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How did you start off in theatre? I moved to England just before I turned eight and always wanted to be an
Margate's Theatre Royal has been named the UK's second-most endangered theatre, as part of a list that sees Brighton Hippodrome claim the
Don't miss John " National Theatre, London Annie Baker's hypnotic, Pulitzer-winning play The Flick was one of the National Theatre's biggest successes
Fans are versatile things. They provide their holders with a way of conveying emotions that cannot be expressed in polite company with
Kate Fleetwood, Charles Edwards, Jenny Galloway and Jonathan Slinger have been cast in Absolute Hell at the National Theatre. Rodney Ackland’s play
Playwright April de Angelis has called for greater representation of female writers in theatre. Speaking at the Writers' Guild Awards in London
Martin Blackburn’s first two plays, Alright Bitches! and Bitches Ahoy! showed a strong ear for comedy and a keen eye for characterisation.
Happy birthday to The Birthday Party. Harold Pinter's classic play turns 60 this year, and to mark the occasion the West End
Contemporary dancer Leon Poulton uses his experience in the art form to feed his second profession as a freelance dance photographer. He
Alanna Baker has competed for Great Britain in the European and World Championships as a gymnast. She talks to Roda Musa about
The painterly title Woman Before a Glass is suggestive of the male gaze. This one-woman play by Lanie Robertson " author of
Works from Graeae Theatre Company and performer Selina Thompson will feature in a season of work responding to the centenary of the
Bob Carlton will be widely remembered as the writer of the Olivier award-winning Return to the Forbidden Planet. Inspired by the 1956
In this collection of 12 short sketches by Russian playwright Mikhail Durnenkov, we're left to figure out quite a lot as an
Kirsty Housley navigates the fault line between devised work and playwriting. She tells Lyn Gardner about the industry divide, why she doesn't
Puccini’s meltingly beautiful and bracing score for Madama Butterfly has acquired a new bitterness after the last few months of #MeToo revelations.
Last week, Hamilton announced a round of open auditions for its London run. Meanwhile, director and actor Maria Friedman revealed on Twitter that
John Barton, who died last week aged 89, was the godfather of the Royal Shakespeare Company. The director's sonnet classes formed the
This year, the Royal Ballet's Marianela Nunez celebrates two decades with the company, most of them as principal. Here's a ballerina at
The musical which launched the careers of Britney Spears and Natalie Portman will have its UK premiere in London in March. All-female
Since its first edition in 2012, Vault Festival has livened up the traditionally slow months after Christmas. A haven of bars, booze
I’m constantly amazed by the strength and variety of what the theatre offers us and how uncomfortable plays also test us, deeply.
At the theatre some years ago, I witnessed an exchange that has stuck with me. Upon leaving the performance, a child was
Glitter balls, sequins and lame jokes. Strictly Come Dancing is now in its 11th year, it has a formula that works and
Bob Carlton, who created Return to the Forbidden Planet, has died. The writer and director created the jukebox rock and roll musical,
