765 stories by "Tim Bano"
As the NT's senior armourer, Paul Wanklin is in charge of the firearms and blades used on its stages, but he is
With every role that Sheila Atim aces " and she aces every role she takes " she reaffirms that she should, and
The obvious way to stage a play like Richard II, about power grabs, backstabbing and loss of authority in the highest political
In the absence of attention-stealing shows such as Hamilton, there was a stunning mix of old-fashioned classics, innovation and some new British
Alun Armstrong's Edward is retiring after 45 years at the same comprehensive school – a career which included doling out strokes to
Patrick Barlow's work has always managed to undercut the artifice of theatre while remaining immensely theatrical. That's certainly true for this reworking
There's a paradox at the heart of Fiddler on the Roof. While the show keeps coming back to this idea that progress
There's still no better, or more bitter, attack on austerity and inequality than A Christmas Carol. Returning after its success last year
At first this looks like it might be a musical about feeling sorry for a very rich guy because he doesn't have
It's based on a good idea " to take the books and worlds of Dr Seuss and mash them into a musical
Almost 10 years and four revivals after its inception, Jonathan Miller's light-touch take on the Puccini classic is still doing good business.
Designer Terry Parsons is back where it all began, at Belgrade Theatre, five decades after getting his first job there. He tells
Following Bananaman and Eugenius, here's another in what’s becoming a trend: the comic book-based musical. But while those two shows focused on
It's no surprise that the Orpheus and Eurydice myth has so often tempted songwriters. It's a brilliantly tragic story about the power
The magician wowed TV audiences with spectacular feats then took to arena tours, before Crohn's disease laid him low. Now he's back,
It's 12 years since Gavin and Stacey’s Ruth Jones was last on stage. This play by William Gaminara, touring ahead of a
There must have been a reason why this didn't open the newly done up Kiln Theatre in September. Parts of Zadie Smith's
Like The Pillowman, Martin McDonagh's supreme 2003 play, his latest work is also about a storyteller " in this case Hans Christian
The Royal Albert Hall has done musical spectaculars before. The 10th anniversary production of Les Mis, the 25th anniversary of Phantom, the
Musicals before Company tended to have more of a plot. Maybe someone fell in love with a member of a rival gang,
This is the first time English National Opera has done Porgy and Bess, It's a tricky show to pull off: written by
'Running' has a double meaning in this new play by David Hare: both the political sense of running for office and the
Gods know where the idea came from, but Marcus Stevens and Oran Eldor's pop musical uses the Greek pantheon and its myths
Angel-voiced Ramin Karimloo always seems genuinely humble. It's an incredibly endearing quality, but doesn't always aid this kind of evening when the
Nine million Londoners. That's a lot of stories to tell. Writer James Graham and director Thomas Hescott have attempted to collect some
