A View from the Bridge: Dominic West is a revelation in this good old-fashioned production
This is a gripping revival of a Miller masterpiece – and West can take his place alongside the great past interpreters of the central role
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This is a gripping revival of a Miller masterpiece – and West can take his place alongside the great past interpreters of the central role
Punchdrunk, pioneers in immersive theatre, veer off in a new direction with a refreshing production that casts a simple, singular spell
Imbeciles who insist on filming and photographing art, music, film, sunsets and opera ruin it for themselves (and everyone else)
About 500 admirers outside the Duke of York’s Theatre were told there would be ‘no signings or selfies’ and asked not to chase his car
The first main-stage offering in David Byrne’s inaugural season – an adaptation of Maggie Nelson’s Bluets – is a solid start to a new era
The street-wise, star-cross’d lovers hold us in their spell, stamp the play with a 2024 freshness and earn their Shakespearean spurs
West End adaptation sees all the violence removed, but theatre warns audiences that some scenes ‘might be difficult to watch’
Here making its UK debut, this grave-robbing drama by Harlem’s Nia Akilah Robinson packs an impressive amount in but could do with finessing
This Tony award-winning musical is so wildly, and often loudly, offbeat that there’s never a dull moment
Television presenter looks forward to her West End acting debut and says she is ‘not fussed’ about critics
Fame & Fortune: opera singer talks spending, saving and performing
The pioneering cultural critic discusses gender wars, ‘shocking’ writers, and a new Royal Court staging of her work
The comedian plans to play every character in Hamlet, dismantle the myth of masculinity – and win a seat at the next election
This is a serious-minded mission statement for The Other Place, but the RSC will need tauter writing to fully establish this third venue
John Cleese has welded together three vintage episodes to form one fairly seamless, indisputably funny evening – with an elegiac edge
Returning to the role that won her an Olivier Award, Gough has lost none of her power in bringing this complicated antiheroine to life
The racism around Francesca Amewudah-Rivers’s casting as Juliet is not only culturally illiterate, but steeped in age-old ‘misogynoir’
Contrary to what Rufus Wainwright believes, leaving the EU hasn’t turned the British into philistines – but other damage has been done
The playwright and Sherwood writer reflects on the feared and admired Yosser Hughes – played by the late great Bernard Hill
What happens when the ‘victim’ of a ‘cruel’ joke finds it hilarious? Humourless moralists realise discomfort isn’t deadly
In 1959 she was appearing in The Mousetrap when it was staged in Wormwood Scrubs and near the end of the performance two prisoners escaped
As Fawlty Towers returns, its creator considers what has changed – from trans athletes to trigger warnings – and how BBC comedy lost its way
Doctor Brown – aka Phil Burgers – began a new movement of playfully extreme comedy. His new show acknowledges that he no longer leads it
Harvey’s songs prove more of a hindrance than a help in this so-so adaptation of Our Mutual Friend – but it boasts a transfixing stage debut
While his radio show was slick and simple, Tom Walker’s transition to live touring with his relentlessly angry alter ego lacks any subtlety
‘Monty Python had many huge arguments – but that was a good thing’
The failure of her polarising West End musical has left the actress ‘heartbroken’. But it may still be good for her career, insiders reveal
Rattigan should be regarded as Pinter’s and Coward’s equal – which is why I’m dedicating the playwright’s renovated family memorial today
We should be eternally grateful that McKellen added this challenge to his bucket-list – it’s not perfect, but is a must-witness even so
The Amy Winehouse film has had mixed reviews, but the naysayers are missing the point
Audiences are reportedly shunning the star’s experimental musical. But isn’t a noble failure better than the West End’s usual safe bets?
Succession fans may need time to acclimatise to Brian Cox’s laudably robust return to the London stage, but his performance was sensational