Flora Thompson’s Lark Rise to Candleford, beautifully adapted by Tamsin Kennard, is set in the idyllic Oxfordshire county in the early 1900s. Anna Kelsey’s impressive design conjures up this rural ...

Tim Firth The Kings The Kings Arms, Salford 11 – 21 February 2026 ...

For better or worse, the 2026 Fringe, running 7–31 August, has now become a much slicker, marketing-led venture. The pandemic and its devastating financial impact may well have influenced the new ...

Pina Bausch’s (1940–2009) company first performed at Sadler’s Wells in 1982. I’ve reviewed over twenty productions over the years since 2010, Sweet Mambo (her penultimate piece) at the Edinburgh ...

Experience a blend of rock ‘n’ roll, pop and comedy, featuring hits from the '50s through to the '80s.

After becoming the longest-running production at London’s Aldwych Theatre, Tina – the Tina Tuner Musical has embarked on its ...

Rick Riordan's character of Percy Jackson has been the subject of a series of books, a couple of films and a Disney TV series ...

For Opera North, The Marriage of Figaro has long been a reliable jewel in the crown. Yet it is more than a decade since the company unveiled a new staging of Mozart’s inexhaustible comedy. Fortunately ...

Theatre, in particular musicals, plays a large part in shaping the personality of the nameless Performer at the centre of ...

The death of a young boy at sea threatens to tear apart a close-knit coastal community. Suspicions circle menacingly around fisherman Peter Grimes, legally cleared of guilt, yet still a threatening ...

Or do we have to ask ourselves why Così Fan Tutte endures in the canon and is even considered a Valentine’s Day high-end date ...

Nottingham Playhouse has issued an open call-out for auditions for its Homegrown Performers 2026 programme. Homegrown ...