123 stories by "Tom Wicker"
Eminent Shakespearean actor Jonathan Slinger has taken on some of the playwright's weightiest roles, from Hamlet to Richard III. He talks to
With credits including the National Theatre's Exit the King and Netflix series The Crown, as well as two shows now in the
Everything is coming together at the same time for in-demand performer and theatremaker David Cumming. Tom Wicker talks to him about developing
After cutting her teeth on big West End shows such as Dreamgirls and Memphis the Musical, Carly Mercedes Dyer wanted to step
A new theatre is opening in Soho this week, the brainchild of Fawn James, granddaughter of Paul Raymond, and a dream realised
Doctor Who and ER star Alex Kingston tells Tom Wicker about struggling to get into the 'closed' New York theatre scene, never
Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins speaks to Tom Wicker about mourning Toni Morrison, his love for London and how his play Appropriate
The Star Trek actor " originally from Hackney " is returning to the UK stage in a play about a former TV
Angry protests have led to a greater urgency over our collective response to global warming. Industry figures tell Tom Wicker what theatre
Creating a musical is a little like sex, according to Tony award-winning writer and director James Lapine, possibly with his tongue in
At 84, grande dame of the stage Eileen Atkins continues to seek out challenging roles in the theatre, with the latest in
For more than two decades, director Michael Boyd and designer Tom Piper have worked together on a series of audacious, award-winning productions.
This year marks the 250th anniversary of the first modern circus, but the contribution of many female performers has been written out
It starts with a breath, a beat and a vein pulsing in the neck. And then the ensemble for BAC Beatbox Academy's
Imagine. That's basically the edict of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, with its candlelit lack of modern technology. The best shows in the
After directing the mediocre Dry Powder on Hampstead Theatre's main stage earlier this year, Anna Ledwich heads downstairs to helm this weightier
By the end of this production of John Webster's Jacobean tragedy, The Duchess of Malfi, the stage is swamped in blood. Initially
Performing in Ramps on the Moon's revival of Our Country's Good, Garry Robson is a passionate advocate for disabled performers and theatremakers.
After a 'semi-feral' childhood in Dartmouth, Stephen Beresford has never been one for the rule book. He bypassed fringe venues and in
Nuffield Southampton Theatres opens NST City, its second, state-of-the-art venue in the heart of the city's regenerated cultural quarter, with The Shadow
Since starring in 2013's The Pride, Hayley Atwell has become one of the best things about the all-conquering Marvel Cinematic Universe, as
How do you tackle a Shakespeare play that people consider a problem? One answer, at least for the Globe's outgoing artistic director
When it was published in 1924, EM Forster's A Passage to India was provocative. Now, its metaphysical musings about existence feel naive
Pearl Mackie, who played the first openly gay Doctor Who companion, will be returning to theatre in Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party.
This wry, spry little adult panto in the upstairs space of the Canal Cafe Theatre is a refreshing antidote to the sugary
