It starts with a good-natured fencing battle. It ends with a slightly less good-natured fencing battle, with bodies strewn across the stage.
Edinburgh Fringe theatremakers earned an average of just £392.15 for their work at the 2018 festival, covering a period of as much
A friend recently remarked how amazing it must be to be the last of a profession. We were talking about the rapidly
What do shows about women in prison in popular culture look like? Orange Is the New Black. Locked Up. Bad Girls, the
Full disclosure: I haven't read Harriet Lane's debut novel Alys, Always, so I can't tell you if it's any good. What I
Without a nomination-sucking behemoth like Harry Potter and the Cursed Child or Hamilton to dominate, it's the first time that the Oliviers
In 2015, Julian Caddy was asked by the British Council to fly to Nigeria as a consultant to the fledgling Lagos Theatre
The Lagos Theatre Festival is bigger and better than ever this year. In fact, it's the biggest open-air theatre event in West
This year's Olivier Awards nominations were announced on March 4. Here, we break down the facts and figures in detail. 100Â productions eligible
A founder member of Belfast's Lyric Theatre, Sam McCready was the invigorating renaissance man of Northern Ireland's theatre scene as it battled
Faith Prendergast is currently performing the title role in Protein Dance's adaptation of French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince. She
Nominations for the Olivier Awards 2019 were announced today by Sheila Atim and Giles Terera. The awards ceremony will take place at the
The Barber Shop Chronicles playwright tells Hugh Montgomery how he loved seeing audiences respond to the show as though it was real
I have had a varied career that started on the stage, moved into television and film for a decade or two, and
Lesley Joseph is to join the new cast of Calendar Girls the Musical, which is touring the UK. She will play the
Kitsch and off-kilter, this tightly adapted take on Shakespeare's classic story of regicide and reckless ambition feels surprisingly cheerful. Watermill artistic director
Glory's Gym, run by wrestling has-been Jim Glory, has seen better days. Glory clings to the idea of a wrestling resurgence where
My first job was a feature-length horror film called An American Haunting. It was filmed in Romania and starred Donald Sutherland and
Selladoor Worldwide is taking over the operation of the former Broadway Theatre in Peterborough, and will relaunch the venue a year after
Meet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details…​​​​​​â€�…
Donna Soto-Morettini is senior lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University How did you start in dance/performance? I began as a singer aged 15.
His hit production of Yerma starring Billie Piper caused a stir, now Simon Stone is bringing his radical version of Medea, based
Diane Paulus, only the third female director to win a Tony, is bringing smash Broadway musical Waitress to the West End. She
I have noticed a curious reaction from colleagues of mine, when they find out that I am about to start working with
As a dancer and occasional critic, I have experienced theatre from both sides of the stage lights. I am from east London,