Lloyd Evans

On tap: Kenneth Branagh as Archie Rice in ‘The Entertainer’

Brackish as old Brylcream

8 September 2016 1:00 pm

Kenneth Branagh’s obsession with Larry Olivier’s career is becoming such a bizarre act of theatrical necromancy that it deserves to…

First aid

3 September 2016 9:00 am

In the 1980s, supermarkets stocked a fruit juice named ‘Um Bongo’ with the strapline ‘They drink it in the Congo!’.…

Joan Iyiola and Anna-Maria Nabirye in ‘They Drink It in the Congo’

First aid

1 September 2016 1:00 pm

In the 1980s, supermarkets stocked a fruit juice named ‘Um Bongo’ with the strapline ‘They drink it in the Congo!’.…

Joan Iyiola and Anna-Maria Nabirye in ‘They Drink It in the Congo’

First aid

1 September 2016 1:00 pm

In the 1980s, supermarkets stocked a fruit juice named ‘Um Bongo’ with the strapline ‘They drink it in the Congo!’.…

Doctor Death

27 August 2016 9:00 am

‘European premiere of classic American musical’ is a phrase that deeply alarms the experienced playgoer. As I tootled along to…

Doctor Death

25 August 2016 1:00 pm

‘European premiere of classic American musical’ is a phrase that deeply alarms the experienced playgoer. As I tootled along to…

Doctor Death

25 August 2016 1:00 pm

‘European premiere of classic American musical’ is a phrase that deeply alarms the experienced playgoer. As I tootled along to…

Out – and not proud

20 August 2016 9:00 am

‘Many people are mourning,’ said Sam West on a BBC panel show discussing the response of the arts world to…

Words of wisdom

20 August 2016 9:00 am

Dominic Frisby is an actor best known for voicing the booking.com adverts (‘Booking dot com, booking dot yeah’). Voiceover specialists…

Bob Geldof addresses the March for Europe rally, 2 July 2016

Out – and not proud

18 August 2016 1:00 pm

‘Many people are mourning,’ said Sam West on a BBC panel show discussing the response of the arts world to…

Words of wisdom

18 August 2016 1:00 pm

Dominic Frisby is an actor best known for voicing the booking.com adverts (‘Booking dot com, booking dot yeah’). Voiceover specialists…

Words of wisdom

18 August 2016 1:00 pm

Dominic Frisby is an actor best known for voicing the booking.com adverts (‘Booking dot com, booking dot yeah’). Voiceover specialists…

Northern exposure

12 August 2016 11:00 pm

As the festival grows, the good acts are harder to find and the prices keep rising to meet the throngs…

Northern exposure

11 August 2016 1:00 pm

As the festival grows, the good acts are harder to find and the prices keep rising to meet the throngs…

Northern exposure

11 August 2016 1:00 pm

As the festival grows, the good acts are harder to find and the prices keep rising to meet the throngs…

Losing the plot

6 August 2016 9:00 am

Consider it commercially. So powerful is the pull of the Potter franchise that the characters could simply re-enact the plot…

Put a spell on you: Jamie Parker as Harry in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’

Losing the plot

4 August 2016 1:00 pm

Consider it commercially. So powerful is the pull of the Potter franchise that the characters could simply re-enact the plot…

Put a spell on you: Jamie Parker as Harry in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’

Losing the plot

4 August 2016 1:00 pm

Consider it commercially. So powerful is the pull of the Potter franchise that the characters could simply re-enact the plot…

Flawed genius

30 July 2016 9:00 am

An inspired decision to stage Jesus Christ Superstar in a summer theatre in Regent’s Park. The action takes place outdoors,…

Tyrone Huntley (Judas) and Declan Bennett (Jesus) in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’

Flawed genius

28 July 2016 1:00 pm

An inspired decision to stage Jesus Christ Superstar in a summer theatre in Regent’s Park. The action takes place outdoors,…

Tyrone Huntley (Judas) and Declan Bennett (Jesus) in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’

Flawed genius

28 July 2016 1:00 pm

An inspired decision to stage Jesus Christ Superstar in a summer theatre in Regent’s Park. The action takes place outdoors,…

Power failure

23 July 2016 9:00 am

Fracking is a British tradition. Since 1969 more than 200 sites have used hydraulic fracturing ‘without environmental catastrophes’ according to…

Power failure

21 July 2016 1:00 pm

Fracking is a British tradition. Since 1969 more than 200 sites have used hydraulic fracturing ‘without environmental catastrophes’ according to…

Power failure

21 July 2016 1:00 pm

Fracking is a British tradition. Since 1969 more than 200 sites have used hydraulic fracturing ‘without environmental catastrophes’ according to…

My best fiend

16 July 2016 9:00 am

Anthony Neilson is an Arts Council favourite known for trivial but impenetrable plays with off-putting names like The Wonderful World…