Sam Yates: 'I try to explicate what writers want and to bring a play's soul to life'
The award-winning director has brought David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross to the West End. He talks to  Matt Trueman about being an actor's
The award-winning director has brought David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross to the West End. He talks to  Matt Trueman about being an actor's
Arts minister John Glen has temporarily barred the export of Renaissance playwright Ben Jonson's annotated collection of writings. The book, titled Workes,
Streatham Space Project, a new theatre in south London opening in 2018, has vowed to stage work for the local community. Think
Jonathan Church has been appointed the first chair of the Marlowe Theatre Trust, which runs the theatre of the same name in
It seems appropriate that after 18 years running Nottingham Playhouse, Giles Croft's final production is Anton Chekhov's 1904 valedictory masterpiece The Cherry
Martin McDonagh is to premiere a new play at the Bridge Theatre in London next year, starring Jim Broadbent. A Very Very
Although Trevor Martin performed alongside Laurence Olivier, enjoyed long relationships with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre, and appeared regularly in
She's grotesque. A possessive beast of a woman, to be sure. But look on the bright side, Beau: she’s got a lovely personality.
The latest press night parties, new shows in rehearsal, events and awards from the theatrical world in pictures. This week’s highlights include opening nights
"This is a commercial venture, but one with a mission," write Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr in the programme for Young Marx,
Being an artistic director has its challenges, of course. But none occurs more frequently than the challenge of having to turn people
It's Captioning Awareness Week, and Stagetext is urging theatre lovers to spread the word that captioned performances are available UK-wide to those
Brighton's BRICTT drama school provides rigorous training to develop highly skilled, all-round performers, but its ambitions for its students go way beyond
There are misjudged artistic decisions and then there’s this. The inaugural production of Latimer Road’s new Playground Theatre is an outrageously sexist,
My first job was as sound designer and production manager for Bred in Heaven. It was for the Welsh company Frapetsus, directed
The associate of Told by an Idiot and visiting director at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama tells John Byrne
It should be no surprise that Thomas Ades, arch modern-day composer of parody and social satire, has expressed deep admiration for the
The Old Vic has responded to concerns about the confidentiality of the complaints process it has set up in the wake of
Examining the life of a fascinating but often overlooked historical figure, Matilda the Empress is a tightly-plotted account of England's first civil
David Haig will star in his play Pressure, which is to tour the UK next year. Based on the true story of
There are two ways of programming mixed bills: either locate a common theme and encourage choreographers to riff around it or take
Arts organisations in England have lowered their energy usage by more than a fifth over the past five years, according to a
Bereaved, divorced parents She and He meet at the cemetery in which their son is buried. He's received a letter about toxic
Bertolt Brecht’s 1939 play has been called the best play of the 20th century. That’s not immediately evident in this production, which
Unless you're a tech nerd, you'll probably have no idea who Scott Forstall is. Yet, chances are a product he helped create