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Patrick Kidd
Michael Pennington: revered stage actor and co-founder of the English Shakespeare Company
Mon 18 May 2026
Clare Brennan
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher: laughing at provocation
Sun 17 May 2026
Edward Docx
What King Lear tells us about assisted dying
Sat 16 May 2026
Susannah Clapp
Mass is a finely wrought study of forgiveness
Fri 15 May 2026
Hayley Myers
Adeel Akhtar on calm, coffee and chords
Thu 14 May 2026
Clare Brennan
In Magic, David Haig explores the extraordinary bond of Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle
Sun 10 May 2026
Erica Wagner
Michael Frayn’s wonderful Copenhagen still crackles with radioactive relevance
Sun 10 May 2026
Susannah Clapp
Fourteen Again - a fitting tribute to the inimitable Victoria Wood
Fri 8 May 2026
Rich Pelley
‘Fans like me to swear at them’: Peter Capaldi on crying, Caravaggio and musical cousins
Thu 7 May 2026
Katherine Cowles
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui - an idiot’s guide to fascism
Sat 2 May 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
New play gives audiences the chance to vent fury over Epstein scandal
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
Search for a star... the lost showbusiness bible that could be lurking in your attic
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Kenan Malik
Fifty years on, David Edgar’s vision about the far right is becoming our destiny
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Lily Isaacs
Dame Kristin Scott Thomas: ‘We need to help the next generation be better than we are’
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Wendy Ide
How the great Dames of stage and screen transformed the cultural landscape
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Rosamund Pike
‘They are quintessentially themselves’: Rosamund Pike on the great Dames of acting
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Clare Brennan
At a York festival, Shakespeare is the world’s common language
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Lily Isaacs
Dame Emma Thompson: ‘I find the young a source of fire and inspiration’
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Lily Isaacs
Dame Helen Mirren: ‘Each role is a journey into the unexpected. It terrifies me’
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Lily Isaacs
Dame Harriet Walter: ‘I feel 17 inside, but you rarely get to express that’
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Lily Isaacs
Dame Sheila Hancock: ‘There is a marvellousness about humans. And a curiosity’
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Susannah Clapp
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: a play trapped in the past
Fri 24 Apr 2026
Marine Saint
Ava Pickett: ‘I’m going to be writing period dramas for a very long time’
Fri 24 Apr 2026
Clare Brennan
Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet – a joyous glimpse inside the mind of a Muslim boy
Sun 19 Apr 2026
Frank Skinner
Introducing Misbehaviour Mondays, when punters can be as boorish as they like
Sun 19 Apr 2026
Susannah Clapp
A 21st-century take on Ibsen’s A Doll’s House
Fri 17 Apr 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
Paddington hopes to grab theatre prize by the paws
Sun 12 Apr 2026
Caitlin Macdonald
Olivier nominees on what theatre means to them
Sun 12 Apr 2026
Clare Brennan
Good Golly Miss Molly at the New Vic: a harmonious vision of social turmoil
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Tanya Gold
How I lost my heart to musicals
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Katherine Cowles
What is the point of the play?
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Marcelle Bernstein
My most unforgettable night at the theatre
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Lily Isaacs
Opening night: Celebrating 50 years of The Oliviers with The Observer and Curtis Brown
Fri 10 Apr 2026
Susannah Clapp
Les Liaisons Dangereuses still seduces
Fri 10 Apr 2026
Susannah Clapp
Susannah Clapp: ‘How I became a theatre critic’
Fri 10 Apr 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
Playwright Suzie Miller: ‘Everything I write has a touch of my lived life’
Fri 10 Apr 2026
Hannah Crosbie
Rounds of applause: where to drink before (and after) the show
Thu 9 Apr 2026
Tony Naylor
Curtain-raisers: a pre-theatre dining guide
Thu 9 Apr 2026
Susannah Clapp
Romeo and Juliet – Robert Icke shakes up Shakespeare
Fri 3 Apr 2026
Katherine Cowles
John Proctor is the Villain: a modern classic?
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Tim Adams
James Graham: ‘I just thought, my god, this story has to get made’
Wed 1 Apr 2026
Sarah Crompton
Linda Tolhurst’s tales from the National Theatre stage door
Wed 1 Apr 2026
Clare Brennan
Henry V at the RSC – Shakespeare’s war play fails to resonate
Sun 29 Mar 2026
Katherine Cowles
Self Esteem lights up David Hare’s Teeth ‘n’ Smiles
Fri 27 Mar 2026
Clare Brennan
Small Island on stage: a patchily successful adaptation
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Susannah Clapp
The National Theatre brings the rarely staged Summerfolk to life
Sat 21 Mar 2026
Tim Lewis
Aidan Turner is calling the shots
Sat 21 Mar 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
‘Victoria Wood was a trailblazer, but no one talked about her like that’
Thu 19 Mar 2026
Clare Brennan
The Grand Babylon Hotel – Arnold Bennett’s fun, frolicking farce
Sun 15 Mar 2026
Kadish Morris
Tarell Alvin McCraney: ‘We’re forgetting the lessons of stories like Choir Boy’
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Sarah Crompton
How The Bridge theatre made Into the Woods
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Katherine Cowles
Ukraine Unbroken: can theatre combat news fatigue?
Fri 13 Mar 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
Olivier awards recognise new generation of playwrights ready to don Tom Stoppard’s mantle
Sat 7 Mar 2026
Clare Brennan
The Manningtree Witches is a stage adaptation meant for the screen
Sat 7 Mar 2026
Susannah Clapp
Broken Glass at the Young Vic: did we really need another Arthur Miller?
Sat 7 Mar 2026
Katherine Cowles
Olivier awards 2026: it’s the year of the musical
Fri 6 Mar 2026
Amelia Tait
Inside the Operation Mincemeat machine
Fri 6 Mar 2026
Clare Brennan
Trevor Nunn’s deft, delightful Noël Coward revival
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Kadish Morris
My day with Munya Chawawa’s Black Boys Theatre Club
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Katherine Cowles
Chadwick Boseman’s Deep Azure is a messy, necessary meditation on grief
Fri 27 Feb 2026
Rosalind Jana
Welcome to Haringey’s house of fun, where home is a costume drama
Sun 22 Feb 2026
John Niven
Writing for the stage? I’m mad for it
Fri 20 Feb 2026
Katherine Cowles
The latest Dracula has no teeth
Fri 20 Feb 2026
Katherine Cowles
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry gets stuck in the mush
Fri 20 Feb 2026
Clare Brennan
War of the Worlds is a visually thrilling portrait of desolation
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Susannah Clapp
Arcadia, Tom Stoppard’s dance to the music of time, is short on swing
Fri 13 Feb 2026
Clare Brennan
Manipulate festival: candyfloss puppets and cabaret Anna Karenina
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Susannah Clapp
American Psycho on stage – style over savagery
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Susannah Clapp
Our Town – Michael Sheen’s vision for Welsh theatre
Fri 30 Jan 2026
Eva Wiseman
An hour with… Cole Escola
Fri 30 Jan 2026
Katherine Cowles
Dante or Die: I Do invites you to witness the mess of a wedding
Wed 28 Jan 2026
Katherine Cowles
Guess How Much I Love You? is a work of pure compassion
Fri 23 Jan 2026
Susannah Clapp
High Noon – far from the wild west
Sat 17 Jan 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
‘I wouldn’t mind some of my ashes being spread here one day’
Fri 16 Jan 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
The Oliviers at 50: the surprises, snubs and swipes
Wed 14 Jan 2026
Katherine Cowles
Oh, Mary! is mad – and maddening
Thu 8 Jan 2026
Clare Brennan
The Little Mermaid on stage proves the fairytale has legs
Mon 5 Jan 2026
Erica Wagner
A show left me lost in space and time... much like Nasa's jettisoned library
Sat 3 Jan 2026
Laura Cumming
The art exhibitions to see in 2026
Thu 1 Jan 2026
Susannah Clapp
The best theatre to see in 2026
Thu 1 Jan 2026
Clare Brennan
Treasure Island – A New Musical Adventure is not as thrilling as it could be
Wed 31 Dec 2025
Gyles Brandreth
Dame Patricia Routledge, remembered by Gyles Brandreth
Mon 29 Dec 2025
Susannah Clapp
The best theatre of 2025
Thu 25 Dec 2025
Naomi Alderman
Beavers, books and brilliance: 25 things worth celebrating about 2025
Thu 25 Dec 2025
Samuel West
Prunella Scales, remembered by Samuel West
Wed 24 Dec 2025
Alex O’Connell
I’m in earnest about festive fun, but Stephen Fry’s Lady Bracknell overcooked the ham
Sun 21 Dec 2025
Clare Brennan
Hull Truck theatre’s Oliver Twist reveals the darkness and light of Dickens
Sat 20 Dec 2025
Susannah Clapp
The Bridge’s Into the Woods is a thrilling, mischievous delight
Fri 19 Dec 2025
Clare Brennan
A Child’s Christmas in Wales is a delight
Mon 15 Dec 2025
Erica Wagner
An endearing new production of Into The Woods brings a tear to the eye
Sat 13 Dec 2025
Susannah Clapp
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo: two and a half hours of smouldering, slow-burning imagination
Fri 12 Dec 2025
Katherine Cowles
The BFG comes to life on stage
Mon 8 Dec 2025
Vanessa Thorpe
‘Stoppard’s work thrilled him’: critic who spotted brilliance from the start
Sun 7 Dec 2025
Vanessa Thorpe
Comedy or error: is Shakespeare actually funny?
Fri 5 Dec 2025
Katherine Cowles
Paddington The Musical is an irresistible love letter to London
Mon 1 Dec 2025
Hermione Lee
Tom Stoppard was a conscience to us all
Sun 30 Nov 2025
Neal Ascherson
From the archive: Revolution in the head
Sun 30 Nov 2025
David Hare
‘Tom Stoppard redefined Britishness as something freedom-loving’
Sat 29 Nov 2025
Erica Wagner
We may see the world we have lived in through the bright lens of Stoppard’s gaze
Sat 29 Nov 2025
