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Spellbinding shows at Latitude

20.07.09
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

Don John needs charisma

19.12.08
Don John, the new take on the downfall of the legendary lover Don Giovanni, is limp in all the wrong places, says Fiona Mountford. ... more

Tennant back surgery may stop him returning as Hamlet

11.12.08
David Tennant may not be well enough to return to his role as Hamlet, it was revealed... more

Understudy on stage as back pain halts Tennant

10.12.08
The understudy thrust into the limelight as Hamlet because of David Tennant's bad back was greeted with a standing ovation... more

Tennant hopes to defy injury for Hamlet

09.12.08
Fears are growing that the show will not go on for David Tennant — as the Doctor Who star had last minute tests on a back injury... more

Tennant's Hamlet up for people's awards

05.12.08
David Tennant is up for two awards in the only theatre honours voted for by the public... more

Alas, poor Yorick, you are too much of a distraction

03.12.08
The Royal Shakespeare Company has decided it will no longer use a human skull in its production of Hamlet in case it distracts the audience... more

Hundreds of fans are duped over Tennant's West End debut

01.12.08
A gang of counterfeiters has struck a West End production of Hamlet staring David Tennant, in what is believed to be the first attack of its kind. ... more

Co-stars in contest for best actress at Evening Standard Theatre Awards

07.11.08
Comedy co-stars Penelope Wilton and Margaret Tyzack will go head to head for honours at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

New Lyric chief promises to surprise

15.10.08
Sean Holmes, the director whose work includes an acclaimed revival of The Entertainer, is to be the new head of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith... more

RSC asks am dram players to join Cultural Olympiad

22.09.08
London's amateur dramatics societies are to be invited to join in a giant Shakespeare festival planned to coincide with the 2012 Olympic Games... more

First pictures of Dr Who's David Tennant as Hamlet

02.08.08
Doctor Who actor David Tennant has temporarily given up time travel to tread the boards in a classic Shakespearean role. And as these dress rehearsal pictures reveal, the actor is geeting into his stride as Hamlet.... more

Trekkies and Dr Who geeks banned from RSC's new production of Hamlet

24.07.08
Doctor Who fans hoping to get an autograph from David Tennant at the stage door of the RSC production of Hamlet have been banned from bringing merchandise from the TV show.... more

Mixed bag at Latitude

21.07.08
Latitude, this year proving itself as much an arts as a music festival, has doubled in size since its tentative beginning in 2006.... more

Keep TV stars off West End stage says Miller (just as Dr Who arrives)

09.06.08
Sir Jonathan Miller hits out at the West End's "obsession with celebrity" as Doctor Who star David Tennant prepares to play Hamlet ... more

Night of rock 'n' roll

02.06.08
Beverley Knight, Nick Mason and Toyah Willcox are to play at a charity rock 'n' roll gala at the Roundhouse on June 12.... more

On stage: sex and indie rock in the 19th century

20.05.08
A hit Broadway musical based on a banned 19th- century play about teenagers discovering sex is coming to London... more

We’re off to see Oz again

10.04.08
Festival Hall is to premiere the stage version of The Wizard of Oz this summer, following the success of spin-off musical Wicked.... more

Roundhouse turned from rock venue to theatre in 10 days

31.03.08
The Royal Shakespeare Company has transformed the Roundhouse into a fully-functioning theatre in just 10 days... more

Roundhouse turned from rock venue to theatre

31.03.08
Camden rock venue the Roundhouse has undergone a makeover so that it is equipt to stage the Royal Shakespeare Company's eight weeks of history plays.... more

Can the Doctor conquer Hamlet?

04.01.08
Shakespeare has never been more popular, but in the first of three major productions of the Danish tragedy, David Tennant has a fight on his hands.... more

A feast of comedy

10.12.07
A vigorous production of Nicholas Nickleby is a feast of comic amusement in part one which declines into a session of extended dullness in part two.... more

The man who remade the RSC

04.12.07
Last week's triumphant openings of King Lear and The Seagull crown five years of hard-won success for artistic director Michael Boyd.... more

The return of the King

20.11.07
The West End transfer of Sir Ian McKellen's debut as King Lear is already a sell-out.... more

Long day's journey into England's nightmare

17.08.07
Nicholas de Jongh was left exhausted, but emotionally and mentally exhilarated after watching superb, stylised productions of Richard II and both parts of Henry IV in one day.... more

The RSC comes full circle

27.06.07
The Royal Shakespeare Company is returning to the revamped Roundhouse theatre five years after a disastrous season at the venue... more

Making fast work of the Bard

22.06.07
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) moves at a cracking pace which sees 37 plays covered in just 97 minutes... more

King Lear comes to London

30.05.07
The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of King Lear starring Sir Ian McKellen is to transfer to London this autumn.... 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

Stage set for bloody mayhem

14.08.06
Jonathan Slinger stole the limelight as the psychopathic future Richard III who goes about his murderous business with a chilling, charming gusto in Michael Boyd's vigorous revival of the Henry VI Histories.... more

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