Designer Andrew Riley: 'The secret to success is to be persistent but not annoying'
Currently working on a new production of The Phantom of the Opera in Oslo. Andrew Riley tells Giverny Masso about his design
Currently working on a new production of The Phantom of the Opera in Oslo. Andrew Riley tells Giverny Masso about his design
Gig theatre has come to be associated with the punkish energy of theatre companies like Middle Child and RashDash. Fragment, a new
An oft-spoken dictum of my mother, who ran the village shop as I was growing up, was: “The customer is always right.”
Elizabeth McGovern and Amanda Abbington will star in a 10th anniversary production of God of Carnage, staged at Theatre Royal Bath later
Unperformed professionally since its first West End run, The Biograph Girl depicts stars of the silent movie era. Book writer Warner Brown
This week it has been announced that Gloria Estefan musical On Your Feet! is coming to the UK, while the Young Vic’s
It’s difficult to imagine now the influence The Goon Show had on a post-war British audience. Austerity had extended the privations of
The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama has stopped giving first-year students their academic marks as part of a pilot scheme
Fifty years ago, at the start of his writing career, Brian Friel was already breaking the mould in dramatic experimentation and structural
The prospect of Michelle Terry playing Hamlet is an immensely exiting one. She has shown herself to be a Shakespearean actor of
Here we go. After the all the heightened emotions surrounding Emma Rice's departure as artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe following a brief,
Gloria Estefan musical On Your Feet! has announced a London run, playing the Coliseum in June 2019. The musical will also have
The theatre world is quite a small one and I spend a lot of time immersed in it, both as a critic
It is not unusual, I suspect, for theatregoers to imagine themselves living inside the homes that are created on stage. Regardless of
The shellacking that Quentin Letts received for his Daily Mail review of the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Fantastic Follies of Mrs Rich,
Phil Ormrod's Bruntwood-longlisted Isaac Came Home from the Mountain takes its title from the biblical story of Abraham offering his only son
Salisbury Playhouse has seen audiences for some productions drop by a fifth following the Russian spy poisoning attack in March. A spokeswoman
Producer Kenny Wax, performer Sharon D Clarke and playwright James Graham are among almost 400 theatre professionals who have signed up to
Theatre company Selladoor Worldwide has announced a partnership with Turkish music promoter PIU Entertainment, which will see it diversify its output and
James Graham is searching for new and undiscovered playwrights to work on a play inspired by Charles Dickens' writing. Working with director
Elizabeth I was an astonishing woman and an enduring royal icon. Not that you'd know it from Will Tuckett's chamber ballet, first
Rebecca Lenkiewicz' Her Naked Skin will have its regional premiere as part of the first season of a new Wiltshire-based arts organisation.
Venues including York Theatre Royal and Derby Theatre are launching a consortium to develop work for younger audiences. Other partners in the
Michael Grandage has become the latest high-profile figure to condemn proposed regulations that threaten the future of stage lighting, calling for the
Paula Hawkins' novel is a publishing phenomenon. It sold millions of copies, topped best-seller lists and became the basis for a fairly