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Almeida, LondonDavid Cromer's cooly observant narrator leads a radically reworked version of Thornton Wilder's classic that taps into collective folk memoryWe are used to seeing old plays gi…
New Wolsey, IpswichThe verse is handled with microscopic precision as Nunn relocates Shakespeare's comedy to a world of diplomats and cocktails where Theseus becomes a white-suited Mountbatt…
A critic who tweeted the title of the Lyric's new season sparked outrage " and possibly drove audiences to the theatreI love going to the theatre when I don't know very much about a show, wh…
The obituary of Peggy Spencer (30 May) inevitably concentrated on the world of competition and showbiz fame. However, those of us growing up as teenagers in south London in the early 1950s w…
Extract from The Antelopes by Wallander author " who spent years in Mozambique " published in Index on CensorshipA play by Henning Mankell about a Swedish couple struggling to understand the…
Shows such as Philip Ridley's Karagula aim to entice audiences with the promise of a mysterious venue. All too often, this has little relevance to the play itself"Immersive" was once the mar…
The French choreographer will lead 100 dancers in a weekend of participatory performances among the paintings " this exhibition really will move youTate Modern is to be transformed into a Mu…
The Forum, LondonThe Arrested Development star is undoubtedly an adept comic but his political show lacks complexity and suffers from punchlines that strain to shockTrump is bad news, US gun…
First, evangelical hedge fund manager Jonathan Ruffer bought Auckland Castle for £15m. Now he's putting on his first show " with Romans, Vikings, flaming arrows, jousting knights and a 1,…
A school in Kent transformed its results in all subjects, from among the worst to one of the best, with help from ShakespeareUnder bright spotlights in the drama room, students are getting i…
Finborough, LondonNeil McPherson pays tribute to Charles Hamilton Sorley in a beautifully orchestrated production with songs by Schubert and George ButterworthRobert Graves considered Charle…
Cumberbatch up against Kenneth Branagh and Mark Rylance for best actor, while Gemma Arterton and Nicole Kidman vie for best actress Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet has received four Olivier aw…
Toy company is aiming to conquer the Great White Way with a show that it says will do for the board game what The Lego Movie did for colored bricksHasbro has proven to be an asset to Hollywo…
My mother, Mary Percy, who has died aged 102, worked hard to sustain her considerable family and was a talented amateur actor.Born Mary Taylor in Birkenhead, she was the seventh of eight chi…
Still Here recalls real-life journey of Christian refugee in Calais camp who fled Eritrea after being persecuted for his faithThe Church of England is sponsoring a play at the Edinburgh fest…
The words of a treasured letter ring in Miranda's ears as she explores her island home in this re-imagining of The Tempest, written and directed by Teresa Griffiths and narrated by Anne-Mari…
It's a glorious summer of Richard IIIs with Ralph Fiennes playing the role at the Almeida in London and Lars Eidinger starring in the Schaubühne's production at the Edinburgh festival. Here…
Groundbreaking European theatre arrives in Birmingham, Slung Low commune with the fairy world in Stratford-upon-Avon, and 1984 returns to the West EndThe Offbeat festival starts at the Old F…
The Donmar Warehouse chief on directing a darkly witty drama about our destiny as a nation " and why it reminds her of The West WingIn 2006 and 2007, the RSC decided to do a Complete Works s…
Edinburgh Festival theatreRona Munro's day-long reimagining of 15th-century royal Scotland shows a nation determined to do things on its own terms Related: The lost kings of Scotland There's…
Life with Father, about a sexist patriarch and submissive wife, holds the record for the longest-running non-musical play in New York. Now, 75 years after it premiered, Mark Lawson…
Jonathan Miller is notching up his eighth Lear. How did he persuade Barrie Rutter to play the king? By telling him it's a comedyShortly before rehearsals commence on King Lear, Jonathan Mill…
The Little Voice actor is covering 80s hits in her new show If You Kiss Me Kiss Me, and joined us to answer your questions. Catch up with her answers here 2.13pm GMT Thanks to everyone who s…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonAn updating of Gorky's play loses the moral ambiguity surrounding its female protagonist and makes little sense uprooted from its historial contextMaxim Gorky's pl…
Styx, LondonPhilip Ridley's three-hours-plus tangle of dystopian fantasies doesn't lack for imagination, but is undone by its own excessesIn fairytales, communities ensure their continued sa…
