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Hedda given London look

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:08:07 GMT

At the Gate a superb ensemble of young artists have taken Ibsen's resolutely Norwegian Hedda and relocated it thrillingly to London 2008.

Beckett short-changed

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:37:08 GMT

Beckett's uncompromising stage poetry is almost entirely wasted, replaced instead by a lot of offputtingly mannered acting in Fragments.

Rain Man takes to the stage

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:06:50 GMT

Josh Hartnett is starring in a theatrical version of Rain Man, the 1988 film that saw Dustin Hoffman play hospitalised autistic savant Raymond Babbit.

Pomp and elegance in Romeo and Juliet

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:35:50 GMT

The grandeur of Middle Temple Hall, all carved wood and imposing portraits, beautifully conveys the pomp of fair Verona in Romeo and Juliet.

Rural idyll proves another lost Eden

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:53:35 GMT

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

Blair as a musical messiah

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:43:13 GMT

Edinburgh Theatre: Tony of Arabia has lots to enjoy while Departure Lounge is just the sort of unpolished gem you hope to find

Fetish night with a big heart

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:43:11 GMT

Dressed like Betty Boop in a skintight red PVC dress, Miss Behave has the fruity voice of a head girl

A father's journey and a voyage to nowhere

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:05:50 GMT

Edinburgh theatre: The Tailor of Inverness is a deeply affecting piece of personal theatre that is heartily recommended while On the Island of Aars is a wonderful comedy musical.

Capturing the big bad Woolf

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:05:50 GMT

If ever there was a work suited to the theatre director Katie Mitchell's distinctive style of radical reinterpretation it is Virginia Woolf's The Waves, starting its second National Theatre run.

The man with the Midas touch

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:52:03 GMT

Michael Grandage has transformed the Donmar into a theatrical powerhouse. Now he explains why he's offering Dench, Law and Branagh in the West End for only a tenner.

Accidental life and death

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:59:01 GMT

Actor Dan March faces up to unexpected fatherhood in Edinburgh play My Myspace Baby while The Plan, which dumps us at the other end of human existence, feels too short.

This Story's a revelation to me

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:06:16 GMT

West Side Story works because it brims with top-flight songs and is, sadly, eternal in its subject matter - the brutal circle of life on the mean streets, says Anne McElvoy.

Striking two blows against the humdrum

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:51:50 GMT

Paperweight and Coming up for Air are two little treasures at the Edinburgh Festival tackling the theme of the routine of our daily lives and the necessity of breaking gloriously free from it.

New kids on West End block

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:36:51 GMT

The National Youth Theatre will be demonstrating their talent at the Soho Theatre, giving you the chance to spot the stars of the future.

Elena Roger is Playing Piaf

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:02:28 GMT

Elena Roger reveals how her Argentinian upbringing made her perfect casting for the role of the tortured French singer Edith Piaf.

A cry from the heart of Palestine in Jidariyya

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:22:28 GMT

Mahmoud Darwish, the Palestinian poet who died last week, wrote his epic poem Jidariyya in 2000, a year after a massive heart attack.

Love for sale in Gigi

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:51:33 GMT

We've moved beyond the stylised glamour of the famous MGM movie to something more interesting by the end of Gigi in the Open Air Theatre.

Oz gets news look in Westway

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:06:28 GMT

A lot more heel-clicking from the heavily pregnant Dorothy is needed to rectify the rest of Somewhere over the Westway, says Fiona Mountford.

Basil serves up laughter in Faulty Towers

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:06:28 GMT

A three-course lunch at an elegant restaurant in Drummond Street becomes a cross between school dinners and national service in Faulty Towers.

Pitch-perfect pain in Piaf

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:35:26 GMT

In Jamie Lloyd's bare, low-tech production - on a black, brick stage - the romance of Edith Piaf is stripped away as surely as her clothes.

Life, death and Joan on Oscar night

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:18:14 GMT

Theatre conventions are broken in Joan Rivers's play but when you're 75 and a comedy legend you get away with it.

Scots design another winner with Architecting

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:52:49 GMT

Architecting is a witty and frequently surrealist piece delivered with verve by an attractive and enthusiastic young company.

Memories of home in 66a Church Road

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:58:11 GMT

Daniel Kitson has plumped for the homespun theatrical storytelling style of Alan Bennett. The result is the treat of the Fringe.

Head for Terminus rather than New Electric Ballroom

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:35:33 GMT

There's a strong strand of Irish writing in this year's Traverse programme, with new work from two of that country's best contemporary dramatists.

Bottom is top in Midsummer Night's Dream

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:30:57 GMT

Footsbarn's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream is forgiven for any niggles after a magical last scene in which peace is restored.