Verdi was 80 when he finished turning Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor into a comic opera. Gatti's 2012 production aimed to draw out its tendernessGiuseppe Verdi was in his late 70s and …
Hosting, Corden opened with an uncharacteristically serious monologue as the awards ceremony paid tasteful tribute to the victims of Orlando while demonstrating the consolations of theatreHa…
It's the last chance to see many big shows, London and Yorkshire festivals bring drama, dance and and site-specific treats, Chagall's lovers fly into the Globe, and Timothy West plays King L…
London's long-running production of Chicago has a bootylicious new Roxie (click 'Hide' to, er, reveal). She follows in the high-heeled footsteps of Denise Van Outen, Brooke Shields and Renee…
Lin-Manuel Miranda's blockbuster musical dominates the Broadway ceremony, while attendees pay tribute to those murdered in Orlando shootingHaving won the Pulitzer prize and a Grammy award, a…
Ustinov, BathFlorian Zeller's Molière award-winning play, starring Lia Williams and Kenneth Cranham, takes us into the confused world of an elderly man and his carer daughterThere is usuall…
New York theatre community mourns loss of Kyle Jean-Baptiste, 21, the youngest person to play the role of Valjean in Les MisérablesKyle Jean-Baptiste, the first African American and younges…
Deaf West's innovative new version of the controversial musical is performed by a cast including many deaf actors using ASL " but does it work for deaf people?It's one of the most buzzed-abo…
Playhouse, Sydney Opera HouseFrom dark and traumatic to hilariously camp, the show may suffer from an identity crisis " but with an exeptional cast and direction, it's still irresistibleNow …
Stars of Broadway, stage and screen attend the 70th annual Tony awards at the Beacon Theater in New York on Sunday night. The ceremony is dedicated to victims of Saturday's mass shooting in …
With a record 16 nominations, Hamilton leads the contenders for this year's Tony awards. See who's winning what " this list will be updated as the evening unfoldsEclipsedThe FatherThe Humans…
The 70th annual Tony awards begins at 8pm ET live from the Beacon Theater in New York City. This year's show will be dedicated to the victims of Orlando shooting 12.35am BST Need a quick re…
Last week Benjamin Millepied resigned as head of dance at the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet, criticising the company's rigid ways. Luke Jennings, who spoke to the choreographer twice in rec…
Dundee RepBenedick and Beatrice offer a romance worth believing in Irene Macdougall's intelligent, well paced productionKeep an eye on Robert Jack's left hand. When the actor strides on with…
Star of Wolf Hall and the Globe's Merchant of Venice calls for cheaper tickets and more school tripsPlayhouses, schools and the government are failing to invest properly in future generation…
The choreographer blew into Paris Opera Ballet on a mission to shake things up. But two seasons later, he walked. Does the rebel of dance have any regrets? Plenty…'I was always the Frog in…
As the musical Hamilton prepares for the Tony awards, Trinity church " where Alexander himself is buried " welcomes newly enthusiastic visitorsThere may be no better time to stumble on an ag…
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsThe puppetry alone is enough to recommend this magical take on Stephen Sondheim's musical, but Opera North choristers are the real ace up the sleeveThe West Yo…
Barbican, LondonHuppert is a treat but even she struggles to make sense of a production that is at times close to insufferable Continue reading...
Your favourite characters are leaping out of the page and onto the stage. Find out where you can watch the creations of authors from Roald Dahl to Michael Morpurgo to David Almond come to li…
Trafalgar Studios, LondonActor/playwright Jesse Eisenberg is terrific as the rich narcissist in a witty and constantly surprising pieceJesse Eisenberg's The Spoils has some of the ingredient…
York Minster, York Mike Poulton's adaptation of the medieval plays, performed for only the second time inside the Minster, mixes the mundane and the divine to sparkling effect"Why pick on me…
Lyttelton, LondonHelen McCrory brings steel and gusto to the role of Terence Rattigan's scorned 1950s loverAfter the whirling excitement of her production of A Doll's House, I half-expected …
Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonA judiciously pruned script and a fine gallery of rogues make Polly Findlay's production singThe genius of Ben Jonson's The Alchemist is that while the obvious targe…
Not a red nose in sight as show held as part of mayor's Thames Festival recalls group that pioneered new circus genreThey were the circus mavericks who brought chainsaw juggling, razorblade …