Theatre

Boozy bard

22 April 2017 9:00 am

Even the Bard’s staunchest fans admit that ‘Shakespeare comedy’ may be an oxymoron. That’s the assumption of the touring company…

Law in action

14 April 2017 11:00 pm

It’s like Raging Bull. The great Scorsese movie asks if a professional boxer can exclude violence from his family life.…

Kill the DJ

8 April 2017 9:00 am

Don Juan in Soho rehashes an old Spanish yarn about a sexual glutton ruined by his appetite. Setting the story…

LA story

1 April 2017 9:00 am

BREAKING NEWS: ‘Enjoyable play found at Royal Court.’ Generally, the Court likes to send its customers home feeling depressed, guilty,…

A nest of vipers forced into a skirt and cardigan: Imelda Staunton as Martha in ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’

Royal prerogative

25 March 2017 9:00 am

No one should complain that My Country; a work in progress is a grim night out. It’s rare for a…

Ersatz erudition

18 March 2017 9:00 am

Harry Potter, who uses the stage name Daniel Radcliffe, is a producer’s delight. By now it’s becoming clear that the…

Nympho with a bus pass: Juliet Stevenson as Gertrude

Changing of the Bard

11 March 2017 9:00 am

Hamlet was probably written sometime between 1599 and 1602. The Almeida’s new version opens with a couple of security guards…

Nympho with a bus pass: Juliet Stevenson as Gertrude

Changing of the Bard

9 March 2017 3:00 pm

Hamlet was probably written sometime between 1599 and 1602. The Almeida’s new version opens with a couple of security guards…

Nympho with a bus pass: Juliet Stevenson as Gertrude

Changing of the Bard

9 March 2017 3:00 pm

Hamlet was probably written sometime between 1599 and 1602. The Almeida’s new version opens with a couple of security guards…

All that jazz

4 March 2017 9:00 am

It’s every impresario’s dream. Buy a little off-West End venue to try out stuff for fun. Andrew Lloyd Webber has…

All that jazz

2 March 2017 3:00 pm

It’s every impresario’s dream. Buy a little off-West End venue to try out stuff for fun. Andrew Lloyd Webber has…

All that jazz

2 March 2017 3:00 pm

It’s every impresario’s dream. Buy a little off-West End venue to try out stuff for fun. Andrew Lloyd Webber has…

Let’s talk about sex

25 February 2017 9:00 am

What does it take to become a prostitute? Youth, beauty, courage, sexual allure, a love of money, a need for…

Let’s talk about sex

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

What does it take to become a prostitute? Youth, beauty, courage, sexual allure, a love of money, a need for…

Let’s talk about sex

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

What does it take to become a prostitute? Youth, beauty, courage, sexual allure, a love of money, a need for…

Let’s talk about sex

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

What does it take to become a prostitute? Youth, beauty, courage, sexual allure, a love of money, a need for…

Sheila Reida (Gloria), Keziah Joseph (Hope) and Rachel Davies (Maureen) in Sandi Toksvig’s Silver Linings Photo by Mark Douet

Stuffed but dissatisfied

18 February 2017 9:00 am

Sandi Toksvig’s new play opens in a Gravesend care home where five grannies and a temporary nurse are threatened by…

Sheila Reida (Gloria), Keziah Joseph (Hope) and Rachel Davies (Maureen) in Sandi Toksvig’s Silver Linings Photo by Mark Douet

Stuffed but dissatisfied

16 February 2017 3:00 pm

Sandi Toksvig’s new play opens in a Gravesend care home where five grannies and a temporary nurse are threatened by…

Sheila Reida (Gloria), Keziah Joseph (Hope) and Rachel Davies (Maureen) in Sandi Toksvig’s Silver Linings Photo by Mark Douet

Stuffed but dissatisfied

16 February 2017 3:00 pm

Sandi Toksvig’s new play opens in a Gravesend care home where five grannies and a temporary nurse are threatened by…

Timeless and dated

11 February 2017 9:00 am

Tennessee Williams’s breakthrough play is a portrait of his dysfunctional family. A young writer, Tom (Williams’s real name), lives with…

Timeless and dated

9 February 2017 3:00 pm

Tennessee Williams’s breakthrough play is a portrait of his dysfunctional family. A young writer, Tom (Williams’s real name), lives with…

Timeless and dated

9 February 2017 3:00 pm

Tennessee Williams’s breakthrough play is a portrait of his dysfunctional family. A young writer, Tom (Williams’s real name), lives with…

Playing dead

4 February 2017 9:00 am

It could be the nuttiest idea ever. The protagonist of this American musical is Death, who secretly reprieves a beautiful…

Playing dead

2 February 2017 3:00 pm

It could be the nuttiest idea ever. The protagonist of this American musical is Death, who secretly reprieves a beautiful…

Playing dead

2 February 2017 3:00 pm

It could be the nuttiest idea ever. The protagonist of this American musical is Death, who secretly reprieves a beautiful…