The Royal Opera’s new production of Tristan und Isolde is going to divide people. While few will dispute that the musical standards are of the very highest, the staging is controversial and there was widespread […]
It was an incredible season for the Donmar in the West End, playing to audiences of 98% capacity overall. This staggering achievement included 13.5% of first-time bookers. The Donmar, who took residency at the Wyndham's […]
Not so much a thriller as a diagrammatic puzzle, Andrew Bovell’s Speaking in Tongues is an engaging, challenging play that falls at the last fence because the language is not as witty, strange or poetic […]
The tribute show is a peculiar beast. Unlike even the laziest jukebox musical, there is no invented backstage conflict, no dramatic narrative. Much of it relies on the pretend excitement of punters co-operatively whooping at […]
Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass has been chosen as the adopted charity for the 2010 Whatsonstage.com Awards, the “theatregoers' choice”. The four-month campaign for this year's tenth annual Awards – including the two star-studded events which […]
Renowned impressionist Jan Ravens is currently on tour with her show A Funny Look at Impressions, which comes to the West End’s Lyric Theatre for a one-off gala concert on 5 October in aid of […]
Over 100 Whatsonstage.com theatregoers attended our Outing to ENRON at the Royal Court last week (24 October 2009), and were treated to a post-show discussion with nine cast members, including Samuel West and Amanda Drew.The […]
The winner of the UK’s leading literary prize, the Man Booker, is announced next week. Rebecca Jones explores the shortlisted novels. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/today/hi/today/newsid_8278000/8278003.stm
Amongst a busy week of major London openings – in the West End and further afield – this week are: OPENING TONIGHT, Monday 28 September 2009 (previews from 18 September), John Simm, Ian Hart, Kerry […]
It’s usually the case that films are eternally accessible while great theatre productions disappear forever. But Stephen Daldry has managed to blur the distinction. Not only can you always watch his celluloid work – three […]
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