Simon Stone has built a career on taking the oldest stories and refusing to keep them at arm’s length. His new production of The Oresteia…
How does the National’s new Hamlet build its meaning? We decode a visual language of stark sets & modern dress to reveal the production's thesis.
By Tessa Nolan When Michael Blakemore collected his second Tony Award on the same evening in June 2000 – becoming the only person in history…
By Sara Bright Sara Bright West End box office revenue topped £1.07 billion in 2023. In 2025, London’s theatre district pulled in 17.64 million theatregoers…
By Tessa Nolan When Kenneth Branagh strode onto the stage of Wyndham’s Theatre on 21 October 2023, dressed in animal skins and wielding a dagger…
By Sara Bright For six decades, Sir Ian McKellen has inhabited virtually every major male role in the Shakespearean canon – Richard III, King Lear,…
By Sara Bright George Orwell – born Eric Arthur Blair, the man who became the legendary George Orwell – wrote 1984 as the final statement…
By Sara Bright There is a distinct, heavy hum that settles over the Olivier Theatre just before the house lights go down. It is a…
By Sara Bright One hundred and forty-five years after her birth in a St Petersburg barracks hospital, Anna Pavlova remains ballet’s most persuasive argument that…
By Sara Bright Ben Platt is coming to London. It’s happening in July. But he isn’t doing the Palladium. He isn’t taking over the Adelphi…