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Lyttelton theatre, LondonMorals, sexual politics and hypocrisy are the big themes in this tragic psychological portrait of a man for whom ideals matter more than individuals Harley Granville…
For inmates at one of Mexico City's notoriously overcrowded jails, performing drama is a way to regain self-dignity and break down the bars to the outside Continue reading...
The number of audience members with a disability has increased to 7%, reveals a study of 6,500 productions by Purple SevenWe at Purple Seven work with more than 200 theatres nationally to in…
From the archive: Christopher Hampton's theatrical re-creation of the epistolary novel opens at the Ambassadors in London. This review was first published in the Guardian on 17 October 1986T…
A homophobic encounter inspired me to write honest plays for teenage audiences to help them make up their own minds about the worldSeveral years ago, I was on the South Bank in London for Ne…
Paul Robeson is the first black actor to attempt Othello in a century, at the Savoy Theatre on March 19 1930"A tragedy of racial conflict" was how Paul Robeson summed up Othello as…
The Broadway play, starring Al Pacino, will officially open on 4 December, as rumors about production's preparedness prompts speculation from criticsThe official opening of David Mamet's new…
Like Ros Slowley (Letters, 10 November) I still have my Bayko but I remember Arkitex, a toy even more akin to Arckit. It was made by Triang and consisted of bases, beams and panels from whic…
I have a general unease about musical biopics " there's too often something of the school play about themThe sum of its parts probably would have made it wonderful: a musical biopic of the l…
The third in a series on translated work features the prologue to one of the most famous plays in history, translated by Aaron PoochigianBy Euripides and Aaron Poochigian for Translation Tue…
Choreographer Matthew Bourne will host an evening of performances, from Rambert, Northern Ballet and more, paying tribute to the Car Man starJonathan Ollivier, the dancer who was killed hour…
In a clip from his new live DVD, the Scottish comic sizes up the 'new breed of man' he meets down the gym and finds out why even fruit for breakfast is frowned upon. Kevin Bridges: A Whole D…
She plays the naive Daisy in Not Going Out and stars in sitcoms Together and Fried. But Katy Wix has also created dozens of her own comic characters, based on her friends and herselfYou've j…
Gate, LondonKate Mulvany and Anne-Louise Sarks's radical update of Euripides' tragedy shows events from the perspective of the heroine's two sonsEuripides' Medea has achieved such mythical s…
Young Vic, LondonThe role of women in the opposition to the Belarus dictatorship is explored through the stories of three real-life political prisonersIn the work of Belarus Free Theatre the…
Caledonian Park, London"Today's the day," whispers a woman urgently. "We're building a new city. Follow the path." We do as we are told. A woman irons in a tree, a man pl…
Our series on dancers' lives continues with Isabelle Van Den Bergh's day at the Parisian theatre, from a can-can warm-up to shows that require 10 costumes eachOur theatre is full of painting…
National Theatre's Nicholas Hytner joins in condemnation of Tories' stance on the arts at conference on regional theatreTwo leading lights of Britain's cultural life " Danny Boyle, who direc…
In Cali, south Colombia, discotecas are treasure troves of old-school salsa and other Latino music, with vast collections of vinyl, turntables, posters, and, of course, dance floorsSantiago …
Satirist whose show took Egypt by storm says the seeds of subversive humour he helped plant will be nurtured by a generation who has grown up online The Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef joke…
Actor to direct show faithful to the landmark 1956 production that made her a star, with the original set designs and Cecil Beaton costumesJulie Andrews plans to channel the spirit of her or…
Banned in 1907, but still sharply topical, a new production of Harley Granville Barker's play Waste is opening at the National Theatre. Its star talks sex, idealism and backstage briefings f…
The Abbey will commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising with work by nine men and one woman. But its incoming co-directors should champion a very different model of national theat…
Watch the trailer for Bolshoi Babylon, which follows a year in the life of the famed Russian institution. The 2013-14 season the film covers is, however, no ordinary year: the Bolshoi's ball…
Is Branagh, alongside Judi Dench in The Winter's Tale, really a snagged woolly jumper? And why, despite Zoë Wanamaker's performance, did the Independent hate Terence Rattigan's Harlequina…
