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Also opening in London: Folk asks if Cecil Sharp neutered the music he loved by collecting it
The actor and director discuss bringing the story of controversial hygiene advocate Dr Semmelweis to the stage
After almost 50 years of judging others, former FT film critic Nigel Andrews is preparing for the role of a lifetime — with some trepidation
London and other UK cities will host searching new dramas and piercing revivals
Pandemic uncertainty still rocks the arts but there is plenty to look forward to in a year of cultural highlights
Virus imperils smaller productions as the theatre industry had begun to recover from past shutdowns
Also on the London stage: Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus revived; bulletins from Chile in A Fight Against . . .
Scheme has only been used by ‘minuscule’ number of shows despite extensive cancellations
Also opening in London: a revival of Alice Childress’s racially charged 1955 drama Trouble in Mind
Future of the famous Lido on Champs-Elysées in doubt after purchase by hotel group
It dramatises the 1968 televised debates between William F Buckley Jr and Gore Vidal which electrified the public
‘The Book of Dust’ and ‘Life of Pi’ craft imaginative leaps onstage. Plus a nippily funny staging for ‘Measure for Measure’
The star of Cabaret and Oscar-tipped The Lost Daughter talks gigs, gardening and gratitude
A great of the Shakespearean stage who excelled at delivering rich and multi-layered performances
‘There’s nothing extraordinary about women being creative. It’s the creativity, the work, that’s extraordinary’
The director discusses the National Theatre’s seasonal musical, which delves into ‘the psychology of doing good’
Plus: The Comedy of Errors at the Barbican; The Drifters Girl at the Garrick Theatre
The star of ‘Sunday in the Park with George’ recalls the late composer’s genius, generosity and humanity
The sector often shies away from management training but courses are targeting its needs
Pre-eminent figure in modern musical theatre was feted for the sophistication, wit, intelligence and depth of his works
The Pose star reveals how he “found his power” by strutting the stage in his Kinky Boots
Plus: Zadie Smith’s blistering debut play The Wife of Willesden at the Kiln; Little Women: The Musical at the Park Theatre
Policy agenda under a Democratic government is once again at risk
Plus: a touring revival of James Dacre’s Blue/Orange; Euripedes’ women brought back to life in The Seven Pomegranate Seeds in Kingston
The playwright and the director explore Englishness in their new play ‘Manor’
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