Matthew Warchus
‘Delicate, dangerous, anarchic’: Daniel Craig, Michael Mann, Matthew Macfadyen and more remember Michael Gambon
He wasn’t just a magnificent actor – he was also a raconteur, mentor, joker, engineer and pilot. Friends including Tom Hollander, Penelope Wilton, Simon Callow, Nicholas Hytner, Matthew Warchus and Rupert Goold pay tribute to the star
Catherine Shoard
03, Oct, 2023 @4:00 AM
The week in theatre: Romeo and Juliet; When Winston Went to War With the Wireless; Groundhog Day – review
Danger stalks the radiant lovers in Rebecca Frecknall’s tumultuous, twilit Romeo and Juliet; a 1920s battle for the soul of BBC radio couldn’t be more timely; and Groundhog Day, once more with feeling
Susannah Clapp
18, Jun, 2023 @9:30 AM
Groundhog Day review – stellar set, score and performances are guaranteed entertainment
A revival of the musical at the same venue where it premiered combines clever staging, impeccable performances and Tim Minchin’s lyrical brilliance into a reassuringly familiar and enjoyable package
Arifa Akbar
09, Jun, 2023 @11:27 AM
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical review – immensely enjoyable reworking of the stage hit
Newcomer Alisha Weir and a game Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull excel in Matthew Warchus’s highly stylised screen adaptation
Wendy Ide
27, Nov, 2022 @11:30 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
Matilda musical movie starring Emma Thompson to open London film festival
World premiere of the film version of the Roald Dahl-based musical also stars Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough
Catherine Shoard
30, Jun, 2022 @9:26 AM
Timothée Chalamet’s West End debut cancelled after two years of postponements
The Old Vic theatre says its much-anticipated production of 4000 Miles, co-starring Eileen Atkins, will no longer go ahead
Chris Wiegand
05, May, 2022 @12:29 PM
Wes Anderson to make new Roald Dahl adaptation with Benedict Cumberbatch
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, about a magical gambler, is the latest project to arise from Netflix’s purchase of author’s catalogue
Andrew Pulver
07, Jan, 2022 @11:22 AM
Stephen Mangan: ‘I still feel like I’m 14 years old’
The actor is finding it ‘worryingly easy’ to channel his inner Scrooge for A Christmas Carol. He and director Matthew Warchus talk about faith, family entertainment and festive mayhem
Miriam Gillinson
16, Nov, 2021 @9:00 AM
‘It had to be dark’ – how we made Matilda the Musical
‘We didn’t give Matilda any songs because she was shy. Then we realised: it’s a fricking musical – the protagonist needs to sing!
Interviews by Chris Wiegand
08, Nov, 2021 @3:00 PM
Old Vic theatre plans ‘supremely informal’ welcome back for audiences
Exclusive: Emma Rice’s adaptation of Bagdad Cafe and Harold Pinter’s darkly comic The Dumb Waiter staged in July as venue reopens
Chris Wiegand Stage editor
11, May, 2021 @7:00 AM
A Christmas Carol review – Andrew Lincoln's Scrooge is a tearjerking gem
The Old Vic’s zoom-broadcast version of the Dicken classic is full of heart and pulls back the curtain on Covid-era theatre
Claire Armitstead
18, Dec, 2020 @12:15 PM
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