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Just as the holiday displays seem to go up in stores earlier and earlier every year, so is it with arts critics'
With Clive Rowe back at Hackney, Julian Clary in his third consecutive year at the Palladium and Berwick Kaler in his 40th
The transfer of Lee Hall’s stage adaptation of the 1976 film Network, first seen at London’s National Theatre last year, should fit
Edinburgh venue Summerhall is expanding its artist development programme thanks to new grants from Creative Scotland and BBC Arts. Summerhall said the
It might be panto season, but there's nothing remotely festive about this. The late Sam Shepard's 1980 play True West " with
Following a final Edinburgh Festival Fringe run as artistic director at the Traverse during which the company's two produced plays were showered
Pantomime is a uniquely British institution. A panto that isn't rude, vulgar, raucous, smutty and mildly offensive isn't a panto, it's anaesthetised
This year, Salisbury Playhouse's version of Beauty and the Beast kicks out traditional male hero, sidekick and villain. The Beast of the
The Bristol Old Vic lowers the curtain on a memorable Year of Change season with this bold and resourceful re-working of Charles
Adrian Lester is to star in the UK premiere of Pulitzer prize-winning play Cost of Living at the Hampstead Theatre. Martyna Majok’s
Mike Kenny's gift is to take a classic tale and make the wildest of fancies seem wholly reasonable. So what better than
Opera company Tete a Tete has announced plans to encourage experimentation in the genre and give a wider reach to new works
Penelope Wilton, Jim Carter, Jeremy Irvine and Sheila Hancock were among the theatre stars swapping their costumes for aprons as they waited
The nights are drawing in, the air is distinctly chilly, and there is festive magic in the air. Here are five theatre
Beauty and the Beast was last staged as a pantomime at the Edinburgh King’s in 1946. This year’s return is a triumphant
It would be a particularly grudging panto-pooper who would deny the pleasure Belfast derives from the annual Christmas glitterfest at the Grand
Mel Brooks' musical version of his 1967 film debut was such a success because it got so many things right. Its standout
For a stage with a more rural constituency than those in Scotland's larger cities, Perth Theatre " under the artistic direction of
There's a paradox at the heart of Fiddler on the Roof. While the show keeps coming back to this idea that progress
One of the most remarkable moments watching the current West End revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical Company is how,
For Raz Shaw, cancer proved a turning point in his life, prompting him to leave his job in telesales and gambling addiction
There's still no better, or more bitter, attack on austerity and inequality than A Christmas Carol. Returning after its success last year
Designed by WGR Sprague in 1913, the 425-seat Ambassadors Theatre is probably best known today as having been the West End's long-term
Women, as everyone knows, have no body hair. We are naturally smaller, quieter and more polite than men. We like nothing better
A campaign to reopen the derelict Burnley Empire Theatre has taken a major step forward, after the building was sold to a
