Standing ovations, once reserved to acknowledge only the highest calibre of performance, are now part of the theatre routine.
As a title, there’s something intriguing about Dear Octopus, now playing the National Theatre’s Lyttelton stage.
Has the National Theatre put the Lyttelton on Airbnb? In October, we had the city-break-length two-week run of Alexander Zeldin’s The Confessions (quite long enough, in my opinio…
Looking out at you from the poster for the National Theatre’s latest version of Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba, Harriet Walter cuts an imperious figure.
Written and directed by “l’auteur du naturalisme”, Alexander Zeldin, The Confessions feels like a too-small show on a too-big stage.
In 1964, acting legends Peter O’Toole and Richard Burton both wanted to “give their Hamlet”.
As a title, The Corn is Green proves the old adage about books, covers and the perils of judging thereof.
In 1996, Robert Lepage's initial production of The Seven Streams was far from critic-pleasing.
You know you’re guaranteed to learn something watching David Hare.