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As a classical singer, one's agency is limited. Immersed in the canon of Western music, one's voice is trained and disciplined, taught
Sally Field and Bill Pullman will appear on the London stage together next year in a new production of All My Sons
For Layla, who is mixed-race and soon to be married to a white man, there's no worry about whether to take his
What's brilliant about this puppet parade of gruesome deaths is the seriousness with which it's so silly. Our host Nathanial Tweak, also
Leading British theatre figures including Rufus Norris and Caryl Churchill have condemned the bombing of a cultural centre in Gaza by Israeli
You can always rely on Summerhall's Big in Belgium programme to throw up some curiosities. Another One begins with two people in
Alfred Molina has been announced as patron of the Court Theatre Training Company, which has also appointed Tim Gill as its sole
A quiet examination of the nature of exclusion and fear of the other is framed as deeply ironic comedy in Jean Ann
Oof. Last Tapes Theatre Company's Valerie hits you like a ton of bricks. It lands an emotional gut-punch so strong it almost
When the BBC sitcom Birds of a Feather launched in 1989 it made household names of Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley
Buckle up. Flight is a 20-minute experience that takes place almost entirely in darkness and plays on a fear that most of
From the team that gave us last year’s From Today Everything Changes, Ian Tucker-Bell's Trans Pennine once again uses personal testimony to
Koko Brown once joined a Black Lives Matter protest by mistake. She turned a corner and was swept up in the chanting
Plenty of people think that all the Edinburgh Fringe does is generate rubbish. That may be unfair to the shows that receive
I have been visiting the Edinburgh Fringe for more than 15 years. It's the place to immerse yourself in live performance, see
Every morning, there are queues. Before the sun has risen high enough to clear the skyscrapers that surround Times Square, while teams
In this stage musical adaptation of the 1990 film Pretty Woman, Sweet Charity meets My Fair Lady, but with a happier ending.
Automation specialist Simon Crowley is responsible for ensuring the scene changes at the Royal Shakespeare Company are seamless. He tells Nick Smurthwaite
The National Theatre has committed to giving every actor it auditions at least a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response, as part of an
Entertainment union BECTU has released a code of conduct for employers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The code has been developed through
An after-hours musical theatre cabaret night is being launched in the West End. A line-up of performers including Sam Attwater, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt
Historians have argued whether poet Emilia Bassano was the muse of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Nick Smurthwaite finds out more about the inspiration for
Linking together several non-linear storytelling strands, Never Vera Blue by Alexandra Wood addresses the experience of domestic abuse and violence. From subtle
It takes a while to get your head around Hunch, Kate Kennedy's intensely physical solo show about the perils of indecision, but
Eva O'Connor's new play – in Edinburgh as part of the Culture Ireland Showcase " attacks that classic crux of contemporary Irish
