beautiful Forevers': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

David Hare pens this ambitious adaptation of Katherine Boo's National Book Award winner, which recreates a teeming Mumbai slum on a London stageread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:28am on November 19, 2014☆⚑

'Here Lies Love': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

David Byrne's award-winning mixtape musical about disco-loving dictator's wife Imelda Marcos makes the leap from New York to London, with more transfers to follow read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:21pm on October 13, 2014☆⚑

'Ballyturk': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

The explosive comic chemistry of Cillian Murphy and Mikel Murfi elevates Enda Walsh's lively but disjointed farce about misery and mortalityread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:08pm on September 16, 2014☆⚑

'King Charles III': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Both deliciously funny and deeply serious, Rupert Goold's audacious fantasy drama reimagines the current British monarchy in Shakespearean termsread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:58am on September 12, 2014☆⚑

'Epstein: The Man Who Made the Beatles': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Legendary Beatles manager Brian Epstein reflects on success, sexuality and self-loathing in this fictionalized stage drama.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 4:48pm on August 4, 2014☆⚑

'A Streetcar Named Desire': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Former "X-Files" star Gillian Anderson brings damaged diva Blanche DuBois full circle in this stylish Tennessee Williams revival, which takes place on a revolving turntable stage. …

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:11pm on July 28, 2014☆⚑

'Monty Python Live (Mostly)': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

The first of 10 farewell shows by the British comedy legends is an uneven mix of classic sketches, archive footage and songs in the key of "Spamalot."read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:28am on July 2, 2014☆⚑

'Great Britain': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Rehearsed in secret for legal reasons, this savage comedy from the team behind "One Man, Two Guvnors" examines the toxic relationship between press, police and politicians.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:40am on July 1, 2014☆⚑

'Wolf Hall/Bring Up the Bodies': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Hilary Mantel's prize-winning historical novels are compressed into a masterful six-hour feast of bloodthirsty royal soap opera by the Royal Shakespeare Company.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 7:16pm on May 29, 2014☆⚑

I Can't Sing!: Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Simon Cowell's talent show "The X Factor" is both mocked and celebrated in this surreal stage musical, which has the British media mogul's blessing and backing.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:59pm on March 27, 2014☆⚑

Ice Age Live! A Mammoth Adventure: Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Fox's hugely successful animated comedy series about prehistoric animals spawns an ambitious but flawed ice-skating stage musical.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:54pm on November 3, 2012☆⚑