Theatre

Steely, erotic, indomitable: Gemma Chan as Ruth in ‘The Homecoming’

Men behaving badly

5 December 2015 9:00 am

Jamie Lloyd’s production of Pinter’s The Homecoming is a pile of terrific and silly ideas. Mostly terrific. The action takes…

Steely, erotic, indomitable: Gemma Chan as Ruth in ‘The Homecoming’

Men behaving badly

3 December 2015 3:00 pm

Jamie Lloyd’s production of Pinter’s The Homecoming is a pile of terrific and silly ideas. Mostly terrific. The action takes…

Steely, erotic, indomitable: Gemma Chan as Ruth in ‘The Homecoming’

Men behaving badly

3 December 2015 3:00 pm

Jamie Lloyd’s production of Pinter’s The Homecoming is a pile of terrific and silly ideas. Mostly terrific. The action takes…

Why is there no one at the National Theatre preventing these duds getting staged?

28 November 2015 9:00 am

Wallace Shawn is a lovely old sausage. A stalwart of American theatre, he’s taken cameo roles in classic movies like…

Why is there no one at the National Theatre preventing these duds getting staged?

26 November 2015 3:00 pm

Wallace Shawn is a lovely old sausage. A stalwart of American theatre, he’s taken cameo roles in classic movies like…

Why is there no one at the National Theatre preventing these duds getting staged?

26 November 2015 3:00 pm

Wallace Shawn is a lovely old sausage. A stalwart of American theatre, he’s taken cameo roles in classic movies like…

Judi Dench (Paulina) and Kenneth Branagh (Leontes) in ‘The Winter’s Tale’

Winter wonderland

21 November 2015 9:00 am

Kenneth Branagh opens his West End tenancy with Shakespeare’s inexplicably popular The Winter’s Tale. We start in Sicily where Leontes…

Judi Dench (Paulina) and Kenneth Branagh (Leontes) in ‘The Winter’s Tale’

Winter wonderland

19 November 2015 3:00 pm

Kenneth Branagh opens his West End tenancy with Shakespeare’s inexplicably popular The Winter’s Tale. We start in Sicily where Leontes…

Judi Dench (Paulina) and Kenneth Branagh (Leontes) in ‘The Winter’s Tale’

Winter wonderland

19 November 2015 3:00 pm

Kenneth Branagh opens his West End tenancy with Shakespeare’s inexplicably popular The Winter’s Tale. We start in Sicily where Leontes…

Rosalie Craig as Rosalind in ‘As You Like It’

How did this plotless goon-show wind up at the Royal Court?

14 November 2015 9:00 am

One of the challenges of art is to know the difference between innovation and error. I wonder sometimes if the…

Rosalie Craig as Rosalind in ‘As You Like It’

How did this plotless goon-show wind up at the Royal Court?

12 November 2015 3:00 pm

One of the challenges of art is to know the difference between innovation and error. I wonder sometimes if the…

Rosalie Craig as Rosalind in ‘As You Like It’

How did this plotless goon-show wind up at the Royal Court?

12 November 2015 3:00 pm

One of the challenges of art is to know the difference between innovation and error. I wonder sometimes if the…

Going ape: Bertie Carvel as Yank

Glyndebourne caters to the lower-middle classes not past-it toffs

7 November 2015 9:00 am

What is Glyndebourne? A middle-aged Bullingdon. That’s a common view: a luxury bun fight for past-it toffs who glug champagne,…

Going ape: Bertie Carvel as Yank

Glyndebourne caters to the lower-middle classes not past-it toffs

5 November 2015 3:00 pm

What is Glyndebourne? A middle-aged Bullingdon. That’s a common view: a luxury bun fight for past-it toffs who glug champagne,…

Going ape: Bertie Carvel as Yank

Glyndebourne caters to the lower-middle classes not past-it toffs

5 November 2015 3:00 pm

What is Glyndebourne? A middle-aged Bullingdon. That’s a common view: a luxury bun fight for past-it toffs who glug champagne,…

Character assassination

29 October 2015 3:00 pm

Here are three truths about play-writing. A script without an interval will be structurally flawed. A vague, whimsical title means…

Character assassination

29 October 2015 3:00 pm

Here are three truths about play-writing. A script without an interval will be structurally flawed. A vague, whimsical title means…

Character assassination

29 October 2015 9:00 am

Here are three truths about play-writing. A script without an interval will be structurally flawed. A vague, whimsical title means…

Shakespeare at his freest and most exuberant: The Wars of the Roses reviewed

24 October 2015 9:00 am

The RSC’s The Wars of the Roses solves a peculiar literary problem. Shakespeare’s earliest history plays are entitled Henry VI…

Shakespeare at his freest and most exuberant: The Wars of the Roses reviewed

22 October 2015 2:00 pm

The RSC’s The Wars of the Roses solves a peculiar literary problem. Shakespeare’s earliest history plays are entitled Henry VI…

Shakespeare at his freest and most exuberant: The Wars of the Roses reviewed

22 October 2015 2:00 pm

The RSC’s The Wars of the Roses solves a peculiar literary problem. Shakespeare’s earliest history plays are entitled Henry VI…

The characters are barely stereotypes: The Father at the Wyndham’s reviewed

17 October 2015 9:00 am

The Father, set in a swish Paris apartment, has a beautifully spare and elegant set. The stage is framed by…

The characters are barely stereotypes: The Father at the Wyndham’s reviewed

15 October 2015 2:00 pm

The Father, set in a swish Paris apartment, has a beautifully spare and elegant set. The stage is framed by…

The characters are barely stereotypes: The Father at the Wyndham’s reviewed

15 October 2015 2:00 pm

The Father, set in a swish Paris apartment, has a beautifully spare and elegant set. The stage is framed by…

It may have a meagre script and no plot but Farinelli and the King is still a major work of art

10 October 2015 9:00 am

Philippe V was a Bourbon prince who secured the throne of Spain using his family connections. Claire van Kampen is…