It’s always intriguing when faced with new appraisals of well-established figures as to what might…

I caught the world première of the English Touring Theatre and York Theatre Royal’s co-production…

“Doctor Faustus” declare the billboards “by Christopher Marlowe and – Colin Teevan.” You can take…

Are girls funny? Unfortunately it’s a debate that divides opinion. However, Sheridan Smith’s original portrayal…

We’ve known for some time that white British students, particularly white, working-class boys, are among…

“As far as I’m concerned, The Caretaker is funny, up to a point. Beyond that…

Shakespeare made it easy. If the play ended with a marriage, it was a comedy.…

Warm and cosy, rather like a Miss Marple without the murder, whilst Terrence Rattigan’s Flare…

The estimable English Touring Theatre normally produce revivals of plays that make for, if nothing…

There is something inherently British about the way we delight in farce. Perhaps it is…

The Donmar’s current production opens in a naval hospital with heavy overtones of an asylum.…

It’s just as well that Nell Gwynn was a real person because she’d be entirely…