The latest theatre news, West End reviews, show guides, and behind-the-scenes features from British Theatre's editorial team.
Casting is announced for Fatherland a new production created by Scott Graham of Frantic Assembly, Karl Hyde and Simon Stephens, focusing on contemporary fatherhood in all of its complexities and contradictions.
Douglas Mayo
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The Donmar Warehouse production of The Way Of The World looks fabulous, with Anna Fleishle’s design and Ilona Karas and her costume team being the stars of t…
Paul T Davies
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All things considered, The Country Wife is an enjoyable, if unsubtle, evening of comedy. It is a play well worth reviving and it further cements the reputati…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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Mark Ludmon reviews Kevin Armento's Devil With the Blue Dress about the Monica Lewinsky affair at The Bunker Theatre
Mark Ludmon
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Stefanie Powers and Clive Francis are to star in a new production of 84 Charing Cross Road on tour in the UK from May 2018.
Douglas Mayo
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The Olivier Award nominated King's Head Theatre announces it's next radically reimagined opera production Verdi's La Traviata.
Douglas Mayo
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Audrey Cefaly's drama The Gulf with Louisa Lytton and Anna Acton will have its European Premiere at the Tristan Bates Theatre from 17 April - 5 May 2018.
Douglas Mayo
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Dilated Theatre Company brings John Wilson's courtroom drama For King and Country comes to Southwark Playhouse in June.
Douglas Mayo
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Word Of Mouth Theatre bring Rachel Causer's innovative Lip-synch show Lippy to the Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2018. Book Now!
Douglas Mayo
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Following an acclaimed tour in 2018, Alan Bennett's The Habit Of Art UK Tour returns in 2020.
Douglas Mayo
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Trainspotting Live can’t boast the strongest plot line and doesn’t flesh out its characters quite enough to make this a five star show. But it will certainly…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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Perhaps one of the best elements of this highly successful show at the West Yorkshire Playhouse is the fact that The Damned United is a local story, provokin…
Douglas Mayo
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Jenny Eclair, Dillie Keane and Lizzie Roper are back as the Grumpy Old Women UK Tour is back on the road in 2018.
Douglas Mayo
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The epic story of Marc Bolan and his band T Rex are brought to the stage in the 20th Century Boy UK Tour.
Douglas Mayo
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Despite being in two parts over something like seven hours, Stephen Daldry’s tight direction of The Inheritance means it never drags, drawing you into these …
Mark Ludmon
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Douglas Mayo
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Surprisingly funny at times, Kiss Of The Spider Woman at the Menier Chocolate Factory has plenty of touching moments without becoming sentimental.
Mark Ludmon
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Michael Ball, Alexandra Burke, Murray Head, Tim Howar and Cassidy Janson are to star in Chess at the London Coliseum.
Douglas Mayo
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The auditorium was virtually empty when I attended, and it is quite plain that they are struggling to find an audience for this dry and lifeless text.
Julian Eaves
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