Theatre

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 set's better than the characterisation: 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…

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

8 October 2015 2:00 pm

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

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

8 October 2015 2:00 pm

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

‘I want to break free-eee!’: Madeleine Worrall as Jane, the 19th century’s Freddie Mercury, in ‘Jane Eyre’ at the Lyttelton

Half-brilliant: Mr Foote’s Other Leg at Hampstead Theatre reviewed

3 October 2015 8:00 am

Samuel Foote (1720–77) was a star of the 18th-century stage who avoided the censors by extemporising his performances. Today we’d…

‘I want to break free-eee!’: Madeleine Worrall as Jane, the 19th century’s Freddie Mercury, in ‘Jane Eyre’ at the Lyttelton

Foote fault

1 October 2015 1:00 pm

Samuel Foote (1720–77) was a star of the 18th-century stage who avoided the censors by extemporising his performances. Today we’d…

‘I want to break free-eee!’: Madeleine Worrall as Jane, the 19th century’s Freddie Mercury, in ‘Jane Eyre’ at the Lyttelton

Foote fault

1 October 2015 1:00 pm

Samuel Foote (1720–77) was a star of the 18th-century stage who avoided the censors by extemporising his performances. Today we’d…

Playing it cool: Nicole Kidman as Rosalind Franklin

Nicole Kidman is upstaged by everyone - even the set: Photograph 51 at the Noel Coward reviewed

26 September 2015 8:00 am

Michael Grandage’s latest show is about an old snap. Geneticists regard the X-ray of the hydrated ‘B’ form of DNA…

Playing it cool: Nicole Kidman as Rosalind Franklin

The big chill

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

Michael Grandage’s latest show is about an old snap. Geneticists regard the X-ray of the hydrated ‘B’ form of DNA…

Playing it cool: Nicole Kidman as Rosalind Franklin

The big chill

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

Michael Grandage’s latest show is about an old snap. Geneticists regard the X-ray of the hydrated ‘B’ form of DNA…

The Globe's Oresteia lets Aeschylus speak - the Almeida's muzzles him

19 September 2015 8:00 am

To examine an ancient text requires an understanding of the ancient imagination. The Oresteia is set in a primitive world…

Double tragedy

17 September 2015 1:00 pm

To examine an ancient text requires an understanding of the ancient imagination. The Oresteia is set in a primitive world…

Double tragedy

17 September 2015 1:00 pm

To examine an ancient text requires an understanding of the ancient imagination. The Oresteia is set in a primitive world…

Mr Nice Guy: Benedict Cumberbatch as Hamlet

Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet is far too nice

12 September 2015 9:00 am

You can’t play the part of Hamlet, only parts of Hamlet. And the bits Benedict Cumberbatch offers us are of…

Mr Nice Guy: Benedict Cumberbatch as Hamlet

Nice work

10 September 2015 1:00 pm

Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/merkelstragicmistake/media.mp3 You can’t play the part of Hamlet, only parts of Hamlet. And the bits Benedict Cumberbatch offers us…

Mr Nice Guy: Benedict Cumberbatch as Hamlet

Nice work

10 September 2015 1:00 pm

Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/merkelstragicmistake/media.mp3 You can’t play the part of Hamlet, only parts of Hamlet. And the bits Benedict Cumberbatch offers us…

Magic in the air: Berlin Comic Opera’s exuberant ‘Magic Flute’ at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre

The Magic Flute has never made more cartoonish sense - an Edinburgh Festival roundup

5 September 2015 9:00 am

London may cry foul over Hamlet’s misplaced to-be-ing and not-to-be-ing but Edinburgh is in raptures over a Magic Flute which…

Our Country’s Good prizes the concerns of the actors over the audience

5 September 2015 9:00 am

Australia, 1788. A transport ship arrives in Port Jackson (later Sydney harbour) carrying hundreds of convicts and a detachment of…

Art by committee

3 September 2015 1:00 pm

Australia, 1788. A transport ship arrives in Port Jackson (later Sydney harbour) carrying hundreds of convicts and a detachment of…

Art by committee

3 September 2015 1:00 pm

Australia, 1788. A transport ship arrives in Port Jackson (later Sydney harbour) carrying hundreds of convicts and a detachment of…

Edinburgh Fringe highlights: world-class improv, Bible study and an hour with a gentle genius

29 August 2015 9:00 am

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical offers a brand new song-and-dance spectacular at every performance. It opens with a brilliantly chaotic piece…

Bob Monkhouse, John Lennon and prostitution: Lloyd Evans’s Edinburgh Fringe picks

22 August 2015 9:00 am

In the clammy shadows of Cowgate I was leafleted by a chubby beauty wearing all-leather fetish gear. ‘Hi! Want to…