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St James Theatre, London: In 2011, the ever-invaluable Finborough in Earl's Court uncovered another of its regular rediscoveries with the first-ever revival, since its original producti…
St James Theatre, London: In 2011, the ever-invaluable Finborough in Earl's Court uncovered another of its regular rediscoveries with the first-ever revival, since its original producti…
Reclaiming lost plays can be unnecessary indulgence, but Blanche McIntyre's note-perfect production of Emlyn Williams' 64-year-old work ushers in the renaissance of a thoroughly modern maste…
THE PRICE OF VICE… The accolade is a knighthood: services to literature for the debonair Will Trenting, already a Nobel for his novels on the seamy side of life. The play is set…
NEW YORK " "Come look at the freaks," goes the accusatory opening number of "Side Show," the eclectic and enticing 1997 musical from Bill Russell and Henry Krieger that looks at the struggle…
"Birdman," the latest movie from director Alejandro González Iñárritu, is generating significant awards buzz for its comeback leading man, Michael Keaton, and a supporting ca…
The production is part of the One Stage season at the theatre, supporting emerging producers
A modern rewrite of Chekhov's drama is profoundly depressing for all the wrong reasons, says Tim Walker
The third of Anya Reiss' versions of Chekhov sees the young playwright once again bringing him bang up to date. We're in a rural, northern farmstead, though there's enough signal for mobile …
John Hannah gives an electrifying performance in Anya Reiss's new version of Chekhov's play
St James Theatre, London: Anya Reiss' third Chekhov modernisation - following her takes on Three Sisters and The Seagull, both previously staged at Southwark Playhouse - lacks the fizz,…
Purists may take issue with Anya Reiss's incursion into the classics " having already tackled The Seagull and Three Sisters, she's now turned her dogged 21st-century gaze on Uncle Vanya…
Joshua Harmon's Bad Jews, which received its U.K. premiere in a season at Bath's Ustinov Studio in a production that began performances July 31 prior to an official opening Aug. 12, …
Ruby Wax is to bring her new solo show, Sane New World, based on her best-selling 2013 book, "Sane New World: Taming the Mind," to London's St. James Theatre. It …
The St James Theatre has announced a comedy-centred programme for its winter/spring season, which includes the London transfer of Edinburgh Fringe production The Three Lions. Opening the sea…
UNCLE VANYA St James Theatre 8 Oct " 8 Nov Exclusive Student Offer " Tickets just £20 (usually up to £39.50) Valid student ID required, one ticket per ID A beautiful autumn day, rural …
When the box office for Side Show, at Broadway's St. James Theatre 246 West 44th Street, opens TODAY at 1000 a.m., the first 100 ticket-buyers on line will receive a voucher for a free copy…
The news cycle waits for no man. When Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky's thinly veiled Boris Johnson satire premiered in Edinburgh at the beginning of August, it seemed remarkably timely, coinci…
In today's society we don't need to have children. Back in the days when we used to hit each other on the head with a stick, breeding was humanity's way of survival. It is a universal fact t…
The reimagined production of the 1997 Tony-nominated musical Side Show, which was seen at La Jolla Playhouse and, more recently, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, w…
Dominic Cavendish on a misfiring lesbian comedy starring Tamzin Outhwaite and Angela Griffin
A new comedy about conception proves refreshingly silly
St James Theatre, London: Ben Ockrent's new comedy Breeders is bright and breezy, acted with a fresh vigour and has some pertinent things to say about the desire to parent (whether you&…
There is a moment in Breeders when Ben Ockrent seems, momentarily, to channel Dennis Kelly's chilling Utopia. Never mind the topical issue of homosexual parenting " should we even have child…
John Hannah, star of TV's "Spartacus," is to play the title role in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, which will be presented in a new version by Anya Reiss at London's St. James …
Full casting has been announced for Anya Reiss' adaptation, part of the Stage One season at the St James Theatre