The omens look good for the first instalment of the two-part play, which previews at the Palace theatre in London tonight " and hardly needs critics' star ratings to be a successMany are alr…
Claire Tow Theater at Lincoln Center, New YorkBranden Jacobs-Jenkins's latest is his usual mix of complex ideas with impossible time constraints, so expect a series of knots rather than a fr…
As the Abba extravaganza celebrates its 15th anniversary, revisit the musical's unstoppable success " as measured in dollars, bras and rhinestonesTwo bn Total box-office gross, in dollars.33…
Chichester Festival TheatrePeter Shaffer's spectacle of Mozart's mediocre rival distorts historical reality but remains compelling and stylishly presentedFew living dramatists write big star…
Former Sex and the City actor describes debilitating condition that forced her to quit starring role on London stage last yearThe former Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall has spoken of her …
The American playwright's masterpiece, an explosive story of sexual repression, has suffered at the hands of directors and censorsGiven that it is Tennessee Williams's best play, it is surpr…
The playwright was a commercial success, but his works could only have been created in subsidised venuesPeter Shaffer obituaryFew writers achieve the lucrative double of writing an internati…
Author pleads with critics and those attending previews 'to keep the secrets' of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child JK Rowling has pleaded with theatregoers fortunate enough to have tickets …
Minerva theatre, Chichester Strindberg's Miss Julie is well directed, but it's Shaffer's dark comedy that illuminates in this contrasting double billAugust Strindberg's tragedy Miss Julie an…
Playwright best known for The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Equus and AmadeusAlthough the playwright Sir Peter Shaffer, who has died aged 90, wrote one of the best farces of postwar British theatre…
My friend Simone Welds, who has died aged 46 of breast cancer, was an extraordinarily vital woman, passionate traveller and gifted dancer.Born in west London, she was the daughter of Mary (n…
Prolific writer who produced more than 40 plays, as well as books of essays, poetry and short stories was a key British figure in 20th century drama Related: Arnold Wesker: kitchen-sink dram…
In the latest part of her 'empathy museum', Clare Patey invites audiences to put on a stranger's footwear and take a walk while listening to the shoe-owner's personal story on headphonesPeop…
British playwright, who also won an Oscar for film adaptation of Amadeus, has died after falling seriously ill last weekThe playwright Sir Peter Shaffer, whose critical and popular successes…
Samuel Beckett theatre, DublinEimear McBride's award-winning novel transitions perfectly to the stage in Corn Exchange's startling and upsetting Dublin theatre festival show about the impact…
Bristol Old VicEmma Rice's final Kneehigh show is a love letter to the company she founded as much as a celebration of Marc and Bella Chagall and their lost Russian-Jewish worldThere is a mo…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonAoife Duffin is an electrifying Kate in Caroline Byrne's splendid Irish version, which injects touches of Yeats, Wilde and Beckett Shakespeare's comedy of Petruchi…
Rambert Dance Company is, at 87, the UK's oldest dance troupe, and founder Marie Rambert nurtured some of Britain's foremost choreographers, including Frederick Ashton. Today the company's v…
In the German director's Schaubühne production, there's a drum kit on stage, the princes are puppets and the battle scene features Richard alone in his pants Related: Ibsen meets Snowden: T…
Isabelle Huppert plays Phaedra and Mike Bartlett's new play Wild opens, plus the rest of the week's unmissable theatreThere are lots of great shows starting in the London international festi…
The mould-breaking dance company is celebrating its ninth decade. We trace the nimble steps that took it from a raggle-taggle bunch of students to global nameMarie Rambert had no idea she wa…
Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonA refreshingly authentic Jacobean setting by the RSC allows Ben Jonson's comedy of greed to play to its vicious strengths Polly Findlay has taken a bold and, by toda…
Minchin says his song about the cardinal, who is due to give evidence to a royal commission about child sex abuse that occurred within his parishes, is also about homeTim Minchin has written…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonHow the Labour government drove itself to invade Iraq in 2003 is laid bare in this sharp distillation of Chilcot inquiry evidence " given added fire by damning t…
The author, director John Tiffany and playwright Jack Thorne spent two years collaborating on The Cursed Child. On the eve of the theatrical event of the year, they discuss bringing the Pott…