Month: September 2010

As a freelance journalist, I once interviewed the co-authors of a manual entitled A Guide to Surviving Life as a Mistress, two women who knew exceedingly well of what they wrote, having spent decades as […]

Tom Burke stars along side Lisa Dillon and Andrew Scott in the Old Vic’s revival of Noel Coward’s 1932 comedy Design for Living which opens on 15 September 2010 (previews from 3 September). Directed by […]

With a raft of glowing reviews, not least a declaration that's it's the “funniest play of the year” from the Evening Standard, it's not surprising that a West End transfer is already being talked about […]

If you are attending the theatre either today (Monday 6 September 2010) or tomorrow (Tuesday 7 September), be aware that, due to planned industrial strike action on the London Underground Network, transport will be severely […]

Amongst the major London openings, in the West End and further afield, this week are: OPENING TONIGHT, Monday 6 September 2010 (previews from 3 September), Shoes, a comic dance exploration of the gamut of footwear […]

Amongst the major London openings, in the West End and further afield, this week are: OPENING TONIGHT, Monday 6 September 2010 (previews from 3 September), Shoes, a comic dance exploration of the gamut of footwear […]

Five short plays by Tony Kushner prove a mixed bag in this feisty import direct from the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, where they were first seen as part of a Kushner Celebration in May 2009. […]

After last week’s trip to SHIRLEY VALENTINE, Whatsonstage.com theatregoers returned to Trafalgar Studios last night (2 September 2010), for the second part of our Willy Russell Season events to see Jeremy Sams’ Menier Chocolate Factory […]

Royal Court artistic director Dominic Cooke launched his Sloane Square tenure with a production of Bruce Norris’ satire The Pain and the Itch in 2007. Still committed to tackling the complacencies of bourgeois society, Cooke […]

Speaking to theatregoers at last night’s Whatsonstage.com Outing to Educating Rita, Tim Pigott-Smith revealed that, for his next stage appearance, he'll be tackling the title role in King Lear in a production that will open […]