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Exclusive: Open Air Theatre sets sights on black lead for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita

A scene from Les Miserables at Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin

Les Miserables to retain world record despite switching productions

Carol Channing in 1973. Photo: Wikimedia/Allan Warre

Obituary: Carol Channing – ‘Tony-winning entertainer of uncommon and distinctive qualities’

Those seeking citizenship in the UK are required to fill in an 85-page document. Photo: Shutterstock

Leaving the EU with no deal ‘would be a disaster for creatives’ – Equity

Chris Campbell. Photo: Helen Murray

Meet the man who brought through a generation of playwrights at the Royal Court

Editor's Picks

Opinion

Howard Sherman: Can the Shakespeare theatre in Stratford (Connecticut) rise from the ashes?

Jan 18, 2019

Opinion

The cast of The Inheritance at the Noel Coward Theatre. Photo: Marc Brenner

Mark Shenton: Is it wrong to stage a (nearly) all-male play?

Jan 18, 2019

News

News

Production news round-up: The Lion King to tour the UK and Tina Turner musical extends

Jan 18, 2019

News

Newham scheme offering schoolkids free music lessons and theatre tickets under threat

Jan 18, 2019

News

Culture secretary Jeremy Wright

Culture secretary Jeremy Wright makes diversity pledge as he delivers first major arts speech

Jan 18, 2019

News

Six major arts organisations pledge to hand control to young people for London-wide takeover

Jan 18, 2019

Reviews

Reviews

A Night With Thick and Tight review at Lilian Baylis Studio, London – ‘a subversive delight’

Jan 18, 2019

Reviews

Abigail’s Party review at Theatre Royal, Brighton – ‘time-capsule theatre’

Jan 18, 2019

Reviews

Extra Virgin review at Above the Stag, London – ‘absorbing, but slight’

Jan 18, 2019

Reviews

Crimes on the Nile review at Ustinov Studio, Bath – ‘delightfully dotty’

Jan 17, 2019

Opinion

Opinion

Howard Sherman: Can the Shakespeare theatre in Stratford (Connecticut) rise from the ashes?

Jan 18, 2019

Opinion

The cast of The Inheritance at the Noel Coward Theatre. Photo: Marc Brenner

Mark Shenton: Is it wrong to stage a (nearly) all-male play?

Jan 18, 2019

Features

Features

From Attenborough to Hancock: The project preserving entertainment history for posterity

Jan 18, 2019

Obituaries

Carol Channing in 1973. Photo: Wikimedia/Allan Warre

Obituary: Carol Channing – ‘Tony-winning entertainer of uncommon and distinctive qualities’

Jan 17, 2019

Interviews

Director Alice Hamilton in rehearsals for In Lipstick by Annie Jenkins. Photo: Ali Wright

Director Alice Hamilton: ‘As a director I believe my job is to serve the writer. Maybe that means I’m consigning myself to a slow-burning career’

Jan 17, 2019

Features

In pictures (January 17): Pinter Five and Six, In Lipstick, Crimes on the Nile in Bath and more

Jan 16, 2019

Advice

Advice

Dear West End Producer: ‘What do you think about showreel nudity? Yes or no, dear?’

Jan 16, 2019

Advice

John Byrne. Photo: Catherine Usher

Careers Clinic: Am I qualified to run a drama club?

Jan 16, 2019

International

Features

What’s in store for Broadway (and beyond) in 2019?

Jan 14, 2019

Features

Wesley Enoch, centre, at the festival launch with performers. Photo: Daniel Boud

Sydney Festival director Wesley Enoch: ‘Brexit has tainted the UK with xenophobia and isolationism’

Jan 8, 2019

Broadway

Obituaries

Carol Channing in 1973. Photo: Wikimedia/Allan Warre

Obituary: Carol Channing – ‘Tony-winning entertainer of uncommon and distinctive qualities’

Jan 17, 2019

Features

What’s in store for Broadway (and beyond) in 2019?

Jan 14, 2019

In case you missed it

Features

The Stage 100 2019: The full list

Jan 3, 2019

Opinion

Katharine McPhee in Waitress, Matt Henry, who will star in One Night in Miami... and Lily James and Gillian Anderson who will star in All About Eve (Photo: Perou)

What are the best shows to see in 2019?

Dec 31, 2018

Features

Industry leaders’ forecasts for 2019

Dec 30, 2018

Features

Clockwise from top left: My Mum’s a Twat at the Royal Court Upstairs, Jim Broadbent in A Very Very Very Dark Matter, Mark Umbers and Keith Allen in Hogarth's Progress and Dance Nation at at Almeida Theatre.Photos: Tristam Kenton/Manuel Harlan/Marc Brenner

2018: Alternative awards of the year – Beasts, babies, bin bags and Brexit

Dec 20, 2018

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