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This week, Matt Trueman criticised theatre for failing to do enough to address Brexit on stage. He said: “British theatre dropped the
Ute Lemper, who originated the role of Velma Kelly in the London production of Chicago, will bring her one-woman show to the
The contrasts could hardly be more pronounced. Youthful vigour versus dulcet experience; aesthetic abstraction versus trad narrative; cool objectivity versus tear-jerking melodrama.
As the epic musical adaptation of Notre Dame de Paris returns to London for the first time in nearly two decades, actors
Richard Eyre will direct a revival of The Bay at Nice at the Menier Chocolate Factory, starring Penelope Wilton. Wilton will star
A theatre company is offering parents free childcare when they attend its latest production. Anyone attending a Sunday matinee of Rachel Harper's
A creative hub on the Thames estuary and arts spaces built in Worcester’s railway arches are among the cultural projects awarded a
Theatre has had few success stories as dramatic as Vault in recent years. The annual festival, which has been held in the
Written and directed by Robert Lepage, Cirque du Soleil's Totem was last in the UK in 2011. The ambitious show loosely chronicles
Dangle the disco balls and crank up Copacabana because Strictly's live tour is back on the road. With the full coterie of
For Club Mex, a new musical penned by comic Tamar Broadbent, Manchester's ever-versatile Hope Mill warehouse space is transformed into a Mexican
Controversial production Jerry Springer " the Opera is being revived at the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester, 15 years since it last
As David Dimbleby called the result of the EU referendum, I was watching from a Travelodge toilet in Birmingham. How fitting. A
Jack Lear " Hull Truck Theatre Barrie Rutter directs and plays the title role in Ben Benison's updating of King Lear about a Humber
We are what we eat, runs the old cliché. But maybe we are also the sum of our tastes. We often wear
Updates from this week includes a West End extension for Tina " The Tina Turner Musical, a brand new UK and Ireland
A scheme that provides free theatre trips and music lessons to schoolchildren in a London borough is under threat. Newham Council is
What would happen if Miss Havisham and Queen Victoria met up for a little conversation, cavorting and mutual sourness? As imagined by
Culture secretary Jeremy Wright has issued a call to arms around diversifying the sector’s future workforce, as he promises to support the
Beverly, the suburban hostess of Mike Leigh's 1977 comic drama, is one of theatre's great monsters. She's toweringly awful, controlling, aggressive and
Founded to record the memories of disappearing generations of stage and screen stars, the British Entertainment History Project has created an unrivalled
Tina " The Tina Turner Musical has extended its booking period in the West End until December. Stars Adrienne Warren and Kobna
Battersea Arts Centre and the Young Vic are among six London arts organisations participating in a pilot scheme giving young people the
This short play by Howard Walters was first performed at the original Above the Stag venue in 2011 as part of a
Matthew Broderick is to make his West End debut in The Starry Messenger by Kenneth Lonergan. The show will be directed by
