Theatre
Chicken Licken review – happy-go-clucky tale has charm, cheer and a fabulous fox
Incorporating BSL and creative captions, this musical adaptation features a gloriously long-tailed puppet
Miriam Gillinson
08, Apr, 2025 @10:17 AM
‘The violence is relentless. I don’t understand it’: Simon Russell Beale faces up to Shakespeare’s goriest play
The celebrated actor has long struggled with the murder and dismemberment at the heart of Titus Andronicus. Now, at 64, he is finally tackling a play that ‘teeters on the edge of acceptability’ – but he’s made a few changes
Arifa Akbar
08, Apr, 2025 @10:00 AM
Steven Frayne: Up Close and Magical review – Dynamo unplugged
Eschewing the customary conjuror’s hype, Frayne’s new show follows traumatic illness and delivers high excitement in an unusually low key
Brian Logan
08, Apr, 2025 @5:00 AM
From Amsterdam to the West End: the avant-garde hit factory behind The Years and Oedipus
A pair of electrifying London shows bagged four prizes at the Olivier awards. Both were developed by Dutch company ITA, which has an eye for British talent
Chris Wiegand Stage editor
07, Apr, 2025 @3:33 PM
Olivier winner John Lithgow attacks Trump’s second presidency as ‘a disaster’ for US arts
Speaking after his best actor victory, Lithgow said Donald Trump’s administration ‘has done some shocking, destructive things’ especially its takeover of the Kennedy Center
Chris Wiegand Stage editor
07, Apr, 2025 @12:15 PM
‘To my wife for managing my vast collection of neuroses!’ – the Olivier awards’ best quotes
Amid awkward kisses and fears of fainting, winners at the Royal Albert Hall thanked their collaborators, spouses … and chartered accountants
Guardian Stage
07, Apr, 2025 @7:35 AM
The Last Five Years review – Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren soar in relationship musical
The cult favorite musical, about a doomed couple, gets a mostly impressive new staging, lifted by two magnetic performances
Adrian Horton
07, Apr, 2025 @3:00 AM
Olivier awards 2025: Giant, Benjamin Button and Fiddler on the Roof triumph
John Lithgow, Imelda Staunton, Romola Garai and Layton Williams are among the winners at the annual stage awards
Chris Wiegand Stage editor
06, Apr, 2025 @8:22 PM
Olivier awards 2025: full list of winners
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Giant and Fiddler on the Roof were among the big winners at the Royal Albert Hall ceremony
Guardian Stage
06, Apr, 2025 @8:21 PM
Lesley Manville calls for better funding for UK regional theatre
Actor, who won an Olivier for Oedipus, says her ‘bugbear’ is that venues outside London do not get enough money
Chris Wiegand Stage editor
06, Apr, 2025 @7:46 PM
Ken Chubb obituary
Other lives: Impresario and director who created the Tricycle theatre company in London in the 1970s
Maureen Simpson
06, Apr, 2025 @3:39 PM
Container review – avant-garde experiment evokes the vocalised sound of online scrolling
Writer-director Alan Fielden and his talented performers explore people smuggling, ancient imperialism and the sound of globalisation
Arifa Akbar
06, Apr, 2025 @12:00 PM
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