The National Theatre's Connections initiative brings together young actors and writers. In this year's programme, its possibilities are perfectly illustrated by Katori Hall's Children of Killers... more
Cabaret, All About my Mother, The Emperor Jones and the last chance to see John Simms's terrific performance in Elling are among the theatrical highlights.... more
Playwright Samuel Adamson has taken on the characters of Barcelona's seedy underbelly to adapt Pedro Almodovar's All About My Mother for the stage.... more
Lesley Manville is taking on the lead role in a stage adaptation of Pedro Almodovar's All About My Mother - alongside transsexual prostitutes, lesbian divas and a pregnant nun.... more
The Astronaut Wives' Club, by the talented young Al Smith, is like Desperate Housewives taken back 40 years and with all remaining men from Wisteria Lane blasted into space.... more