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Which Frankenstein?
A new production, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, is to use one of theatre's best tricks, says Sarah Crompton.
Nina Raine: 'I started getting a God complex'
While Nina Raine was researching her new play, she found herself identifying a little too closely with the medical profession.
Behind the scenes at the new Arcola Theatre
Ben Todd introduces the newly relocated Arcola theatre in Dalston.
Theatre: Latest News, Reviews and Features
The Knowledge, Bush Theatre
The first half of two new dramas on education is terrific and made Charles Spencer glad he's never been a teacher. Rating: * * * *
18 Jan 2011
As You Like It, RSC, Roundhouse
It's a wonder the performers in this ebullient, superlative production haven't gone stir-crazy. Rating: * * * *
18 Jan 2011
The Painter, Arcola Theatre
Toby Jones stars as a palpable Turner in this aimless piece with only one really firey moment. Rating: * * *
17 Jan 2011
John Cleese hits out at British TV
John Cleese has issued a damning indictment of modern British television, which he said was once the best in the world but is now so bad he cannot bear to watch it.
17 Jan 2011
A Jewish boy's profound faith in England
John Gross had both a literary sensibility and a Jewish one, says Charles Moore.
17 Jan 2011
Royal Shakespeare Company to sell thousands of costumes
The Royal Shakespeare Company is to sell thousands of its costumes worn by actors including David Tennant and Sir Ian McKellen.
16 Jan 2011
Barbershopera/The Fitzrovia Radio Hour, Trafalgar Studios
A double bill to liven the spirits in the nagging January depression. Rating: * * * *
14 Jan 2011
Amphibians, Bridewell Theatre, London
Set in a Victorian baths, Steve Waters' new play is an absorbing, fittingly single-minded study of human beings at their most obsessively aquatic. Rating: * * *
12 Jan 2011
Julius Caesar, Roundhouse, RSC
This exceptionally bloody staging, with togas and sandals, reminds Charles Spencer of current coalition politics. Rating: * * * *
11 Jan 2011
The Potting Shed, Finborough Theatre, London
This 1958 play by Graham Greene was derided by critics when it was first performed - and rightly so, says Dominic Cavendish. Rating: * *
11 Jan 2011
When a play just gets better
What happens to a production after the first night, asks Rupert Christiansen.
10 Jan 2011
Holiday on Ice, Birmingham NEC
The new show Energia may not be quite vintage Holiday on Ice, but Charles Spencer can't help but be delighted by it. Rating: * * *
10 Jan 2011
The night the lights went out on showbiz
Jim White is left reeling after health and safety kills off the 'Lear' of a lifetime.
07 Jan 2011
Zack, Royal Exchange Manchester
This valuable rediscovery of a 1916 comedy by Harold Brighouse has a cheering sting of relevant truth. Rating: * * * *
07 Jan 2011
Pete Postlethwaite: the difficult ones are the best
Nick Hamm, who directed Pete Postlethwaite in his final film, recalls a courageous man who pushed his vision to the limit.
07 Jan 2011
World of Anton du Beke
The Strictly Come Dancing legend discusses his love life and golfing with Brucie.
07 Jan 2011
Jackson’s Way, Gate Theatre, London
Will Adamsdale's glorious comic creation of 2004, Chris John Jackson, is back ploughing pastures new. Rating: * * * *
06 Jan 2011
Cirque du Soleil, Royal Albert Hall
The new show from the Canadian circus act is disappointingly stale and complacent.
06 Jan 2011
Once Bitten, Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond
The Richmond theatre has managed to restore Charles Spencer's faith in French farce. Rating: * * * *
06 Jan 2011
The fall and rise of Terence Rattigan
100 years after his birth, the playwright is about to become theatre’s greatest comeback kid.
04 Jan 2011
Timeline of Terence Rattigan plays
The British dramatist wrote 26 plays for the stage in his lifetime, making his name overnight in 1936 with the breezily assured comedy French Without Tears.
04 Jan 2011
Pete Postlethwaite was a classically British actor
Pete Postlethwaite was part of a great theatrical tradition that emphasises ability over looks, says Harry Mount.
03 Jan 2011
100 reasons to be excited about culture in 2011
From a Royal Wedding in 3D, to a blockbuster Leonardo show: what to look forward to this year.
03 Jan 2011
2011: the year ahead in culture
The Telegraph’s critics each choose the one thing they are most looking forward to.
02 Jan 2011
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