Beauty and the Beast review at Oxford Playhouse " 'satisfyingly moral and heart-warming'
Oxford Playhouse's Beauty and the Beast, written and directed by Steve Marmion, once again serves up all the beloved elements of traditional
Oxford Playhouse's Beauty and the Beast, written and directed by Steve Marmion, once again serves up all the beloved elements of traditional
Last week, columnist David Benedict questioned whether the "seemingly obligatory" standing ovation is becoming too regular at West End musical performances, taking
As his latest play opens Off-Broadway, straight-talking playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis speaks to Howard Sherman about life on the Upper West Side
An immersive Doctor Who experience is set to premiere in London in February 2020. Based on the television series, Doctor Who Time
Theatre website WhatsOnStage has announced a new partnership with BBC Radio 2, which will see its annual awards ceremony broadcast live. The
Sally Cookson's production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is to tour the UK and Ireland in 2020. Having premiered
A Morecambe arts venue is closing after failing to secure funding. Alt-Space, a venue that hosts the Morecambe Fringe Festival, has had
Matilda Ibini's Little Miss Burden is a gem of a play. Set in 1990s Hackney, it manages that rare feat of being
James Graham's The Vote will return for a live performance on the night of the general election later this week, with a
This is a groovy kind of panto. In a Chickenshed twist on the tale, Snow White is transported to the Swinging Sixties,
Joan of Leeds " New Diorama, London Breach, creator of hit fringe show It's True, It's True, It's True, returns with a
I have seen first-hand the excellent educational work that the Royal Shakespeare Company does, and the passion of Jacqui O'Hanlon, its impressive
It has been a week of drama. Last Monday marked the start of tech week on my debut directorial venture, with all
Words are everything in Jamie Lloyd's stripped-down and shaken-up Cyrano. Martin Crimp's adaptation plays fast and loose with Edmond Rostand's 1897 play
There aren't many better roles in musical theatre than Gypsy's indomitable Mama Rose. Any production of Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne and Stephen
This week's production news round-up includes Nicola Roberts making her theatre debut in the West End revival of City of Angels, and
Exeter Northcott Theatre artistic director Daniel Buckroyd made an unexpected appearance when he stepped in last minute to save the venue's Beauty
The next government is being urged not to lose sight of the importance of arts education, as the UK is revealed to
Of all the many versions of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas fable being staged this winter, this is one of the most inventive.
As artistic director of Strictly Arts, a Midlands-based devised theatre company, I've made friends in senior positions in London theatres. They've been
What has turned Ebenezer Scrooge into a curmudgeonly miser with his deep-seated aversion to Christmas? This is the ingenious debate conducted by
Northern Stage's new adaptation of the classic tale The Snow Queen is performed with charm, wittily scripted and beautifully designed " but
The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse at the Unicorn is based on Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen's gently subversive book of
John Binnie adds a circus theme to Cinderella for his second year directing and writing the Brunton panto, allowing him to bulk
Originally produced at Theatre Royal Stratford East in 2012, with a book by Paul Sirett and songs by Wayne Nunes and Perry