Hansel and Gretel review at the MAC, Belfast " 'mischievous Christmas show for the austerity era'
The MAC's Hansel and Gretel is a virtual compendium of fairytale and fantasy characters: Three Little Pigs, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell, Little
The MAC's Hansel and Gretel is a virtual compendium of fairytale and fantasy characters: Three Little Pigs, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell, Little
Lifting its title from a line in Hamlet, and also focusing on the increasingly alarming behaviour of a young man mourning his
Musicals Bat Out of Hell and 42nd Street lead the nominations for this year's WhatsOnStage Awards, with both productions picking up eight
Many stories are told in Suhayla El-Bushra’s new adaptation of The Arabian Nights, but by creating a new telling of Scheherazade’s own
Appearing at the Together! 2017 Disability Arts, Culture and Human Rights festival, the poet speaks to Roda Musa about accessibility in the
More than two thirds of all London boroughs have put forward bids to become the first London Borough of Culture in either
When the first branch of Dishoom opened in 2010, it was one of the few places where you could get a decent
Kerry Ellis is to star in the touring cast of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest next year. Ellis, who is
Derek Jacobi and Diana Rigg will star in A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong on BBC One. Jacobi will play Ebenezer Scrooge in
Owing more to Disney than the Brothers Grimm, writer and director Lou Stein's Rapunzel is a pleasant fairytale with a tangled, overstuffed
James Graham's Quiz is to transfer to the West End next year. Directed by Daniel Evans, the production will open at the
What better theme for a Christmas show than the greatest ever told? And lo, the Nativity came to Liverpool. But this being
What the Dickens and Bah Humbug! It's that time of year that is as synonymous with the stage version of A Christmas
Back in 2008, Lorna Luft " who was appearing in Salford as the Wicked Witch in a panto version of The Wizard
This new play by Beau Willimon, creator of TV series House of Cards, explores the complex marital arrangements of a Washington DC
Based on the 1947 radio broadcast of the much-loved American classic, the Bridge House Theatre's Miracle on 34th Street is a super-sweet
Two world premieres and a new writing festival will feature in the Yard Theatre in London's new season. Buggy Baby by Yard
A new all-female musical about the six wives of Henry VIII has announced its London cast. Aimie Atkinson, who previously won the
This week in production news Aidan Turner is to make his West End debut at the Noel Coward Theatre in London and
EastEnders' Nina Wadia and Sara Stewart have been cast in the UK premiere of Jen Silverman's Collective Rage: A Play in Five
The Storyhouse theatre in Chester has announced its summer 2018 season, which includes Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music. With book by
In OperaUpClose's ambitious pocket production of Eugene Onegin, the rolling Russian landscape of the Larin family estate has been replaced by a
Equity has branded Bristol City Council's proposed funding cut to the Old Vic theatre as "a real threat". Earlier this week the
Equity is introducing a student deputy network, which will allow students to shape the running of the union for the first time.
Explorations of the American family have long been used by US playwrights as a way of taking the temperature of the country.