A new venue dubbed the UK's first purpose-built "fully flexible performance arts venue" will open in London, offering a home to interactive and immersive...

The latest press night parties, events and awards from the theatrical world in pictures.This week’s highlights include the press nights of Chicago with Cuba Gooding...

The Fantastic Follies of Mrs Rich – Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Sophie Stanton plays the title role in Jo Davies’ production, a refashioning of The Beau Defeated, written...

Anyone who has to perform in front of large numbers of people on a regular basis will know that it is very easy to...

The latest press night parties, new shows in rehearsal, events and awards from the theatrical world in pictures. This week's highlights include opening nights of Beowulf at...

It is five decades since Hair, the hippie musical, first shook its baubles, bangles and beads. Its claim to be the first rock musical notwithstanding...

There has long been a tradition of trying to tell massive stories with crazily diminished resources. It was once a staple of the work...

Viewed by some as the most crusty of art forms, opera has occasionally tried too hard to reinvent itself, to be ‘relevant’, to appeal...

An aircraft hangar in Liverpool, a room at an Islington pub, a warehouse in Hackney, the space below a canal bridge in Birmingham, the...