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My Bard hunch holds waterCharles Spencer discovers there's evidence to support his hunch about Shakespeare being a sailor.
telegraph.co.uk | 21-May-2012 08:00
Will Young to star in Cabaret
Will Young to play the part of the Emcee in the musical Cabaret set in a Berlin nightclub.
telegraph.co.uk | 18-May-2012 13:41
Dawn French joins search for Jesus music star
Dawn French and Jason Donovan sign up as judges for Andrew Lloyd Webber's ITV show to find stars for his musical Jesus Christ Superstar.
telegraph.co.uk | 18-May-2012 08:00
The Sunshine Boys, Savoy Theatre, review
This pitch-perfect production shows Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths at the top of their game, writes Charles Spencer.
telegraph.co.uk | 18-May-2012 08:00
What the Butler Saw, Vaudeville theatre, review
Joe Orton's 1967 comic masterpiece is given a sadistically unfunny adaptation, writes Charles Spencer.
telegraph.co.uk | 17-May-2012 13:06
Four actors to play entire cast of Ben-Hur
A new stage adaptation of Ben-Hur will have only four actors will playing 12, 059 characters.
telegraph.co.uk | 17-May-2012 12:48
Detroit, National Theatre, review
This American Abigail's Party features a spectacular coup de théâtre, says Charles Spencer
telegraph.co.uk | 16-May-2012 20:04
Arnold Wesker: Did Trotskyists kill off the best Seventies play?
Arnold Wesker tells Matthew Sweet that his drama 'The Journalists' was politically censored .
telegraph.co.uk | 16-May-2012 18:38
Melanie C and Chris Moyles join the cast of Jesus Christ Superstar
Melanie C and Chris Moyles are to join the new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.
telegraph.co.uk | 16-May-2012 12:04
Brunch Plays, Hightide Festival, New Cut, Halesworth, review
These short plays shown as part of the Hightide Festival are a clever idea, writes Eve Stebbing.
telegraph.co.uk | 16-May-2012 11:14
Christopher Eccleston interview: "This is why I became an actor"
Former Doctor Who Christopher Eccleston tells Dominic Cavendish why theatre means so much to him.
telegraph.co.uk | 16-May-2012 08:00
Coronation Street Musical dates postponed
Co-producer reported to be 'far from happy with the show artistically' as shows for Corrie The Musical are postponed.
telegraph.co.uk | 15-May-2012 18:59
AirHotel, Holt Hall, Norfolk and Norwich Festival, review
Despite getting barely a wink of sleep, Daisy Bowie-Sell says elements of this overnight theatre experience among the birds were thrilling.
telegraph.co.uk | 15-May-2012 17:20
Young actors would rather be in Homeland than take on 'frustrating' Shakespeare, says Imogen Stubbs
Imogen Stubbs has said she understands why young actors would rather appear in US TV drama Homeland or "something funny on telly" than take on Shakespearean roles - because they can be so hard to understand.
telegraph.co.uk | 15-May-2012 07:00
Vicky Featherstone is new Royal Court director
Vicky Featherstone has been appointed artistic director of the Royal Court theatre.
telegraph.co.uk | 11-May-2012 18:58
Street of Dreams, Manchester Arena, review
This musical based on Coronation Street was a golden opportunity missed, says Veronica Lee
telegraph.co.uk | 11-May-2012 17:45
Babel, Caledonian Park, London / Close the Coalhouse Door, touring review
The show billed as 'the theatrical event of the year' proves the dampest of damp squibs, writes Charles Spencer.
telegraph.co.uk | 11-May-2012 15:14
A Midsummer Night's Dream, at Shakespeare's Globe, Seven magazine review
The Korean contribution to the international Shakespeare festival at the Globe was a colourful revelation
telegraph.co.uk | 11-May-2012 14:36
Two Roses for Richard III, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Watching this bizarre staging of Richard III by the Brazilian Companhia Bufomecanica was like being on hallucinogenic drugs, writes Charles Spencer.
telegraph.co.uk | 11-May-2012 14:04
A Streetcar Named Desire, Scottish Ballet, at Sadler's Wells - Seven magazine review
Scottish Ballet's new adaptation of Tennessee Williams's classic play is emotionally limited
telegraph.co.uk | 11-May-2012 13:43
Loretta Lynn wants Zooey Deschanel in her musical
Country star Loretta Lynn, the Coal Miner's Daughter, wants Zooey Deschanel to play her in Broadway musical.
telegraph.co.uk | 11-May-2012 10:25
Three Kingdoms, Lyric Hammersmith, review
This detective story about sex trafficking is long-winded and bizarre, says Dominic Cavendish
telegraph.co.uk | 10-May-2012 19:38
The Rest Is Silence, Warehouse, Brighton Festival
This strange, site-specific deconstruction of 'Hamlet' in a south-coast warehouse works a treat, says Dominic Cavendish
telegraph.co.uk | 10-May-2012 19:29
Top Hat, Aldwych Theatre, review
This stage adaptation of the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film is both classy and enjoyable, finds Charles Spencer.
telegraph.co.uk | 10-May-2012 18:35
Funny women: London's female comedians
Sceptical about whether women comics can compete with their established male counterparts, Sarah Rainey joins female comedians on London's stand-up circuit.
telegraph.co.uk | 10-May-2012 16:15
The charity making Shakespeare fun
Is it possible to give children of all abilities and backgrounds an incentive to love the Bard?
telegraph.co.uk | 10-May-2012 12:06
Laura Wade on Posh: rich boys having a riotous time
As Laura Wade's Posh transfers to the West End, the dramatist talks to Dominic Cavendish about her play's uncanny political topicality.
telegraph.co.uk | 10-May-2012 09:00
Hip-Hop Othello, The Globe Theatre, London, review
Performers from Chicago turn Shakespeare's Othello into rap in a special Hip-Hop production at the Globe Theatre.
telegraph.co.uk | 09-May-2012 13:50
Respect is out of fashion in the West End
A recent heated exchange over theatre etiquette between a theatre critic and audience member Bianca Jagger comes as no surprise to Tim Walker.
telegraph.co.uk | 09-May-2012 13:06
Bianca Jagger accuses theatre critic of 'physical assault'
Critic Mark Shenton and Bianca Jagger in heated exchange over theatre etiquette.
telegraph.co.uk | 09-May-2012 12:52
Wah! Wah! Girls: Bollywood bursts into the East End
A new stage musical brings the pulsating charm of Indian films to the heart of London, says Laura Thompson.
telegraph.co.uk | 09-May-2012 07:35
The Story of the Four-Minute Mile, Roger Bannister Running Track, Oxford, review
Get an irreverent taste of what it was like to run the first four-minute mile - on the actual track, says Dominic Cavendish
telegraph.co.uk | 08-May-2012 18:33
This week's best London events, from cabaret on the South Bank to a Shakespeare spectacular
London editor John O' Ceallaigh selects the best lifestyle and culture events taking place in the capital this week.
telegraph.co.uk | 08-May-2012 16:56
Angry young women: the new generation of young female dramatists
Young, outspoken and ferociously talented, Britain's female playwrights, for the first time in history, have the theatrical establishment at their feet, says Tim Auld.
telegraph.co.uk | 08-May-2012 10:23
Felicity Kendal: only the rich can afford the theatre
Felicity Kendal, best known as the star of The Good Life, has spoken out about the narrowness of the "cultural class" who go to the theatre or the ballet in the West.
telegraph.co.uk | 08-May-2012 07:00
Carousel, Opera North, Leeds Grand Theatre, review
Newcomers rise to the challenge in this fine prouction, says Rupert Christiansen
telegraph.co.uk | 07-May-2012 15:17
2 text or nt 2 text?
Telegraph View: a text-speak version of Shakespeare reminds us that the degradation of the English language is not something to celebrate.
telegraph.co.uk | 07-May-2012 10:10
Peter Brook debunks loony Shakespeare theory
Charles Spencer enjoyed the great guru of modern theatre's delightful essay which rebukes Shakespeare conspiracy theories.
telegraph.co.uk | 07-May-2012 08:00
Reading Festival: The festival that scarred me for life
Rod Stewart was one of the only thing Charles Spencer enjoyed during his first and last rock festival experience.
telegraph.co.uk | 07-May-2012 08:00
Atheist comedian Tim Minchin to play Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar
As an outspoken atheist, Tim Minchin, the Australian musician and comedian, may bewilder radio listeners today by choosing a biblical figure as one of his greatest inspirations.
telegraph.co.uk | 06-May-2012 10:00
Hay Budapest: Jung Chang, profile
Serena Davies talks to Chinese author Jung Chang at the Hay Festival Budapest.
telegraph.co.uk | 05-May-2012 10:45
The Inbetweeners' Blake Harrison: 'I never thought I'd end up playing Neil'
Blake Harrison, who rose to unlikely stardom in Channel 4's hit schoolboy comedy tells Daisy Bowie-Sell about his next challenge: acting on the West End stage.
telegraph.co.uk | 05-May-2012 08:00
South Downs/The Browning Version, at Harold Pinter Theatre, Seven magazine review
David Hare utterly fails to match Terence Rattigan in this school-days double bill
telegraph.co.uk | 05-May-2012 08:00
Brimstone and Treacle, Arcola Theatre, review
Dominic Cavendish finds Dennis Potter's play has stood the test of time both in the quality of the writing and in reminding us how vulnerability combined with credulity can allow extremism to have its wicked way.
telegraph.co.uk | 04-May-2012 19:44
Love, Love, Love, Royal Court, review
This hard-hitting denunciation of the baby-boomer generation is Mike Bartlett's best work yet, says Charles Spencer
telegraph.co.uk | 04-May-2012 18:40
Belong, Royal Court / The Man with the Disturbingly Smelly Foot/ How to Think the Unthinkable, Unicorn Theatre, London, review
Bola Agbaje's new play is sharp, funny touching but very hard to believe, writes Charles Spencer.
telegraph.co.uk | 04-May-2012 15:41