Company aims to reignite interest in Ovid, whose book the Metamorphoses is alluded to in some of the Bard's playsShakespeare's favourite classical poet, Ovid, inspired him with myth, magic a…
In these exclusive extracts from his posthumously published memoir, the actor recalls filming Escape to Victory and The Jewel in the Crown, and how Buckingham Palace spied on him in King Cha…
Teen misfits save the day in Jack Thorne and Stephen Warbeck's play, while the Royal Ballet tackles the Austro-Hungarian empire1 JunkyardIt may be more of a play with songs than a fully fled…
Britain's best standups hit the Welsh town, the Venezuelan producer plays London and Julian Barratt stars as a washed-up former TV copFrom Cradle to StageMum's the word! Literally, actually,…
Shubert theatre, New York Even if the shtick is predictable, Midler " paired with David Hyde Pierce " shines in an exhaustingly energetic revival of the 1964 musical comedyBefore our benight…
Exclusive: Letters, manuscripts, photographs and props have been acquired by university in Austin for $400,000The personal archive of Peter O'Toole, including bundles of letters, unpublished…
Trafalgar Studios, LondonSimon Callow directs a starry young cast in a revival of Christopher Hampton's astonishing 70s play about academic havocChristopher Hampton's comedy of academic life…
Derek Benfield, who has died aged 82, successfully combined the career of a character actor with that of a prolific boulevard playwright. Most familiar from appearances on television in The …
The Tony-winning director talks about bringing Fun Home to Washington on the doorstep of a president whose cabinet threatens to roll back LGBT rightsDonald Trump has proved a gift to TV sati…
Everyman, LiverpoolAdapted from a children's book by Liverpool poet Brian Patten, this family show is all about the transformative power of storytellingIt's good to see the Liverpool Everyma…
Oscar-winning star fears working-class talents being lost by the cost of drama school training and demise of repertory theatreEddie Redmayne, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, Laurence F…
South Hill Park, BracknellSkype sex and confetti cannons are harnessed to full effect by a likable performer who breathes new life into a time-honoured persona'Who here saw me on I'm a Celeb…
One morning in 1970 I was in my dressing room at the Royal Court, where I was appearing in Michael Blakemore's production of Shaw's Widowers' Houses. I'd forgotten that the next play, Home, …
Emma Rice, who has quit after just two seasons, publishes candid letter explaining her departure on the theatre's websiteEmma Rice, the artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe, has broken h…
Tron, GlasgowIn this exquisite solo piece, with parallels to Shakespeare's play, the writer and performer David Leddy gets under the skin of an outsiderChris has an identity crisis. Played b…
The West End is becoming a Broadway-like shop window for musicals and spectaculars. Hytner and Starr's theatre devoted to new plays is to be welcomedWhat is instantly striking about the init…
Rory Kinnear to star as 'broke, horny' philosopher at 900-seat Bridge Theatre run by Nicholas Hytner and Nick StarrA comedy about a young, emotionally illiterate Karl Marx is to open the fir…
Theatre director and founder of the English Shakespeare Company whose 1980 production of The Romans in Britain led to an obscenity trialThere was nothing timid or compromised about the work…
Pioneer of landscape theatre who created The Passion, starring Michael Sheen, which was performed on the streets of Port TalbotThe designer and theatre-maker Bill Mitchell, who has died of c…
Welsh director was best known for The Romans in Britain, which led to an obscenity trial, and for co-founding the English Shakespeare CompanyMichael Bogdanov, the bold theatre director who s…
As a baby, Veronica Thompson was left in a bag outside a South Korean police station. In an intimate and funny solo performance, she traces her journey through her American childhood and Lon…
Political fire, passion and community has driven contemporary Aboriginal theatre and dance for half a century. Collaboration will continue to bolster our success, writes @IndigenousX host Ja…
The Homeland and Billions star is currently in the West End, and will answer your questions in a live webchat on Wednesday 19 April 10.38am BST Damian Lewis is best known for three titanic r…
Veteran stage and screen actor who played Ivy, the formidable cafe owner, in the television comedy series Last of the Summer WineFor 37 years Jane Freeman, who has died aged 81, was known to…
Arcola, LondonNeil Bartlett asks what this 1947 allegory of Nazi occupation means today in a striking production as focused on optimism as on despairAlbert Camus' novel La Peste was publishe…