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The Prince of Wales has become president of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. He replaces David Rowe-Beddoe, the college's
My first job was in 1993 for Mockbeggar Theatre Company in a play called Against the Grain. But I would like to
A consummate radio actor with a lithe and cultured voice that commanded the ear, Stephen Thorne was a prolific contributor to the
How did you start in theatre? No one in my family had an interest in theatre so it's hard to know where
Meet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details…​​​​​​â€�…
Throughout her stellar opera career, Renée Fleming has frequently branched out into musical theatre and jazz. As The Light in the Piazza
"It's just pastoral care," one designer said to me when I started. "Costume design isn't an art form, it's babysitting actors." This
As an actor, director and prolific playwright, Philip Osment, who has died at the age of 66, played a leading role in
The 2019 Tony Awards took place on June 9 in New York, where winning shows included Hadestown, Tootsie, The Ferryman and Oklahoma!.
Bruno Poet tells Nick Smurthwaite about the importance of tungsten lighting following the proposed EU ban, going on tour with Sigur Ros
Theatre by the Lake has staged both Abigail's Party and Educating Rita in recent years. Jim Cartwright's 1992 play The Rise and
Paul Darrow will be best remembered as the dour, dangerous, increasingly unhinged Avon, a glowering Machiavellian presence in Terry Nation's critically panned
In his first operatic venture, Christopher Luscombe delivers a sharply observed, precision-engineered production. Set in 2019, it even features a walk-on by
It's refreshing to encounter a Marriage of Figaro set in period and " even more precisely " in Seville. Designer Tim Reed
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School student Moronke Akinola recently won the Alan Bates Award for the most promising actor in the final
To launch a new Ring cycle is an ambitious undertaking for any opera company. It's even more audacious when the company in
Dwelling more on the early history of rave music than on the impending ecological catastrophe facing our planet, Kill Climate Deniers is
When Jake Heggie's opera Dead Man Walking premiered in the US in 2000, it intensified the national debate about capital punishment. Based
Last week, Selladoor cancelled a show starring Ann Widdecombe after the politician claimed science might one day "produce an answer" to being
Massenet's fairytale opera entered Glyndebourne via the company's 2018 tour. Fiona Shaw's production didn't quite work on that occasion, and is now
Two actors in a touring production of Jon Brittain's Rotterdam were attacked on their way to a performance at the weekend, in
Although ostensibly about a colliery band aiming to reach the national brass band championships, Brassed Off is a deeply political piece about
LAMDA student Stuart Thompson has won the 2019 Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year award. The prize recognises the best
Hadestown emerged as the biggest winner at this year's Tony Awards, taking home eight awards including best musical and best director of
What's the secret of success in theatre criticism? In my experience: Microsoft Excel. Forget carving out that neat turn of phrase. Don't
