The History Boys
Alan Bennett’s wise, witty play about schoolboys, education and sex was first staged at the…
Browsing: Theatre
Arcadia
After the truly shattering disappointment of Tom Stoppard’s newest play, The Hard Problem, it was…
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
If Pedro Almodóvar’s film of the same name hadn’t been quite such a success, I’m…
Taken at Midnight
It’s unlikely that you would have heard of Hans Litten. Up until a few years…
The Ruling Class
Second-or-third rate productions of first-rate plays are, regrettably, an all too common occurrence in London…
Merlin in Northampton
Theatre for children is no small undertaking. Nick Hammond applauds a new play in a…
The Railway Children at King’s Cross
First produced by York Theatre Royal and the National Railway Museum, York in 2008, I…
The Merchant Of Venice at The Almeida
After its initial, and triumphant, appearance at the RSC in 2011, Rupert Goold’s revelatory production…
Tiger Country
Tiger Country was the play that saved the Hampstead Theatre during the theatre’s “dark winter…
Henry IV, Parts I & II
For a pair of plays often described as Shakespeare’s single greatest achievement, the Henry IV…
Twelfth Night
‘If music be the food of love, play on.’ Probably Shakespeare’s greatest comedy – and…
Alun Armstrong: King of Stage and Screen
I caught up with Alun Armstrong during rehearsals for Ionesco’s Exit the King, opening at…