Theatre
‘The greatest director the world has ever seen’ – actors salute Peter Brook
Adrian Lester stripped back Hamlet with him, Janet Suzman can still hear the audience gasp, Glenda Jackson dug deep for the director and for Frances de la Tour he was incomparable
Interviews by Chris Wiegand
04, Jul, 2022 @3:02 PM
Peter Brook was a theatrical pathfinder and a man of boundless curiosity
In our many meetings, the director’s conversation was as invigorating as the way he led audiences through the night in his staging of The Mahabharata
Michael Billington
04, Jul, 2022 @1:36 PM
Trouble in mind: the best film, music, TV, literature and drama for a guilty conscience
From My Name Is Earl’s journey of redemption to Dave’s stirring origin story, our critics recommend art that deals with shame and regret
Miriam Gillinson, Sam Jordison, Jessica Kiang, Danny Leigh Jason Okundaye and Jenessa Williams
04, Jul, 2022 @9:00 AM
Helen Hunt to star in satire at the Old Vic about ‘a highly contagious virus’
Jonathan Spector’s 2018 play Eureka Day, about the social disarray after an outbreak of mumps, will receive its European premiere in September
Chris Wiegand
04, Jul, 2022 @9:00 AM
Peter Brook’s legacy is everywhere in today’s theatre
Restlessly creative, the great director – who has died aged 97 – had an unparalleled ability to conjure a gleaming theatrical image
Andrew Dickson
03, Jul, 2022 @10:34 AM
Peter Brook obituary
Revered and influential theatre director who took drama out of the auditorium to stages and spaces all over the world
Michael Ratcliffe
03, Jul, 2022 @10:33 AM
The Card review – cheeky chappy comes up trumps in a twisty tale of social mobility
Wily upstart Denry Machin is played with picaresque charm in a witty adaptation of Arnold Bennett’s novel, empowered by the big, vivid sound of a brass band
Arifa Akbar
03, Jul, 2022 @10:19 AM
Peter Brook: the great seeker of British theatre
The esteemed British director, who has died aged 97, inspired each new generation of theatre creatives to be more daring and experimental
Mark Lawson
03, Jul, 2022 @10:01 AM
Peter Brook, influential theatre visionary, dies aged 97
The director’s landmark achievements include a nine-hour Mahabharata, putting Shakespeare on trapezes and directing Olivier, Gielgud and Scofield at the RSC
Chris Wiegand Stage editor
03, Jul, 2022 @9:45 AM
The week in theatre: Rock/ Paper/ Scissors; The Fellowship
Timing is everything in Chris Bush’s theatre-hopping trio of Sheffield plays; the same goes for Roy Williams’s ill-starred new Windrush generation drama
Susannah Clapp
03, Jul, 2022 @9:30 AM
On my radar: Bolu Babalola’s cultural highlights
The novelist and comedy writer on her song of the summer, her new favourite sitcom and the brilliance of director Lynette Linton
Killian Fox
02, Jul, 2022 @2:00 PM
Go on, gizza play: Boys from the Blackstuff lives again – on stage
Alan Bleasdale works with Sherwood creator James Graham to revisit TV masterpiece
Vanessa Thorpe
02, Jul, 2022 @1:00 PM
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