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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
