Theatre might sometimes make us climb the walls, yet it doesn't often invite us to write on them. But Where's My Seat? isn't your average night of drama... more
Stellar line-up of writers from the Archbishop of Canterbury to Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka via Stewart Lee, Billy Bragg and Carol Ann Duffy, create epic launch for the new Bush Theatre... more
Tom Littler has had the nifty idea of transposing the ancient Greek classic Antigone to a generic Middle Eastern country in the present-day Arab Spring... more
With Dalston’s Arcola moving into a new home nearby this week and the Bush relocating later this year, it’s all change for London’s fringe theatres, says Veronica Lee... more
Religion may do more good than harm in general but the exceptions are dramatic enough to hand irresistible flourishes to those arguing against it... more
Men Should Weep is not for the faint-hearted. An unsentimental depiction of crushing poverty in Thirties Glasgow, it’s a gruelling piece of theatre... more
As she prepares to make her directing debut at the National, Josie Rourke talks to Fiona Mountford about the cuts and thrust of London’s theatreland
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The Covent Garden theatre’s prestigious training scheme has produced some of the best directors in the country — and now, Nick Curtis reports, a West End season showcases the new generation... more
Josh Hartnett, Martin Freeman, Dervla Kirwan and Jessica Hynes are four of the stars who will take part in this year's 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala at the Old Vic... more
Big musicals may dominate the West End and box office receipts, but straight drama continues to thrive. These are the key people who make this city the global capital of theatre. ... more
Admirably avoiding moral simplicity, but let down by the miscasting of Joseph Fiennes, 2,000 Feet Away is a serious attempt to handle the tricky issue of sex offenders on stage.... more
Promising elements to Tinderbox including, snappy direction from Josie Rourke, can't quite disguise the fact that its tone becomes increasingly uncertain.... more
A frightening double-bill by American playwright Neil LaBute is further evidence of why the Arts Council's plan to cut the Bush Theatre's funding defies sense and outrages sensibility.... more
The National's director Nicholas Hytner has attacked London's theatre critics for their alleged misogyny. The Standard's man in the stalls could not disagree more.... more
The prime reason for reviving David Mamet's distinctly minor play must be Kim Cattrall's eagerness to appear in it. Her decision to do so seems even stranger than The Cryptogram itself.... more
Theatre review: It is not hard to see why the RSC has produced the intriguingly off-kilter King John just four times. Described by one commentator as "the runt in the litter", it lacks the welcome comic relief of the other history plays.... more
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