Theatre Blog

An outstanding revival, with a superbly bleak and atmospheric design. Rating: *
* * *

Rome wasnt built in a day!

An acute analysis of the dangers of radicalism and a powerful meditation on
death that often brings Shakespeare’s Hamlet to mind. Rating: * * * *

if people only knew

Cameron Diaz has no desire to attempt a stint on the West End stage, unlike
many of her fellow Hollywood actors.

so interesting

Charles Spencer plans to submit his schoolboy edition of Henry IV to the RSC’s
competition for miniature artworks inspired by Shakespeare.

great news thought i would never see this.

An undignified exit from the Edinburgh Festival ten years ago reminds Charles
Spencer why he shouldn’t drink.

this is bogus, who would think

Have the baby boomers messed the world up? Rising playwright Mike Bartlett
tells Dominic Cavendish about Earthquakes, his new play at the National.

if people only knew

After seeing weatherman Bill Giles at Marine theatre in Lyme Regis, theatre
critic Charles Spencer daydreams of running a regional theatre.

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Getting a plot for your play from someone else certainly wasn’t the easy
option in Improbable’s most recent theatre production. Rating: * * *

this is so true

Our pick of the best musicals at Edinburgh this year.

so interesting

Following on from the huge success of War Horse, the former Children’s
Laureate talks to Robert Gore-Langton about the new adaptation of Farm Boy.

wonder what this really means