She stepped in to play Blanche to Paul Mescal's Stanley at the 11th hour. Now she's taking on her childhood dream role of Eliza Doolittle. Andrzej Lukowski talks to Patsy Ferran, the most ex…
Diversity " or lack thereof " has never flared into a major issue at the Olivier Awards. This is perhaps surprising: in
For the past few months, London's two Troubadour Theatres have been a growing obsession of mine. It started out innocently enough: I
Last week, the extremely troubled immersive theatre show The Wolf of Wall Street closed. The show's official Twitter at one point declared
As a theatre critic, I see a lot of weird stuff on stage, but I'd never given serious thought to the dramatic
After last year's bumper crop of headline-grabbing new works that caught the spirit of the times and stormed the West End, Andrzej
It was recently announced that Thriller Live, the venerable Michael Jackson jukebox musical, would be departing from the Lyric Theatre, its home
Paper theatre tickets will not single-handedly doom our planet if not stopped immediately. But they are part of a wider problem of
Never one to shy away from a challenge, playwright Alice Birch portrays women and children separated by the criminal justice system in
Everybody likes to moan about a list, and this week everyone has been moaning about the Guardian's list of the 50 best
When it was announced that the Troubadour White City Theatre's inaugural production " a revival of the National Theatre's 2016 Christmas hit
International arts events are a platform to discuss the planet's future. But traveling performers and visiting audiences arrive with their own environmental baggage.
The 'Edinburgh bubble' is a very real phenomenon. The relentless 24-hour mania of the Scottish capital during festival season provides almost total
It is rare that stories about theatre make the mainstream news. 'Celebrity to star in a play' is reasonably common, with 'Mobile
In 2007, Dominic Cooke said he intended to stage 'middle-class dramas' at London's Royal Court " but where is that fare now?
Let's be clear: there is no upside or silver lining to the Evening Standard's decision to let go of its theatre critics
And so we head to the polling booths for Thursday's European elections. Parliamentary democracy has still failed to sort out Brexit. But
I've never watched Game of Thrones. Not because I have any problem with topless dragon fighting and whatnot, it's just there are
Over the years, I have been nothing if not critical of the Oliviers, especially how the shortlists are compiled for the UK's
Four times a year, the National Theatre puts out a standard press release saying what will be playing in its repertory system
There is something thrilling when a play has been deemed of significant interest to the population at large that critics all write
Look away now if you're chronically averse to spoilers, but I can exclusively announce the shortlist for the best new comedy category
Recently, I became the tiniest bit emotional when I opened up my programme for Pinter Seven, the final part of Jamie Lloyd's
Two new theater productions in London give fresh perspectives on marriage and parenthood, by looking at them from a gay point of view.
Last year, Macbeth was all the rage. The year before that it was Julius Caesar. In 2019, it's going to be wall-to-wall