This spring, the RSC's biannual Mischief Festival of new work features two true stories exploring human rights abuses and state corruption. Written
Emily Schwend’s Utility is about the real desperate housewives of America. The ones who aren’t actually housewives, but are juggling working the
Stephen Doncaster's influence on British theatre design extended beyond his admired tenures in Pitlochry and Nottingham, and at the Royal Court in
A listed building in Edinburgh that has previously hosted performances from the likes of Stephen Fry and Maggie Smith is to become
A touring opera company has become the third performing arts organisation to be targeted by thieves in London in less than a
Mufaro Makubika’s first main-stage play, Shebeen won the 2017 Alfred Fagon Award for best new work by a black British playwright, in
How did John Doe die? He fell from the landing gear of a Boeing airliner as it made its final descent into
Producer Paul Elliott has announced his retirement from the theatre industry after 60 years. His retirement comes as he prepares to release
Dreamgirls has announced it is to close in the West End and embark on a UK tour. The musical will give its
As the actor makes her West End debut in Bartlett Sher's Tony award-winning revival of The King and I, she talks to
The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, award-winning, multi sell-out fringe phenomenon is back in London with Romeo and Juliet. Shit-faced Shakespeare is the hilarious combination
When Glenda Jackson plays King Lear or Michelle Terry plays Hamlet, it seems paradoxical that they are eligible for best female performance
Lars Noren is considered one of Sweden's greatest living playwrights, but he's relatively unfamiliar to UK audiences. Surprising, really, because his work
Yellow Earth Theatre is launching an academy in Birmingham to find the next generation of British East Asian actors. The company is
In many ways this revival keeps things joyfully simple. It's ostensibly a remounting of Michael Gyngell and Mark Haddigan's 1990s stage adaptation
Rachael Young's latest solo show Nightclubbing is named after singer-songwriter Grace Jones' album of the same name. She tells Giverny Masso how
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Other Palace Theatre is to undergo a shake-up of its leadership team and will no longer be a dedicated
The UK tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie has been cancelled, half way through its scheduled dates. A statement from producers blamed the
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is to invest £385 million in a new cultural quarter being developed in east London. The £1.1
Lynette Shanbury, former executive director of Little Angel Theatre, has been appointed new executive director and chief executive of Polka Theatre in
My first play was Pandora's Box at the Arcola Theatre in London, produced by my own company Spora Stories. A planned production
Meet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details…​​​ Albert
How did you start off in theatre? While studying psychology I joined the drama society. I then did a foundation degree in
As the Oscar-nominated French actor takes to the London stage to read the works of the Marquis de Sade, she talks to
They might seem simply a way for actors to bask in audience appreciation, but is there something more going on at the