123 stories by "Tom Wicker"
Everyone remembers that distinctive off-kilter pattern of notes. You've probably hummed them when something strange happens. That oscillating tinkle has become a
The Orange Tree Theatre isn't doing an explicitly Christmas show this year, but there's definitely something of the panto about Misalliance, which
Over time, Simon Gray's Cell Mates has become most famous as the play Stephen Fry disappeared from during its West End run
David Edgar's adaptation of A Christmas Carol is a tale of two men: Ebenezer Scrooge and Charles Dickens. It opens on the
Hamish Pirie's latest production for the Royal Court, which examines life in Syria, features real goats, but the director has no fear
Bereaved, divorced parents She and He meet at the cemetery in which their son is buried. He's received a letter about toxic
Having trained in drama, Josie Lawrence made her name in TV improv before tackling a series of Shakespearean roles. Now turning to
Swamp Studios has joined forces with a London restaurant to put on site-specific production Night at the Bombay Roxy. The brains behind
As the Argentinian theatremaker brings her acclaimed show Minefield back to the UK, she tells Tom Wicker about working with Falklands War
The bar room clock of the Sailors Arms in Under Milk Wood has been stuck at opening time for 50 years. It’s
Small west London pub theatre the Tabard has scored a coup in getting Natasha J Barnes for Tryst, its first in-house show
"The Busy World is Hushed" is a line from a prayer by John Henry Newman for consolation and rest at the end
This is the first time The Terrible Infants has been performed at Wilton's Music Hall, but it's difficult to imagine a better
Fresh from playing Raoul in Phantom of the Opera, Nadim Naaman is heading into a spruced up revival of By Jeeves. He
What if you woke up one day and everyone thought you were hip-hop artist Kanye West? That's the sky-high concept behind the
Anger is like an infection in Heroine. It seeps into people compromised by loss or grief and poisons their best intentions into
After a while, the sheer number of phallic metaphors in Le Grand Mort " thrust clumsily into everything from the crucifixion to
There's an irresistible theatrical pull to the ongoing steelworks crisis in Welsh industrial town Port Talbot " a David and Goliath tale
British cinematographer Jack Cardiff was one of the fathers of modern colour filmmaking. Terry Johnson's new play, Prism, uses his dementia-stricken final
The dynamic trio of Royal and Derngate, English Touring Theatre and Rose Theatre Kingston reunite after last year's The Herbal Bed, to
The aged couple at the heart of this revival of the late David Storey's The March on Russia " first staged at
Seven short plays by writers including Jonathan Harvey chart the turbulent trip down the aisle for gay men in the UK. Spanning
The personal and historical are intimately connected in Tanika Gupta's new play. Lions and Tigers " which opens the Festival of Independence
For a tale of an odyssey, this fun production at the Scoop feels like a sprint. Even with three hours to play
As a wide variety of trans-themed shows take London and Edinburgh by storm, writers and performers tell Tom Wicker about the ways
