Simple change almost never is. English institutions and maybe the English character are constructed of crooked timber and sometimes defy reason... more
A Delicate Balance is about the precarious nature of domestic equilibrium: a family is kept from falling apart by well-grooved patterns of behaviour, old memories and a great deal of alcohol... more
The excellent Delevingne DNA strikes again. This time it is Cara, 17, Poppy's younger sister, hot on the heels of her model sibling. Cara Delevingne unleashes her inner Alice and goes on a fashion adventure... more
Polly Stenham's first play, That Face, caused a sensation at the Royal Court. Now, two years after leaving school, she is nominated for the Charles Wintour Most Promising Playwright Award.... more
The Lady From Dubuque lasted just 12 performances on Broadway, but Dame Maggie Smith's undimmed allure will insure Anthony Page's otherwise poorly acted production lasts longer over here.... more
Edward Albee, the US playwright who specialises in exploring the human condition, talks to Arwa Haider ahead of the premiere of his latest show.... more
Maggie Smith returns to the West End in an Edward Albee play that hasn't been revived since its disastrous Broadway premiere. After five decades of acting, the fear, she says, is just as bad.... more
Rupert Goold's dream-struck production of The Glass Menagerie proves it is one of the great, unhappy family-life plays in the modern American repertoire, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more
The Lightning Play is an indigestible, drearily derivative theatrical cocktail set at Halloween in which the spiritual and material worlds overlap.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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