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This is the best pantomime to be staged at the Pomegranate in many years. It's a high quality show blessed with a fine
With Greta Thunberg being celebrated as Time Magazine's Person of the Year, it feels fitting to hail another uniquely intrepid Swedish girl
Conor McPherson's musical, based around the songs of Bob Dylan and set in the musician's birthplace of Duluth, Minnesota, is not a
This musical adaptation of Dr Seuss' festive classic wasn't exactly greeted with Christmas cheer when it transferred to Broadway in 2006. But
British Sign Language interpreter Becky Barry steals the show in Christmas at the Snow Globe, Shakespeare Globe's seasonal offering created by Sandi
Tom Hooper's big screen interpretation of Cats is a mess. It's a mess that misuses some of the worlds' best dancers and
When Tony Britton, who has died aged 95, was seen as Gloucester alongside Joss Ackland's King Lear in rehearsed readings directed by
A double-decker bus being used as a community arts college by theatre company Slung Low has been broken into, with vandals causing
Last week, theatre leaders revealed their biggest concerns for the sector in 2020, ranging from the political landscape, to climate change and
Black Beauty " Southbank Centre, London Created by Andy Manley, Andy Cannon and Shona Reppe, this show for ages five and over
Madani Younis, who left the Southbank Centre in October after less than a year as creative director, is to join the Shed
This week's production news round-up includes Emilia Clarke's West End debut in The Seagull, and Sophie Isaacs joining the cast of Six.
As a theatre critic, I see a lot of weird stuff on stage, but I'd never given serious thought to the dramatic
Kathy Burke will direct Amy Booth-Steel's one woman show as part of the Turbine Theatre's 2020 season. #HonestAmy, a show written and
Director Rebecca Frecknall stepped into her own production of The Duchess of Malfi at London's Almeida Theatre this week, after a cast
The first thing you need to know about this version of Whistle Down the Wind is that it's not the anthemic, US-based
The Stage has a wide pool of expert reviewers watching productions across the UK. Here, some of them reveal their favourite shows
The weather might be unseasonably warm and the news unspeakably grim, but English National Ballet's Nutcracker ameliorates all that " at least
Iain Lauchlan drops enough local mentions into his Jack and the Beanstalk to ensure that, combined with plenty of pantomime set-pieces and
Michael Billington's five-decade career will be honoured by the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, which is to name its best play prize after
Matt Lucas is stepping in to play Thénardier in the West End production of Les Misérables, after Gerard Carey, who had been
Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke is to make her West End debut in Anya Reiss' adaptation of The Seagull. The production,
With racy gags and outlandish costumes, Kirk Vs Ming is a Star Trek spoof that satirises not only the hammy acting and
Mess is missing from so many pantomimes these days, so it's refreshing to see it in all its sudsy glory in Basingstoke.
Arthur Pita's version of Hans Christian Andersen's mournful story evokes a fittingly festive combination of charm and hope. That said, this family
