The Latest Breaking News from the Royal Court

Byrne will succeed Vicky Featherstone, who leaves the Sloane Square venue after more than a decade, in 2024

Byrne, who is also an award-winning playwright, said he would ‘shape a rejuvenating culture’ at one of London’s most prestigious theatres

The theatre’s new artistic director proved himself a canny commercialist attuned to promising writing at the New Diorama. How will his maverick sensibility adapt to a major venue?

Three generations of women in a Merseyside house banter, bicker and disappear into their smartphones in this nuanced play from Michael Wynne

Well acted and fluently directed but ultimately it’s all a bit baffling

One of Britain’s leading theatrical general managers responsible for the transfer of big Broadway musicals to the West End

Getting lit! Who are London’s leading emerging writers? Joanna Taylor finds them working everywhere from the London Library — described by stationer Montblanc as the home of the written word, FYI — to The Peckham Pelican

Mudar Badran, a retired former Jordanian intelligence director, head of the royal court, and prime minister, will be buried on Sunday. He withdrew from political work in the early 1990s and remained committed to a tradition of silence, staying out of the limelight and positions. He was born in Jerash,…

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz met with the President of Chad’s Transitional Military Council Mahamat Idriss Deby in Jeddah on Monday. During the meeting, the two sides discussed bilateral relations and cooperation in all fields, as well as issues of mutual interest. The meeting was attended by…

The adviser at the Royal Court, Turki Al Al-Sheikh, chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA), presented awards to the 20 winners of the “Otr Al Kalam” program in its final episode, on Friday. Saudi contestant Mohammed Al-Sharif, was awarded SAR 2 million ($533,300) for…

An intimate venue brings Baldwin and Buckley’s clash back to life; Danny Lee Wynter falls foul of a caped crusader (and too much exposition); and an island is threatened by outsiders