During rehearsals for The Boy in the Dress, I spoke to David Walliams about his inspiration for the original story, his burgeoning career as a children’s writer and how he feels having his work adapted by the RSC.
Panel on the RSC’s gender-flipped Taming of the Shrew: Kate & Petruchio in the age of #MeToo
I had a fabulous time last week in Stratford-upon-Avon seeing Justin Audibert’s new re-gendered production of Shakespeare’s early “battle of the sexes” comedy The Taming of the Shrew (1591), set in a parallel Elizabethan universe where women are in charge.
Q&A photos and podcast: Why has James Shirley’s The Cardinal been overlooked since the 17th century?
James Shirley's 1641 tragic masterpiece The Cardinal, one of the last plays staged in England before Oliver Cromwell's ban on theatre, this month receives its first major production since the 17th century.
What if every day were #Shakespeare400 and London Marathon?
The Complete Walk along the Thames to Shakespeare's Globe on 24 April 2016. ©
Curse of the character actor? Antony Sher doubted he could play Falstaff
As captured by Antony Sher, the artist: Other great character acting from Meryl Streep in
Destroyer of Worlds: A closing speech to end all closing speeches?
John Heffernan takes the title role in Tom Morton-Smith's Oppenheimer, RSC at the Vaudeville
My theatre diary: Three must-see new plays Clarion, Level Playing Field, Oppenheimer
Joe Layton and Jojo Macari in Jonathan Guy Lewis' A Level Playing Field at
Charting The Stage 100: Who are theatre’s biggest influencers and why?
In this new year gorgefest of lists, The Stage's annually compiled Stage 100 of the
What did I miss? Part One: Tons of transfers
The National Theatre of Scotland's vamp-fest Let the Right One In What an