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Apart from when things went a bit chaotic circa Covid, I think I've pretty much kept up with every Papatango winner for the last decade...

When a theatre decides when to schedule  A Midsummer Night's Dream they tend to do so with a fairly literal approach to the title; if ...

Conceived during a Royal Court writing fellowship in 2019, postponed from a planned run last year and now finally making it to the Jerwood ...

Australian writer-director Simon Stone's calling card appears to be classical adaptations that keep the original title but very little ...

In a year that's been dominated by stories of swings and understudies keeping the theatre industry going - halfway through and I've...

After the government's handling of Covid-19 in general, and the arts in particular last year, I think there was always an expectation t...

Roxana Silbert finally directs her first show since taking over Hampstead Theatre with the last production of her opening season, Al Blyth...

Roxana Silbert must be planning on giving her new theatre’s regulars a bit of a fright if her second main-stage show is anything to go by ...

We're going to be seeing a lot of Ibsen's A Doll's House in the next year or so as various theatres have programmed new inter...

It's long been a truism that Shakespeare's Globe is a very hard place to write new plays for - Howard Brenton and Jessica Swale ar...

Time for the second “Emilia” play in the Globe’s summer season, although as the Emilia (Zora Bishop) in The Winter’s Tale is a lady-in-wa...

It's likely to be overshadowed very shortly by Ian McKellen's return to the title role, but the Globe's production of King Lea...

Tony Kushner's 2009 play - set two years before that - The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key t...

The Bush Theatre's skylights and lack of air-conditioning make it one of the least comfortable London theatres during the hotter month...

After the all-out energy of In The Heights , director Luke Sheppard returns to Southwark Playhouse - the Little space this time - with som...

PREVIEW DISCLAIMER: The Fear of Breathing  doesn't open to official reviewers until tomorrow. Last night on the way back from the th...