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Kimberley Walsh: ‘I get why people are sceptical about star casting in theatre’

Lenny Henry and Martina Laird in King Hedley II at Theatre Royal Stratford East. Photo: Tristram Kenton

King Hedley II starring Lenny Henry at Theatre Royal Stratford East, London – ‘an electric surge of rage’

Arts welcome axeing of elite universities’ preferred A Level list that excluded creative subjects

Thomas Maller in The Great Gatsby when the immersive show was at Vault Festival, London

Immersive theatre facing fresh scrutiny following reports of abuse

Against all odds: the secrets of how a fringe show makes it to the stage

Photo: Shutterstock

Wheelchair users underserved by theatres’ online booking options – report

Editor's Picks

Features

Gracie Fields as Miss Marple with Roger Moore and Jessica Tandy on US television in 1956

Gracie Fields: The extraordinarily ordinary box-office smash

May 24, 2019

Features

Boisterous Theatre's Maurice Bessman and Miriam Mussa

Liverpool’s Boisterous Theatre founders: ‘First-timers tell us they didn’t know theatre could be like that’

May 24, 2019

News

News

Lucie Jones and Ashley Roberts will join the Waitress cast from September 17

Production news round-up: Lucie Jones and Ashley Roberts to join Waitress cast and The Girl on the Train announces West End transfer

May 24, 2019

News

Curious Directive's new home in Norwich

Science-led theatre company Curious Directive opens hub for emerging artists in Norwich

May 24, 2019

News

Sculpture unveiled in Open Air Theatre to honour former artistic director David Conville

May 24, 2019

News

Kimberley Walsh: ‘I get why people are sceptical about star casting in theatre’

May 24, 2019

Reviews

Reviews

Harper Regan review at Tabard Theatre, London – ‘frustrating lack of subtlety’

May 24, 2019

Reviews

True Copy review at Brighton Festival – ‘ingenious caper about a true-life art forger’

May 24, 2019

Reviews

Lagrime di San Pietro review at Barbican, London – ‘potent staging of a Renaissance masterpiece’

May 24, 2019

Reviews

Dominic Marsh in Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs). Photo: Steve Tanner

Dead Dog in a Suitcase (And Other Love Songs) review at Lyric Hammersmith – ‘crackles into life, then explodes into anarchy’

May 24, 2019

Opinion

Opinion

Richard Jordan: Are ‘influencers’ infiltrating theatre to its detriment?

May 23, 2019

Opinion

Why are schools not taking up offers of theatre trips? (Your views May 23)

May 22, 2019

Features

Features

Gracie Fields as Miss Marple with Roger Moore and Jessica Tandy on US television in 1956

Gracie Fields: The extraordinarily ordinary box-office smash

May 24, 2019

Features

Boisterous Theatre's Maurice Bessman and Miriam Mussa

Liverpool’s Boisterous Theatre founders: ‘First-timers tell us they didn’t know theatre could be like that’

May 24, 2019

Features

Climate change: can theatre help tackle the greatest threat of all?

May 23, 2019

Obituaries

Obituary: Nigel Seale – former managing director of casting directory Spotlight

May 22, 2019

Advice

Advice

John Byrne. Photo: Catherine Usher

Careers Clinic: How do I approach casting directors?

May 22, 2019

Advice

Dear West End Producer: ‘How do you maintain your identity when you aren’t working in the arts?’

May 22, 2019

International

Reviews

True Copy review at Brighton Festival – ‘ingenious caper about a true-life art forger’

May 24, 2019

Reviews

Dream Mandé: Djata review at Theatre Royal Brighton – ‘Rokia Traoré’s mesmerising musical monologue’

May 22, 2019

Broadway

Opinion

Howard Sherman: Theatre completists, you can’t see everything – revel in those you can

May 17, 2019

Opinion

Richard Jordan: Is it time to reassess one of the most notorious musical failures of all time?

May 16, 2019

In case you missed it

Interviews

Wendell Pierce

Wendell Pierce: ‘Willy Loman is as exhausting a role as Lear. I’m knackered’

May 8, 2019

Interviews

Stage and screen actor Bill Pullman: ‘I trained as a director, but I was too shy – I wasn’t a natural’

May 7, 2019

Opinion

Editor’s View: Help us help young people Get Into Theatre

May 2, 2019

Advice

Get Into Theatre: your essential guide to careers in the industry

May 2, 2019

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