Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss on The Children's Hour by Dominic Cavendish

Two of the world’s most in-demand young screen actresses - Keira Knightley, and Elisabeth Moss from 'Mad Men’ - are appearing together on stage, in the first play Ian Rickson has…

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Simon Russell Beale may not get to be a Bond villain by Tim Walker

Sam Mendes likely to cast actor as a 'good guy' in Bond 23 next year

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The night the lights went out on showbiz

Jim White is left reeling after health and safety kills off the 'Lear' of a lifetime.

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The fall and rise of Terence Rattigan

100 years after his birth, the playwright is about to become theatre’s greatest comeback kid, says Dominic Cavendish.

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Batman Live, the theatrical spectacle of 2011 by Peter Lyle

Holy pyrotechnics, Robin! The Caped Crusader is being brought to life in an ambitious stage spectacular.

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Playwright Athol Fugard lambasts modern South Africa by Dominic Cavendish

Veteran South African playwright Athol Fugard has issued a stark warning about the direction his country is going in - and has urged younger playwrights to tackle the widespread injustices h…

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Peter Hall: still laughing at 80 by Charles Spencer

The titan of modern British theatre talks to Charles Spencer about his latest production in an astonishing career that is still far from over .

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Fela! at the National Theatre: red pants and a joint

There’s never been a biographical musical quite like 'Fela!’, which opens in London tonight after winning praise and awards on Broadway. It tells the story of Fela Kuti, polygami…

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Song of the Goat theatre: 'Shakespeare is a composer'

Dominic Cavendish interviews Grzegorz Bral, director of Song of the Goat, the theatre company from Wroclaw, Poland currently wowing the UK.

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The Globe, where excellence pays its own way by Charles Spencer

As hand-wringing over the cuts continues, it is perhaps worth pointing out that first-rate art can sometimes thrive without subsidy.

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

An Ideal Husband: sex and shopping with Oscar Wilde by Dominic Cavendish

There are pleasures and perils to acting with your spouse, say Alexander Hanson and Samantha Bond.

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

JB Priestley's enduring genius by Dominic Cavendish

As 'When We are Married' opens on the West End, Maureen Lipman and the playwright's only son discuss his father's appeal.

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Flashdance, Shaftesbury Theatre, review by Charles Spencer (**)

The stage version is even worse than the Eighties MTV pop video-style movie.

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Cuts that threaten our world-beating culture

Culture of all kinds is one of the few areas in which Britain excels, says Charles Spencer, in anticipation of the Government spending review.

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Janet Suzman interview for Antony and Cleopatra by Dominic Cavendish

Janet Suzman, who played Cleopatra almost 40 years ago, talks to Dominic Cavendish about directing 'Sex and the City’ star Kim Cattrall in Shakespeare’s greatest female role .

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Sir Cameron Mackintosh explains the success of Les Miserables by Anita Singh

As Les Miserables celebrates its 25th anniversary with a concert at the O2 Arena, Sir Cameron Mackintosh explains the secret of its enduring success.

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Still cutting it at 80: Stephen Sondheim interview by Mick Brown

Stephen Sondheim, who revolutionised the musical with hits such as Sweeney Todd and A Little Night Music, has lost none of his edge

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Sally Hawkins interview: on 'Made in Dagenham' by Will Lawrence

Sally Hawkins tells Will Lawrence about her role as a machinist who takes on the fat cats in 'Made in Dagenham'.

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Made in Dagenham: interview with producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen by David Gritten

Is this the next Full Monty?

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

John Simm on playing Hamlet by Dominic Cavendish

Terror is integral to the pleasure of John Simm, who takes on "the greatest role ever written", Hamlet, at the Sheffield Crucible.

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Michael Sheen in The Special Relationship: the actor who makes the real Tony Blair seem fake by Serena Davies

Michael Sheen has won international fame playing the former PM.

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

A long-forgotten 17th Century opera featuring a eunuch is to be revived at the Royal Opera House with a male soprano who has an extraordinary vocal range. by Heidi Blake

Forgotten opera written for eunuch revived at Royal Opera House

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The truth about my alter ego Dame Edna by Elizabeth Grice

Barry Humphries has written a book about his alter ego Dame Edna Everage. Here he reveals how the character was inspired by his mother.

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Made in Dagenham: set report by Serena Allott

Made in Dagenham, starring Sally Hawkins, tells the story of the women Ford workers who changed employment history in 1968 by striking for equal pay

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Deathtrap, Noel Coward Theatre, review by Charles Spencer (***)

Deathtrap has more twists than a bucket of snakes, but it's short on substance.

SOURCE: Telegraph at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑