Carey Mulligan in pictures by Telegraph Staff

With two films released this year, Far From The Madding Crowd and Suffragette, we look back over Carey Mulligan's dizzying rise to fame

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 1:25pm on April 17, 2015☆⚑

La Fille mal gardée, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden: 'effervesces with life, love and laughter' by Mark Monahan

Vadim Muntagirov's superb debut was just one delight in this sparkling revival of Frederick Ashton's rustic romantic comedy, says Mark Monahan

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 7:09am on April 17, 2015☆⚑

Splurge guns and speakeasies: behind the scenes with Bugsy Malone by Kat Brown

The much-loved film musical is coming to the London stage - and this time, thank heavens, the children do the singing

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 7:00am on April 17, 2015☆⚑

National Theatre chief executive Tessa Ross steps down after just six months by Hannah Furness

Former Film4 boss quits role as she says it has 'become clear' leadership structure is not right for publicly-funded organisation

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 3:37am on April 17, 2015☆⚑

Kristin Scott Thomas is bored with being labelled an ice queen by Ben Lawrence

As she prepares to play Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's The Audience, Kristin Scott Thomas tells Ben Lawrence why people mistake her shyness for haughtiness

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 2:30am on April 17, 2015☆⚑

Kristin Scott Thomas is bored of being labelled an ice queen by Ben Lawrence

As she prepares to play Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's The Audience, Kristin Scott Thomas tells Ben Lawrence why people mistake her shyness for haughtiness

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 2:30am on April 17, 2015☆⚑

Measure for Measure, Cheek by Jowl, Barbican: 'like a punch to the guts' by Dominic Cavendish

This Russian-language co-production of Shakespeare's 'problem play' has Putin-era parallels that really hit home, says Dominic Cavendish

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 7:01pm on April 16, 2015☆⚑

Kenneth Branagh's return to the West End is the stuff of fairytales by Dominic Cavendish

Dominic Cavendish welcomes back to the London stage the sometime gilded youth of British theatre

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 7:01pm on April 16, 2015☆⚑

Kenneth Branagh announces new West End season starring Judi Dench and Cinderella lovers by Hannah Furness

Sir Kenneth Branagh announces new season of five plays, starring Dame Judi Dench, Lily James - and himself

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 7:01pm on April 16, 2015☆⚑

Mean Girls: the musical - what we know so far by Alice Vincent

Classic teen movie Mean Girls is getting a theatrical makeover: this is the latest

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:11pm on April 16, 2015☆⚑

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Sadler's Wells, review: 'a long haul' by Mark Monahan

This elegiac piece would have been improved with some trimming, says Mark Monahan

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 9:56am on April 16, 2015☆⚑

The best pop culture tweets of 2015 so far by Kat Brown

How Twitter marks the cultural year's high and low points: from the Oscars to Jeremy Clarkson's 'fracas'

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 7:40am on April 16, 2015☆⚑

Finding Neverland, Broadway, review: 'still doesn't fly' by Matt Wolf

Matt Wolf wishes the score of this revamped production was less generic

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 2:00am on April 16, 2015☆⚑

Gypsy, Savoy Theatre, review: 'a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' by Dominic Cavendish

Imelda Staunton is unmissable as a manically driven American 'momma' in this Sondheim revival, says Dominic Cavendish

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 7:01pm on April 15, 2015☆⚑

Samuel Beckett play to put audience in the dark by Anita Singh

Theatregoers will not be able to see the actors in a new production of Samuel Beckett's All That Fall, which is just how the playwright wished it to be staged

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 1:28pm on April 15, 2015☆⚑

Diana Vishneva: On the Edge, London Coliseum, review: 'surprisingly dull' by Mark Monahan

The ballerina's dancing is close to perfection, but new showcase On the Edge just makes her look foolish, says Mark Monahan

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 7:36am on April 15, 2015☆⚑

Christine Baranski interview: 'Grand and fabulous? That'll do' by Hermione Hoby

The 'Cybill' and 'Good Wife' star on Sondheim, power dressing - and what she really thinks of Michael Sheen

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 2:00am on April 15, 2015☆⚑

The Twits, Royal Court Theatre, review: 'torture' by Dominic Cavendish

Enda Walsh has achieved the impossible and made Roald Dahl dull, says Dominic Cavendish

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 7:01pm on April 14, 2015☆⚑

Dance UK chairman Farooq Chaudhry quits as he accuses schools of 'mollycoddling' pupils by Telegraph Reporter

Farooq Chaudhry set to step down amid claims teachers are creating generation with no will to succeed amid obsession with 'politically correct sense of democracy'

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 2:57am on April 14, 2015☆⚑

Olivier Awards 2015: in pictures by Telegraph Staff

London theatreland's prize-giving ceremony at the Royal Opera House

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 6:52am on April 13, 2015☆⚑

Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse live UK tour dates announced by Siobhan Palmer

Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse will tour the UK this October with their first ever live show

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 6:52am on April 13, 2015☆⚑

Angela Lansbury and Kevin Spacey deserve their Olivier Award ovations by Dominic Cavendish

The winners at this year's Olivier Awards brought a smile to the lips, says Dominic Cavendish

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 4:30pm on April 12, 2015☆⚑

Olivier Awards 2015: full list of winners by Telegraph Reporter

Angela Lansbury, Kevin Spacey, Penelope Wilton and Mark Strong were among the winners at this year's Olivier Awards

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 4:28pm on April 12, 2015☆⚑

Whisky Galore, National Theatre of Scotland, review: 'a rare treat' by Mark Brown

Mark Brown enjoys a little bit of theatrical history: a Gaelic play with English surtitles

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 3:20pm on April 12, 2015☆⚑

Elaine Paige interview: 'Somehow I've achieved it all' by Ben Lawrence

How did a 5ft nothing girl from Barnet become the award-winning queen of musical theatre? Not by being Miss Tippy Toes says Ben Lawrence

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 7:00am on April 12, 2015☆⚑