Month: May 2010

Michael Sheen will be the next high-profile actor to give us his Hamlet, following last year's offerings from David Tennant and Whatsonstage.com Award winner Jude Law, and this autumn's clash between Rory Kinnear and John […]

The new play at the Lyric Hammersmith, A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky, is a fine collaboration between David Eldridge, Robert Holman and Simon Stephens. And, as film critic Barry Norman used to say, […]

Joe McGann will lead the cast of No Expense Spared, a new comedy by Richard Stirling about the MPs expenses scandal, which premieres at Jermyn Street Theatre from 25 May to 26 June 2010. McGann, […]

Since its unveiling some 16 years ago, Richard Eyre’s staging of La traviata has been not just the jewel but the Koh-i-noor in the Royal Opera’s crown. It’s easy to see why: Bob Crowley’s designs […]

Well, we’ll soon find out! The Theatres Trust has announced the first 12 venues that will participate in its ‘Ecovenue’ scheme, which aims to “make a real difference to the environmental performance of 48 London […]

The delayed press opening of Michael Boyd’s modern-dress production of Antony and Cleopatra, took place this week, with Darrell D’Silva and Kathryn Hunter starring as the famous lovers. It’s four years since the RSC last […]

The Wire star Clarke Peters will star in a 20th anniversary revival of his Olivier Award-winning musical Five Guys Named Moe at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Running at the McEwan Hall on Underbelly’s Pasture […]

The Royal Court will present its first-ever family Christmas show this year. Get Santa! – written and directed by Anthony Neilson, the Scottish theatre-maker best known for much more adult, “in yer face” pieces – […]

As previously tipped, the Almeida will premiere Richard Bean’s stage adaptation of House of Games, the 1987 film with which David Mamet made his screen directorial debut. The new play, directed by Lindsay Posner, will […]