2019: Alternative awards of the year " Boris gags and bye bye Billington
Ahead of a new decade, Fergus Morgan takes a look at the highs and lows of 2019, from unruly infants and an
Ahead of a new decade, Fergus Morgan takes a look at the highs and lows of 2019, from unruly infants and an
After each performance a stage manager writes notes in a show report, detailing technical tweaks needed, actor mishaps and unusual audience behaviour.
It's that time of year again. The nights are drawing in, the mince pies are being scoffed, and the furious fallout from
From Nigeria to rural England; the National Theatre's second opening of the week " after Inua Ellams' translocated version of Three Sisters
Chekhov's Three Sisters has been lifted from its Russian roots and transplanted all over the world over the last century or so.
"I can go anywhere for something new," sings The Who's Pete Townshend in the 1965 single Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere " the Mod
There's only a few weeks left of 2019, but still a bundle of big shows to squeeze in. Next up is Cyrano
This is a tough one to cover. American playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury's new drama Fairview arrives in London weighed down with transatlantic
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of 500 gruesome, ghoulish and ghostly fables by Chinese writer Pu Songling, first
David Walliams is a certified sensation. He's sold over 25 million books worldwide, several of which have been turned into films and
My Brilliant Friend, the first of Elena Ferrante's wildly popular Neapolitan Novels was published in 2012, and swiftly followed in succeeding years
When Lin-Manuel Miranda debuted a song from Hamilton, at the Obama White House, Alex Lacamoire was there with him. The award-winning music
You might not have heard the name Max Martin, but you'll have heard his work. The Swedish songwriter has penned more number
It's here. After what seems like an eternity of anticipation, Dear Evan Hansen has opened in the West End. Benj Pasek and
Chim chiminey, chim chiminey, chim-chim-chiree! Mary Poppins has landed in London " bag, brolly and all " 11 years after she took
Musical theatre specialist Paul Gatehouse tells Fergus Morgan about scoring a number one hit with a South Korean boy band, producing live
It's 201 years since Mary Shelley published Frankenstein, anonymously at first, when she was just 20 years old. This one-woman show, created
A bear lies, dead and half dissected, on a kitchen table. Circling it, like predator and prey, are a mother and daughter.
Talk about timely. With Greta Thunberg shaming the world's political leaders at the UN, and Extinction Rebellion protests causing chaos in London
Ealing comedies " the classic funny films produced by Ealing Studios in the late 1940s and early 1950s " have a history
With an impressive CV of acclaimed work, the Linbury prize-winning designer has carved a reputation as a rising talent. She tells Fergus
Success in theatre rarely comes as swift as it has for Mischief Theatre. Thanks to huge hits The Play That Goes Wrong,
"The history of America is the history of private property!" a character says in the second half of Clybourne Park. And there,
Playwright Peter Nichols died last month, aged 92. He'll be remembered for many things, but chiefly for A Day in the Death
Hannah Lavery's dad died in 2014. He was a Hibs fan " the product of a sprawling lineage that stretched from West