One year on from its triumphant opening at Troubadour Wembley Park, the musical's set, lighting, costume and video designers reveal how they souped up the 80s musical Howard Hudson (lighting…
F Scott Fitzgerald's tale of a man who is born old and grows young has become a West End smash. The team behind the musical tell its success story in reverse " from Olivier awards glory back…
Anna Scher, who has died aged 78, gave acting classes to countless young people at her north London theatre school. Gary Kemp, Jake Wood, Winsome Pinnock, Trevor Laird and Ricardo P Lloyd re…
They've supercharged Shakespeare, staged impossible novels and stunned with scandalous cinema adaptations. Internationaal Theater Amsterdam reveal their radical secrets Ivo van Hove, directo…
Adrian Lester stripped back Hamlet with him, Janet Suzman can still hear the audience gasp, Glenda Jackson dug deep for the director and for Frances de la Tour he was incomparable. The stars…
What if Henry VIII's wives were a pop group? The makers of the smash hit recall how Catherine of Aragon was very much Beyoncé, Anne Boleyn had Lily Allen vibes " while Jane Seymour was a so…
Musical theatre stars Jenna Russell, Daniel Evans and Janie Dee remember working with their hero, and the unique demands and rewards of his songs Sam Mendes: 'He was passionate, utterly open…
'We didn't give Matilda any songs because she was shy. Then we realised: it's a fricking musical " the protagonist needs to sing!' The Royal Shakespeare Company had this theory that a lot of…
'I once performed Defying Gravity at the White House within spitting distance of the Obamas,' says Idina Menzel. 'In fact, I might actually have spat on them' I'd played with the story of Th…
As the legendary Cornwall-based theatre company closes, the people who made its astonishing productions look back on four decades of mayhem and innovation Mike Shepherd (founder, artistic di…
Performers from the hits Hamilton, Pretty Woman and Back to the Future consider theatre's comeback and the shows they can't wait to see We thought we'd be home for a couple of weeks when the…
'Religious groups didn't like Jesus wearing a Superman shirt or the lack of a resurrection. So we told them the curtain call was the resurrection " when Jesus runs on and takes a bow' Godspe…
Bridget Christie was a bag of nerves, Suzi Ruffell played Covid for laughs and Stephen K Amos was so rusty he needed a clipboard ... top comics on the thrill of returning Lockdown was the lo…
Before becoming a Hollywood star, Chadwick Boseman was a playwright. Three of his collaborators remember a gifted writer and a wise, generous friend Chadwick Boseman dies aged 43 Continue re…
Horse rides in stockings, rehearsals in deep freezes, fights in string vests ... as Patrick Stewart hits 80, friends from Harriet Walter to Brian Blessed pay tribute to the great actor Conti…
From West Side Story to Company, he revolutionised the musical. As the supreme lyricist and composer turns 90, Jake Gyllenhaal, Patti LuPone, Chita Rivera, Nathan Lane and more pay tribute C…
'The sheer idea of having a stampede on stage was exciting " the bigger the risk, the bigger the payoff' It was a surprise to get the call from Disney. Their world wasn't my aesthetic, but T…
As the Edinburgh festival approaches, Ed Byrne, Susan Calman, Stevie Martin and others on why their pets are friends, companions and a source of inspiration Comedians are needy, so of course…
'I wanted to write a Shakespearean scene with someone in disguise, so I went into a lesbian chatroom pretending to be a gay woman' I was in Atlanta in 1996 with a tour of my play Dealer's Ch…
The standup inspired Mark Thomas with his activism, opened Jack Dee's eyes and appalled Mark Steel " in the best possible way. Friends and colleagues pay tribute to Hardy, who has died aged …
Stars of the West End's Pinter at the Pinter season pick works by the dramatist that changed how they thought about theatreI was wandering around my local library in Essex when I came across…
Almost 10 years after her death, Pina Bausch's company are presenting a pair of brand new creations. Veteran dancers and newer recruits discuss leaping into the worlds of Dimitris Papaioanno…
Sharing bedrooms and backstage nerves, Lazy Susan and Norris & Parker reveal the intertwined lives of the double actFreya Parker: We started out as a trio called Lebensmüde. It was such…
Stars of the West End's Pinter at the Pinter season pick plays by the dramatist that changed the way they thought about theatreAs a teenager I used to quote lines from The Homecoming as if t…
The child stars of the West End musical rock out in a band assembled by Dewey Finn, who poses as a supply teacher. What do their own teachers make of the hit show?What can teachers learn fro…