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Jamie Lloyd will direct a new production of Evita at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre next year, as part of its 2019
Jean Genet's psychosexual three-hander The Maids is a spectacularly elastic play. Inspired by a notorious real-life murder from the 1930s in which
Smash star Katharine McPhee is to make her West End debut in the musical Waitress. The show, written by Sara Bareilles, will
Daft and rambling though it is, the Watermill Theatre's madcap crack at the story of Robin Hood has a certain chaotic appeal.
How do you solve a problem like Heart of Darkness? Leeds-based company Imitating the Dog's solution is to take Joseph Conrad's troublesome
Cameron Mackintosh's greatest legacy may not, ultimately, be the many composers he has championed but instead perhaps the West End theatres he
A year-and-a-bit on, London’s Bridge Theatre has established itself as a significant part of the capital’s landscape. But here’s the thing: has
With historical character names from the Victorian era increasingly prompting accusations of racism, Simon Sladen argues that the best seasonal shows reinvent
For some, it has already started. For others, it will soon be upon them. A few sorry souls will be preparing to
'Twas the night before Christmas and three little children will not go to sleep. Not, that is, until they've had a bedtime
Just under half of all UK theatres currently at risk are in coastal towns, the Theatres Trust has revealed, as it issues
Hampstead Theatre’s I and You, starring Maisie Williams, will be streamed for free on Instagram next week. I and You, by Lauren
Serebrennikov trial stirs censorship fears RUSSIA/MOSCOWÂ Russian theatre and film director Kirill Serebrennikov has gone on trial in Moscow. Serebrennikov, arguably Russia's best-known
A tribute to the South West via the Wild West, Carl Grose's new comedy opens with the death of Jed Kneebone, an
The latest press night parties, events and awards from the theatrical world in pictures. This week's highlights include the press nights of Hadestown at
I was very dubious earlier this year when my agent sent me to a casting for an Easter panto (which I hadn't
How much is it acceptable to riff and improvise during a performance? Is it like Jazz, where the script is more of
Your presumption that Mark Gatiss signed up for The Madness of George III at Nottingham Playhouse based on National Theatre Live's attachment
Long term visitors to The Stage's annual new year's shindig at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane may remember being greeted at the
In January most people are trying to forget Christmas " with the extra weight, debt and broken toys " but it's at
Laura Michelle Kelly is to appear at London’s Cadogan Hall for a one-off concert next year. The performer, who won an Olivier
A pop-up Shakespearean theatre that launched in York is to open a second venue in the grounds of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.
Misty creator Arinze Kene has said the commercial success of Hollywood blockbusters such as Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians will pave
Rebecca Frecknall's emotionally rich production of Tennessee Williams' previously unloved play loses very little of the intimacy or delicacy in its transfer
