Month: June 2010

The fifth revival of Elijah Moshinsky’s 1991 Simon Boccanegra might have slipped by unnoticed if it hadn’t been for the participation of superstar Placido Domingo.  Had he been reprising the tenor role (which he played […]

The Royal Shakespeare Company is inviting members of the public to design ‘miniature artworks’ to be embedded in the walls of the new Royal Shakespeare Theatre, which is due to open later this year. Budding […]

Confessions of a Dancewhore is a sensual and intellectual feast, an episodic exploration of contemporary queer male identity which could very loosely be described as cabaret but which pushes the form to extremes. Its creator, […]

Darius Campbell (who changed his name from Danesh due to his Scottish roots) was among the guests at the Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park yesterday evening (29 June 2010), where The Comedy of Errors celebrated […]

For his Regent’s Park directing debut, Philip Franks has conjured up a 1940s vision of Ephesus. In his programme notes, he compares Ephesus to wartime Casablanca – the same iron law coupled with the emphasis […]

Trevor Nunn has spoken of feeling “profoundly betrayed” by the 25th anniversary staging of Les Miserables, which is currently on a European tour and arrives at the Barbican in September. In an incendiary interview with […]

Full West End and tour dates have now been confirmed for Thea Sharrock's Theatre Royal Bath production of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit, starring Alison Steadman as batty clairvoyant Madame Arcati. The production opens first at […]