Inspired by the series of irreverent comic books by the Captain Underpants creator, the show will run at the Southbank Centre in 2026 Dog Man, the half-canine crimefighter dreamed up by Capt…
The director worked with theatre colossus Tom Stoppard on two smash hits. Here, he remembers their heated rehearsals, the night they stayed up watching Jaws " and the last four cigarettes th…
Rufus Sewell, Christine Baranski, Susan Wokoma, Toby Jones and Harriet Walter share their unforgettable encounters with a theatrical giant I worked with Tom when I was quite young, on Arcadi…
Unicorn theatre, LondonThis exuberant adaptation of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen's picture book moves with the rhythm of a child's racing imagination Never mind what's hidden inside the wrapp…
Gigglemug's musical revisits 1991's cake-or-biscuit VAT dispute, John C Reilly gets romantic and Beauty and the Beast rock out Is it a cake or is it a biscuit? That's the juicy question at t…
Savoy theatre, LondonState-of-the-art animatronics, imaginative staging, fabulous performances and some marvellous songs about marmalade make for an evening that will fill you with joy and m…
Watermill theatre, NewburyRelocating the Hans Christian Andersen tale to Cornwall, with its folk musicians and fishermen, Elgiva Field and Lara Barbier's show is cheery and sweet Christmas h…
The comedians on their first meeting, pissing each other off, and a shared obsession with Pride and Prejudice Born in London in 1982, Cariad Lloyd is a comedian, actor and podcaster. She met…
Gaiety theatre, AyrA rosy-cheeks-and-spotty-socks kind of show full of generous laughs, Fraser Boyle's take on Aladdin also has several original innovations and a subversive streak Who need…
Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonAfrobeat-tinged music, an AI love interest, Elon Musk as a panto villain, and a cast who are clearly having a ball mean there is something for everyone in…
Award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard has died aged 88 Continue reading...
The great playwright had a 60-year career in the theatre and also wrote scripts for radio and the screen " here are some of his very best With his restless imagination, Tom Stoppard showed …
Before she was a TV mainstay, Judi Love was a single mum juggling standup with care work. Now she's back on stage for a show that finds humour in past trauma: 'It's laughter that helped me',…
One of Britain's most outstanding playwrights famed for the 'hypnotised brilliance' of his prose and dialogue After the first night of his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the …
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter Tom Stoppard: a life in pictures A b…
The self-described 'bounced Czech' created cerebral works centred by a core of genuine emotion " and always understood the ways of our world All the best dramatists extend the frontiers of d…
The questing Czech-born playwright gave us plays that explored arcadias, utopias and affecting notions of home Tom Stoppard's breakthrough play opened on a bare stage, with two characters in…
The one-act play Oh, Mary! " 'the stupidest, funniest thing possible' " to open after blockbuster run in New York What if, in the final weeks before Abraham Lincoln's assassination, the firs…
A new report suggests playwriting is in crisis after Covid, with producers retreating into safe old classics. Well, not from where I'm standing Crisis? What crisis? British Theatre Before an…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonDirector Holly Race Roughan transposes the summer tale into the darkest of winters as the fairies' feud over the stolen child leaves the snow smeared with bloo…
The Lucky Chance, FromeJoy radiates from the stage as an ensemble cast from the Emma Rice Company bring Thomas's twinkling poem to life Dylan Thomas's beautiful Christmas poem has that amazi…
Curve theatre, LeicesterA full-throttle Maria, a memorably forlorn Captain von Trapp and the carousel of classic hits make Nikolai Foster's production something to savour You know what to ex…
I can't dance. Not even a little bit. But the terrible moves my friends mock are an antidote to the racing heart and quivering breath that arrive in my more anxious moments The first time I …
White Bear theatre, LondonWriter Gary Owen stitches together glimpses of contemporary life with a spin on Arthur Schnitzler's classic that doesn't quite coalesce Gary Owen's gentle dance of …
Riverside Studios, London The madcap sci-fi tale is retold on a lavish scale, complete with in-show merch, but it never really blasts off Douglas Adams's sci-fi comedy about Earth's destruct…