The 150th anniversary of the Russian playwright’s birth has prompted a season of celebration. Simon Russell Beale leads a chorus of praise from fellow actors in whom the master inspires both passion and loyalty... more
As Keira Knightley prepares to make her stage debut and Ben Whishaw sells out the Royal Court, the signs are good, says Matt Wolf, for a theatrical boomtime.
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From posh panto to burlesque, London is full of festive entertainment. Here are a dozen shows that should entice children — and adults — into the theatre.... more
It says something about the power of live theatre that a 500‑seat tent in the middle of a field was filled to overflowing at midnight on Saturday.... more
The theatre that shocked audiences with swearing in its Christmas show last year will present a traditional pantomime for the first time in 30 years under its new artistic director.... more
The arrival of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island in the West End marks an early beginning to the season of festive family entertainment.... more
The surface might have been polished until it gleams but there is nothing meaningful underneath the voice-distorting microphones and synthesisers in Twelfth Night.... more
A sluggish air hangs over Sean Holmes's The English Game; a plodding piece that attempts to saddle a game of amateur cricket with more weight than it could bear.... more
The Caucasian Chalk Circle arrives with enough energising, alienating bells and whistles to appeal to both Brecht purists and set-text weary students.
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Sofia Coppola's boyfriend is lead singer and they won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album this year. Now, Phoenix tell Nosheen Iqbal, they are set to conquer London
Move over, Mahiki. Nightclub entrepreneurs Charlie Gilkes and Duncan Stirling are soon to launch a new Eighties-inspired club in Chelsea, in honour of Lady Thatcher
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