Theatre [Archive]

Matt Kirshen, Assembly@George Street, Edinburgh
Swan Lake, Royal Opera House, London Raise the Red Lantern, Royal Opera House, London
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2008, Various, Edinburgh
Brendan Burns, Assembly, Edinburgh Pappy's Fun Club, Pleasance, Edinburgh Andrew Maxw
Hamlet, Courtyard, Stratford
In the spotlight: How Camille O'Sullivan sashayed from the drawing board to the cabar
Chinese Acrobatic Swan Lake, Royal Opera House, London
Rick Shapiro: Wild Card, The GRV, Edinburgh Festival
Tom Stade, The Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh Festival
Eros Vlahos: Problem Child, Sweet Teviot Place, Edinburgh Festival
Edinburgh Preview: 365, The Playhouse
Britain's stages to close to outsiders
Ray Davies comes dancing
Julian Hall's Edinburgh Festival diary
Return of the freaks: The resurgence of gross-out comedy
Julian Hall's Edinburgh Festival diary
Deep Cut, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
I Caught Crabs In Walberswick, Pleasance Cavern, Edinburgh
Count Arthur Strong: The Man Behind The Smile, Assembly@George Street, Edinburgh
Shakespeare's 'first theatre' unearthed
Simon Gray, smoker and playwright, dies aged 71
Owen O'Neill/Absolution, Assembly@George St, Edinburgh
Nick Mohammed Is A Character Comedian, The Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Now Is The Hour, Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh
Collaboration/taking sides, Minerva Theatre, Chichester
Andy Zaltzman, The Stand, Edinburgh
Shakespeare’s first theatre unearthed
Timon Of Athens
Stars come out for Lloyd Webber’s 60th
Playwright Simon Gray dies
Upton’s Riflemind kicks off international collaboration
Fat Pig transfers to Comedy
Rain Man changes direction
Zorro swashbuckles into next year
Actor Terence Rigby dies
Little Hippo starts Lyric Hammersmith Saturday shows
West End on Calendar for WI Girls
Timothy Sheader
Akingbola is bouncer Othello
Jon Richardson: Dogmatic, Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Joan Rivers, Udderbelly's Pasture, Edinburgh
Julian Hall's Edinburugh Festival diary
Terence Rigby loses his battle with lung cancer
Timon Of Athens, Shakespeare's Globe, London
Daniel Kitson, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival
Giselle, Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh Festival
Rhod Gilbert, Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival
Julian Hall's Festival Diary
Pleasance Memory for Hands
National premieres Entry Pass
Preview: 4:48 psychosis, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
A yellow card on the way to the yellow brick road....
Fringe ticket chaos leaves laughter in short supply
The Wizard of Oz, Royal Festival Hall, London
You write the reviews: My Name is Rachel Corrie, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto
The final cut: Is theatre the place to revisit the Deepcut barracks scandal?
First Night: Her Naked Skin, Olivier, National Theatre, London http://www.independent
...Some Trace of Her, National Theatre: Cottesloe, London
Edinburgh Festival: The five best gigs
Edinburgh Festival: Why the Fringe is rocking
The new wave of comics at Edinburgh
Edinburgh Fringe: The rise of BritCom
Lesley Manville: Love, sex & suffragettes
Swan Lake, Royal Opera House, London
First Night: The Wizard of Oz, Royal Festival Hall, London
"Opera -- We love iiiiiiit!" declares The Sun (but hates The Guardian)....
We're not in Kansas anymore.... but are we in the theatre or the cinema?
The best things in life are free...
West End doomsday is only a passing phase....
A theatrical feeding frenzy....
Leaving in London in sunshine... and arriving in Edinburgh in the rain (of course)...
Too much of a good (and bad) thing...
Sprinting to the finishing line...
Life (and more rain) after Edinburgh....
The big business of theatrical advertising....
London theatres close as economic downturn bites
Julian Hall's Festival Diary: Guy Masterson wants his wig back
John Bishop, Pleasance Courtyard
The Aluminum Show, Pleasance Courtyard
Artemis Fowl: Fairies, Fiends and Flatulence, various venues across the uk
Edinburgh 2008: Dancing, eating, feeding, fighting... welcome to the human zoo
Hamlet, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Hot tickets fetch £500 for a pair
On The Waterfront, Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival
Pornography, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival
Fall, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival
Wilson Dixon Rides Again, The Stand, Edinburgh Festival
Julian Hall's Festival Diary
Josh Howie: Chosen, Pleasance Courtyard
Jim Rose Circus, Udderbelly's Pasture
Sarah Silverman's global offensive
Edinburgh Fringe: My favourite year
Swan Lake, Royal Opera House, London Mikhailovsky Ballet, Coliseum, London
...some trace of her, NT Cottesloe, London The Wizard of Oz, Royal Festival Hall, Lon
Tom Wrigglesworth, Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Kerry Godliman, Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh
Zoe Lyons, Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Julian Hall's Edinburgh Festival diary
Charlie Victor Romeo, Udderbelly's Pasture, Edinburgh
Big venues 'squeezing out the spirit of Edinburgh Fringe'
They're Playing Our Song, Menier Chocolate Factory, London
Preview: Timon Of Athens, Shakespeare's Globe, London
Wink The Other Eye, Wilton's Music Hall, London
Coming to a big screen near you – live opera
Street Scene, Young Vic, London
Who is Hamlet: Playing the Time Lord is perfect preparation for David Tennant's new r
Faeries, Clore Studio, London Noah Babel's Ark, Lindfield, West Sussex
Nocturne, Almeida Theatre, London
The really Wilde show: Matthew Bourne takes on Dorian Gray
Born In The Gardens, Theatre Royal, Bath
You Write The Reviews: Hay Fever, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
First Night: West Side Story, Sadler's Wells, London http://www.independent.co.uk/mul
Spartacus, Coliseum, London
The Portrait Of A Lady/A Doll's House, Theatre Royal, Bath
Cultural Life: Bryony Lavery, Playwright
Under a Blue Sky, Duke of York's Theatre, London
The Female of the Species, Vaudeville, London Zorro, Garrick, London Hangover Square,
Giasone, Iford Manor, Wiltshire Counterpoise, Charterhouse, London
The stage is set for dance at festivals
An eclectic weekend.....
Theatrical cross-references....
Keeping Jungr at heart....
Critical away-days and away-plays.....
Blogging into the future....
Dark (k)nights and big returns.....
Dangerous times for critics....
Russell Brand joke sparks police warning
Kinks' song inspiration for new Ray Davies musical
Zorro, Garrick Theatre, London
Lessons in love: David Eldridge is back with a play about the tangled sex lives of te
The Female of the species, Vaudeville Theatre, London
Regards to Broadway from West End directors
Cultural Life: Josie Long, Comedian
A kind of summer madness....
Hänsel und Gretel, Glyndebourne, east Sussex Street Scene, The Young Vic, London
The Portrait of a Lady, Theatre Royal, Bath Nocturne, Almeida, London Wink the Other
Young Vic creates Festa!
The Female Of The Species
Marsh joins cast of Now Or Later
Lesley Manville
Chitty surprised with Young Vic Award
Amazon grows at Young Vic
Under The Blue Sky
Gone Too Far!
New Simon for Summer
Crisis? What crisis?
Big White Fog reunion for Tiata Delights
Gate announces season of premieres and Sadler’s transfer
West Side Story, Sadler's Wells, London Spartacus, Coliseum, London
Edinburgh elite: Who's going to be the talk of the biggest arts festival in the world
West Side Story, Sadler's Wells, London
You write the reviews: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Girton College, Cambridge
Modern miss: Hattie Morahan is ditching bonnets in favour of cutting-edge theatre wor
Preview: Miss Behave's Variety Nighty, Roundhouse, London
Magic and mayhem in National’s family day
Warehouse welcomes West and Wilton
Summer with Chickenshed
Atkins sympathises with Greer
Kids Week on record-breaking high
Zorro
The ex factor: '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover'
Preview: Animal Farm, Oxford Castle, Oxford
Faeries, Clore Studio Upstairs: Royal Opera House, London HHH
Jah Wobble Chinese Dub, Bush Hall, London
First Night: Zorro, Garrick Theatre, London
It's hot and it's monotonous....
The frustrations of an artist (in his own voice)....
Kids Week booking now open
On The Rocks extends
Relatively Speakings, Festival Theatre, Malvern
He's Talking, Cottesloe NT, London
Preview: Excellent!, Sadler's Wells, London
Mixed Up North, MacOwan Theatre, London
Is it curtains for critics? (part two).....
Feast or famine....
Mark Shenton is away.....
Normal service is restored.....
You can't fight a hit (but let's fight decrepit theatres).....
Fever in the morning, fever all through the night....
Once upon a time a musical was born....
News blog - Are the Tories really the new party of the arts?
A question of expectation....
Getting under the theatrical bonnet....
Better a week too early than a minute too late....
Dividing the dance critics....
Understudying Elaine Paige....
The theatrical naming game....
All thanks to Facebook... and podcasts and youtube
The clouds behind Broadway's rainbow year....
High School Musical, Hammersmith Apollo, London Jay Johnson: The Two and Only, Arts T
Noises Off: Children are missing out on the stage. It's up to us all to ensure they d
Sara Baras, Sadler's Wells, London
On the Rocks, Hampstead Theatre, London
High School Musical, Hammersmith Apollo, London Jay Johnson: The Two and Only, Arts T
Robert Lepage: 'I'm fascinated by the Devil'
On the Rocks, Hampstead Theatre, London
Sara Baras, Sadler's Wells, London
Look Back in Anger, Jermyn Street Theatre, London
Festival Ballet, Royal Festival Hall, London
Vultures circle Holmes' debut on Broadway
You write the reviews: Jeremy Hardy, Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
On The Rocks, Hampstead Theatre, London
The dictator's cut: Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet'
You Write The Reviews: The Pilgrim's Progress, Sadler's Wells, London
Ten Tiny Toes, Everyman, Liverpool
Once Upon a Time At The Adelphi, Playhouse, Liverpool
You write the reviews: The Chalk Garden, Donmar Warehouse, London
Is it time West Side Story got a 21st-century makeover?
The Big Dance, Various Venues, London
Six Characters in Search of an Author, Minerva Chichester Free Outgoing, Royal Court
Marks & Spencer AGM, Royal Festival Hall, London
Greer furious at play based on her life by 'insane reactionary'
The Frontline, Globe Theatre, London
Ricky 'Hitman' Hatton and Frank Bruno, Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
Chris Addison: Swapping satire for sitcom
Six Characters In Search Of An Author, Minerva Theatre, Chichester
The Music Man, Festival Theatre, Chichester
Talent-show musicals bring record crowds to West End
High School Musical, Hammersmith Apollo, London
Why rush-hour commuters will be tangoing in London tonight
Stravinsky: The Real Deal, Hippodrome, Birmingham
Preview: The Peter Hall Company 2008, Theatre Royal, Bath
Torn, Arcola, London
Thirty-nine steps to an unlikely theatrical triumph
Stand Up Get Down Featuring Jessica Hynes & Friends, Madame Jojo's, London
Preview: Lucha Libre, Roundhouse, London
A British player winning a Wimbledon singles title? Only in Lloyd Evan's new play
Old People, children and Animals, Contact Theatre, Manchester
The Quiz, Trafalgar Studios 2, London Sisters, Gate Theatre, London
First Night: Merry Wives Of Windsor, Shakespeare's Globe, London
Preview: Embodied Energy, various venues, London
2,000 Feet Away, Bush Theatre, London
Preview: Greenwich & Docklands International Festival, various venues London
Relocated, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London
bahok, Sadler's Wells, London
bahok, Sadler's Wells, London
Don Carlo, Royal Opera House, London Bluebeard, Grange Park Opera, Hampshire L'incoro
Afterlife, NT Lyttelton London Dickens Unplugged, Comedy, London The Chalk Garden, Do
Relocated, Royal Court Upstairs, London ...Sisters, Gate, London 2,000 Feet Away, Bus
Strictly Gershwin, Royal Albert Hall, London
Blade runner: Zorro on stage
Grand Slam, King's Head Theatre, London
The Pilgrim's Progress, Sadler's Wells, London
Divas Apollo Theatre, London
Black Watch, Barbican, London The Diver, Soho, London The Merry Wives of Windsor, Glo
Black Watch, Barbican, London
The Mighty Boosh, Cargo, London
You write the reviews: Under Milk Wood, Millennium Centre, Cardiff
The Diver, Soho Theatre, London
'Blue Peter' goes pink in cross-dressing Fringe show