Anyone who has read Touching the Void, or seen the documentary, would be forgiven for thinking it would be impossible to bring the story to life on st...
Richard Eyre’s version of La Traviata is exquisite – striking the perfect balance between opulence and sensitivity. The sheer brilliance and complexit...
After premiering in London to enthusiastic reviews, Emma Rice’s latest production Wise Children has just begun the first stretch of its UK tour, in wh...
In Lipstick is a drama that is not short of comedy elements. While the theme of the storyline is through-and-through tragic, the characters on stage a...
It’s a rare piece of theater that manages to send the audience through the same singularly gobsmacking experience, and then make them wonder if they t...
Where does horror lie? Is it external or does it come from within ourselves? What if we were the monster all along? Many shows today wrestle with this...
Theatre Royal Stratford East's 'Sleeping Beauty' is a roaring, gorgeous piece of work, balancing the gaudy license of traditional panto with some trul...
Years ago, I had the opportunity to see Patina Miller in a production of Pippin that brought the circus to Stephen Schwartz’s interpretation of the he...
So you've got two “woke” theater artists; one’s a proud vegan, the other is a yoga freak and self-described “vegan ally.” They hire an elementary scho...
Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine was a huge, influential success when it first burst upon the stage; it is one of the seminal and also one of the gre...
