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Sumner Theatre, Melbourne Theatre CompanyThe former stand-up is a natural fit for the role of Winnie, a tragic woman attempting to stave off hopelessness in the face of great horror

Having quit stand-up last year, the comedian is making her theatre debut — playing a character she understands on a 'gut level', because she reminds her of her mother.

The author of a new book about the greatest openings in theatre history asks stars of stage to recall their most thrilling first nights – and the occasional disasters that befell them

Target of bombs is unclear, with some speculating Russia is trying to destroy key Ukrainian monuments

As his new version of Alfred Jarry’s scandalous Ubu Roi is staged in Spain, the innovative director considers the collision of the terrifying and the comic

And we’re back. Founded in 1955, the Evening Standard Theatre Awards are the UK’s oldest dramatic accolades, an annual recognition by London’s newspaper of the excellence of London’s theatre. Across seven decades, the awards honoured the great and the good both on and off stage in acting, writing, musical performance,…

A virtual exchange imagined between two theatrical greats is full of literary references, mannered jokes and inconsequential chatter

Stoppard, Pinter and Orton are among playwrights to have cut their teeth on a service that’s being cut back because of budget restraints

EVER since it was founded by the late, great David MacLennan back in 2004, the lunchtime theatre A Play, A Pie And A Pint (PPP) has been…