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Waiting for Godot was worth it

07.05.09
Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart have made Waiting for Godot, a difficult play written in 1952, a hotter ticket than any musical.... more

Julie calls for more women’s roles on TV

27.02.09
Top performers led by Julie Walters, Simon Callow, Charles Dance and David Soul are calling for more roles for women on television... more

Dahl and the giant music festival for young people

15.12.08
A music festival inspired by the children's works of Roald Dahl is being held at Kings Place - the new arts centre at King's Cross... more

Rural idyll proves another lost Eden

22.08.08
Edinburgh Theatre: A gem of a new piece in Lie of the Land and some old-fashioned stuff and nonsense in A Festival Dickens... more

Bird-catcher steals Magic Flute show

30.06.08
Simon Callow's new staging of The Magic Flute for Opera Holland Park looks amazing with the singers making the most of the opportunity to sing in English.... more

Get out there – 20 ways to enjoy the summer

30.05.08
This is a golden, sunburned age of outdoor entertainment in London. Get out there. Buy a ticket. Crack open a bottle of something cold. Enjoy.... more

An unholy mess

29.05.08
Crammed with Vaseline-shiny female breasts, Chemical Wedding looks like a soft-porn version of Dr Who, with a couple of tired pop promo tricks thrown in.... more

A treat for sci-fi fans

28.04.08
London’s Sci-Fi festival is back with a selection of films, podcasts and the opportunity to learn what happens behind the camera. ... more

Tenors for a tenner as opera seeks new fans

07.04.08
Opera Holland Park is making thousands of tickets available at £10 to attract new audiences... more

Tenors for a tenner as opera seeks new fans

07.04.08
Thousands of opera tickets will be available at £10 and 1,200 will be given away free to young people aged nine to 18 in an attempt to attract new audiences. ... more

Theatreland up in arms over Arts Council sexuality quiz

02.04.08
The Arts Council has encountered ridicule and anger over attempts to force theatre and museum trustees to disclose their sexuality to obtain funding... more

Paul Scofield, A Man For All Seasons Oscar-winner, dies at 86

20.03.08
Paul Scofield, one of the greatest actors of his generation and a ‘colossus’ of stage and screen, was being mourned last night. He died at 86 in a hospital near his Sussex home after a long battle with leukaemia. Scofield was best known for his portrayal of the Tudor statesman Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film of Robert Bolt’s A Man For All Seasons – which won him a best actor Oscar... more

Odd mixed bag makes this a borderline case

16.11.07
Galas can be good fun and even if they're not, knowing it's all for a Cause will usually win you over. But it was borderline at the Royal Opera House Gala, says Sarah Frater.... more

Harry's girl joins Equus for a bit of horseplay

12.11.07
As Daniel Radcliffe plans to take Equus to Broadway, his girlfriend prepares to bare all in another, British touring production of the play, alongside Lily Allen's brother Alfie.... more

On the side of angels

26.06.07
Theatre director Daniel Kramer speaks to Claire Allfree about Reaganism, Aids and his latest production of Angels In America... more

Paradise regained on a shoestring budget

21.12.06
Les Enfants du Paradis wins marks for audacity as the classic 1945 film is successfully adapted for the stage - albeit on a far smaller scale.... more

Dame Judi makes merry in sorry Wives' tale

13.12.06
The Royal Shakespeare Company has embarked on an expensive gamble by inflicting this flamboyantly awful, musical version of The Merry Wives Of Windsor upon us, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Pick of the Christmas shows

08.12.06
From posh pantos to old favourites, London's theatres are gearing up for Christmas. Fiona Mountford reveals the best of the festive shows.... more

Horrifying portrait of divine genius

19.09.06
Twenty-seven years ago London went wild about Amadeus, a musico-dramatic fantasy about Mozart. John Doyle's haunting, imaginatively conceived production improves upon that sumptuous staging.... more

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