The taboo-busting, Tony-award-winning show has returned. But how will its 00s attitudes land today? Will they still sing Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist and If You Were Gay?There are certain problems you might expect when...
Read MoreThe spectacular stage version of Studio Ghibli’s much-loved film has spent a year at the Gillian Lynne theatre in London. To celebrate, photographer Tristram Kenton was granted backstage access Continue...
Read MoreApollo theatre, LondonMischief Theatre return to the am-dram battlefield, turning the Victorian tale into a blizzard of bruised egos and expertly timed farceIn the interval, I hear a newcomer to Mischief Theatre’s enduring “goes...
Read MoreThe director worked with theatre colossus Tom Stoppard on two smash hits. Here, he remembers their heated rehearsals, the night they stayed up watching Jaws – and the last four cigarettes they smoked togetherTom was my hero from...
Read MoreSavoy theatre, LondonState-of-the-art animatronics, imaginative staging, fabulous performances and some marvellous songs about marmalade make for an evening that will fill you with joy and melt your heart Here is the Peruvian...
Read MoreTheatre Royal Haymarket, London Harewood is captivating alongside Toby Jones and Caitlin FitzGerald but Tom Morris’s stylish staging could probe greater depthsDavid Harewood was the first Black actor to play Othello at the...
Read MoreAfter surviving the whirlwind of Doctor Who, the actor returns to the stage in ‘horny Elizabethan drama’ Born With Teeth. He and co-star Edward Bluemel discuss bust lips, hot pants and queering the Bard’s story ‘I think of it as...
Read MoreTwo protesters walk on stage to boos and some cheers during performance of The Tempest in West EndTwo Just Stop Oil supporters have disrupted a West End performance of The Tempest starring Sigourney Weaver.In a video shared to...
Read MoreActor ‘in good spirits’ after fall during Player Kings performance, Noël Coward theatre spokesperson saidIan McKellen was “in good spirits” and expected to make “a speedy and full recovery” after a fall during Monday evening’s...
Read MoreRishi Sunak’s spokesperson says it would be ‘concerning and divisive’ to restrict audiences based on race at Noël CowardDowning Street has condemned a London theatre’s decision to stage two performances of a play about slavery...
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