Tobacco Factory, BristolWardrobe Ensemble's western pastiche is a diverting gallop through fake blood, feminist twists and Bristolian in-jokesIn 2015, boutique, Bristol-based collective the …
English, created by National Theatre Wales and Quarantine, is a brainstorm about language and identity On either side of the stage, screens flash up words and phrases. "Accident of birth", r…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonA gaunt and arthritic king totters on stage, his head a thatch of matted white hair " then, grinning, he springs up like a jack-in-the-box and whisks off the wig. …
From his birth in Stratford-upon-Avon to family tragedy, friendship with the monarch and success at the Globe, explore the twists and turns in Shakespeare's own storyOn 26 April, Stratford-u…
One director said "the canon is wide open" for this young British actor, who is onstage at BAM this month and at the Kennedy Center in May.
Rupert Goold was left an out-of-date bottle of cassis. Josie Rourke received wisdom " and a warning. Jackie Wylie banned talk of Black Watch. Three ADs on taking over the top jobThe British …
Neil Gaiman's "Coraline" has been transformed into an opera in London, with music by Mark-Anthony Turnage. It goes to some genuinely disturbing places.
With Christopher Eccleston and Rory Kinnear taking a stab at Shakespeare's thane, we look at the trouble with one of its most famous " and weirdest " momentsMacbeth is full of things that mu…
Her sharp and funny plays have feted female friendship. As Elinor Cook takes Ibsen to the Caribbean with her version of The Lady from the Sea, she talks about fighting against the industry's…
The experimental troupe are giving the UK city of culture a glimpse of what it might look like in 80 years' time " and it isn't pretty. Our writer travels to Denmark to meet the team behind …
His bold take on Shakespeare's tragedy features kabuki witches, Buddhist chants and a cello-playing Lady Macbeth. As it returns, Yukio Ninagawa's collaborators remember how he enthralled and…
The legendary stage producer talks to Andrew Dickson about marriage, Shakespeare and bloody-minded determination"My life and times?" says Thelma Holt. "I love talking, but" " her voice …
He was living with his mum and working as a dish-washer. But he threw all he had into a brutal play that became a Scottish classic. The dramatist talks about the return of Knives in Hens " a…
Comedian and Beyoncé impersonator Russell Kane was in at 3pm today to answer your questions. What did he have to say?There are few male comics of whom you could say that it's a close call w…
The NT's former artistic director digs up absorbing material, and argues that high-minded can also be showbiz goldImpressive though his time running the National Theatre was, in one respect …
Punchdrunk are staging their biggest show yet " a descent into the Hollywood dream factory " in a vast west London building. But have the interactive mavericks reached theatre's outer l…
British Library releases 'Baines note' in which playwright Christopher Marlowe scandalously suggests Christian communion should be smoked in a pipeA controversial document in which the playw…
How a play is lit changes not only how it looks but how we feel about it. Top designers Paule Constable and Mark Henderson discuss mysteries of the craftIn the darkness of the Lyric theatre …
Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley have starred in his bleakly funny, sometimes dowright horrible plays. As The Treatment is revived at the Almeida, Martin Crimp talks about how his wo…
The City of Culture is hitting the waves for Flood, its wildly ambitious flagship show " and even the boat gets a stunt doubleIn a quiet corner of Whitby harbour, Alan Lane, artistic directo…
It's been licked, kissed and caressed. It's been played by a beige sweater and the real remains of a Hamlet-loving horse thief. As Andrew Scott gets ready to be or not to be, we explore the …
As Daniel Radcliffe appears in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Tom Stoppard remembers the dandy who wrote it 50 years ago, picks his favourite play " and reveals why he's less interested in da…
Could Richard III handle Hamlet in a punch-up? Is Benedick more fanciable than Beatrice? Is Falstaff craftier than Cleopatra? Celebrate Shakespeare's 450th birthday by pitting his characters…
Banks and oil giants should keep out of temples of culture, shouldn't they? Andrew Dickson thought so " until he made a documentary about sponsorship and the increasingly desperate search fo…
The firebrand writer is an outspoken critic of the establishment but his new work is an RSC commission about Caravaggio. He talks about challenging audiences' prejudices " and his ownSay wha…