The Almeida Theatre has announced Almeida Every Child, a new programme designed to introduce every young person in Islington aged 10–14 to the world of theatre. The programme will see the Almeida ...

A child playing in the debris of the Second World War. Click. A student discovering parties and men’s bodies. Click. An activist fighting for the right to choose. Click. A wife picking out a velvet ...

Normal People star Paul Mescal, just nominated for an Oscar for his leading role in the film Aftersun, will reprise the role of Stanley Kowalski when the Almeida Theatre’s acclaimed production of ...

Atri Banerjee has channeled his own experiences into a new production of John Osborne’s groundbreaking 1956 work “Look Back in Anger.” By Roslyn Sulcas The Jodie Comer-starring legal drama won best ...

The Almeida Theatre has revealed two new productions for its 2023-24 season. Alison Oliver (Women, Beware the Devil) will star in Marina Carr’s modern Irish classic Portia Coughlan, directed by Carrie ...

The Almeida Theatre has announced initial casting for the world premiere of Ava Pickett’s 1536. Set in Tudor England, the play follows three women in Essex as they meet to discuss events in London, ...

Casting is now complete for the upcoming West End transfer of the Almeida Theatre’s acclaimed production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. Directed by Rebecca Frecknall (Cabaret), the ...

Howle has a knack for getting under the skin of damaged characters. He reveals why he seeks to ‘draw out the brutality’ from ...

Perhaps it was the lockdown; perhaps it was the recent excellent film, The Eyes Of Tammy Faye; or perhaps it was just getting old myself (after all, I understood teenage alienation when The Clash sang ...

Previously reimagined in 2006 as a three-part series for the BBC, Hollinghurst's 500-page novel poses a challenge in the theatre, its Jamesian density appropriate to a central character, the Oxford ...