Mother Courage, National Theatre of Wales, review: 'rough and ready'
This gobby Brecht production isn't very Brechtian at all - but it works, says Claire Allfree
This gobby Brecht production isn't very Brechtian at all - but it works, says Claire Allfree
This adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novels has no emotional impact, says Mark Monahan
Felicity Kendal gives a masterful demonstration of comic timing but is let down some of the cast of Hay Fever
Sir Elton tells how Billy Elliot's father did what his never could on the anniversary of the musical adaption of the show
The high-fashion adventures of Miranda Priestly will be brought to Broadway by the man behind Avenue Q and Rent.
Lee Hall feared his musical about a dance-mad miner's song wouldn't work. Ten years on it's a globel phenomenon
Mark Ravenhill reflects on how he adapted one of Franz Kafka's most famous works for the stage
The 87-year old singer, comedian and all-round entertainer knows how to work a crowd, says Veronica Lee
Mike Leigh's operatic debut is meticulously directed and performed, says Rupert Christiansen, who nevertheless has reservations
Mark Ravenhill reflects on how he adapted one of Franz Kafka's most famous works for the stage
Daphne Du Maurier meets Salvador Dalà in a bracingly discombobulating new adaptation of Rebecca, says Dominic Cavendish
Mark Brown reviews The Songbook of Judy Garland, which stars Lorna Luft
Was JM Barrie, author of Peter Pan, an evil genius or a misunderstood ingenue?
This study of the small Seventies anarchist group is troublingly freighted with contemporary resonance, says Jane Shilling
Actors Jude Law and Sarah Lancashire will appear in Letters Live at the 2015 Hay Festival
Forget the previous Carrie the Musical flop, says Rebecca Hawkes, this production has been reborn
This is a sensitive, informed play about female genital mutilation, says Mark Brown - though it's lacking in drama
During today's election frenzy, why not refresh your knowledge of some elections that have formed the basis of art, books, films and television shows? By Jonathan McAloon
Judi Dench, Catherine Tate and Mark Gatiss star in a brilliantly apt play about the last 90 minutes of polling day, says Dominic Cavendish
As the centenary of Orson Welles is marked, we look at the real story behind the 1938 War of the Worlds panic
Stories on stage and screen 'coming from a worryingly narrow set of voices' as study shows working class actors earn £10,000 less per year
Playing the Queen, Scott Thomas holds her own against the gilded memory of Helen Mirren, says Dominic Cavendish
Michael Frayn's discourse goes astray in these miniature plays, says Jane Shilling
The Office meets heartbreaking realism in this timely look at life on zero-hours contracts, says Dominic Cavendish
Playwright Michael Frayn talks to Dominic Cavendish about brevity, being critically mauled and how life has got harder