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With a capacity of 4,000, a computer-generated Neverland and a pirate ship bigger than a double-decker bus, the 'world's biggest panto' is
Darlington Hippodrome has reopened to the public after a £13.7m restoration project. The theatre, which has been dark for 18 months, was
Last night's performance of Young Marx at the new Bridge Theatre in London was cancelled at the interval after technical difficulties. According
The scheme set up to bring the “most exciting contemporary dancers” to rural areas around the UK is to extend its work
The long-running campaign to save Scarborough's Futurist Theatre has failed, after Scarborough Borough Council announced that the demolition of the theatre was
Four years ago director Maggie Norris launched the Big House, a charity using drama to work with people who had left the
The casting of Kelsey Grammer in Big Fish, a slight musical about tall tales, is quite a coup for Andrew Lloyd Webber's
Bertolt Brecht’s 1939 play has been called the best play of the 20th century. That’s not immediately evident in this production, which
Performance artist Taylor Mac and a new opera by playwright Enda Walsh feature as part of the Barbican's 2018 theatre and dance
In her lacerating, latter-day Greek tragedy, French writer Magali Mougel takes Yerma, holds it up to a mirror and shows us its
First farce, then tragedy: Tim Bano on Richard Bean's knockabout capitalism comedy.
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The case for a revival of Terry Johnson's flight of fancy on the nature of fame is clear. More so than in
Director Alice Hamilton brings her characteristic light touch to this debut play by novelist Judith Burnley. Hamilton's previous work has embraced stillness,
Real-life tragedy in Tracy Brabin's hometown catapulted the former theatre and TV actor into the political spotlight. A year after she was
It's been a busy week for Simon Stephens with a show opening in the West End and now this new Chekhov adaptation
Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel is full of catchy ditties and an easy-to-follow plot. It's already one of the most accessible operas
When two theatre-lovers set up a cloud-based ticketing platform 10 years ago, most venues were using outdated box-office technology. Tim Bano investigates
Chris Thorpe is one of the sharpest philosophers and most beautiful poets in playwriting today. In Victory Condition those two talents meet,
Few living playwrights get to see two of their new plays run concurrently in the West End. Fewer still can boast a
Three years ago, when this adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s novel premiered in Bristol before transferring to the National, it stood on a
Sophie Wu's second play, Ramona Tells Jim, contrasts adolescent coming of age with what comes after the end of adolescence. In 1998,
The concept behind Ryan Scott Oliver's song cycle " 15 songs based on 15 photographs " is that each picture captures a
Nobel Prize-winner Jose Saramago hides a great deal of wisdom and complexity behind the simplicity of his short story, The Unknown Island.
Georg Buchner’s unfinished 1836 play is one of bizarre, staccato episodes " like the army captain mocking foot soldier Woyzeck for his
After working with writer Tim Firth on several shows, including Calendar Girls, Rachel Lumberg is now playing the lead part in Take
