Whats On Stage

As previously tipped, the UK premiere of Bruce Norris’ satire Clybourne Park will transfer to the West End following its current, sell-out season at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs. It will open at Wyndham’s […]

My daughter-in-law, Rosalind Malthouse, recently produced a widely reviewed and much commented on television series about old people finding their inner youth. The Young Ones — not to be confused with Rick Mayall and Nigel […]

Identity theft is a hot topic in the 21st-century world of electronic data and internet fraud. But it provides the central theme for Patricia Highsmith’s dark novel about a twisted young man who resorts to […]

The West End is turning into a veritable winter wonderland for children this Christmas. The latest production to announce a season of yuletide matinees is, as previously tipped, Potted Panto, which will run at the […]

Birdsong, adapted by Rachel Wagstaff from the bestselling novel by Sebastian Faulks, opened at the Comedy Theatre last night (28 September 2010, previews from 18 September), with both the author and adapter among the guests. […]

Birdsong, adapted by Rachel Wagstaff from the bestselling novel by Sebastian Faulks, opened at the Comedy Theatre last night (28 September 2010, previews from 18 September), with both the author and adapter among the guests. […]

Noel Coward’s 1925 weekend party comedy set in the Thames-side, Cookham retreat of the unhappy Bliss family might seem slight and gossamer thin, but it demands acting of innate style, grace and subtlety. The wide […]

Sebastian Faulks’ wonderful 1993 novel Birdsong is a love story, a chronicle of horrendous conditions in the trenches of the First World War, and a tale of amazing human courage and resilience. It’s a novel […]

Following the success of NT Live, the National’s initiative to beam performances live from the National and other subsidised theatres to cinemas around the world, commercial theatre is getting in on big screen treatment, starting […]

Rumours are swirling that West End stars Oliver Thompsett (Wicked) and Laura Michelle Kelly (Mary Poppins) will play the leads in the forthcoming stage adaptation of Ghost, which premieres at the Manchester Opera House in […]