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    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      Review
      Five stars for Andrew Scott in a stunning solo Vanya — review

      Also on the London stage: ‘The White Factory’ at the Marylebone Theatre; ‘Mlima’s Tale’ at the Kiln

      A casually dressed man sits next to a desk on which is placed a lamp and a bottle of vodka
    • Saturday, 23 September, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: the icons-only issue

      Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Lucas, David Shrigley, Bernadette Peters, Albert Hammond Jr, Sudan Archives and many more

      Albert Hammond Jr at home in LA with his La Marzocco GS3 coffee machine
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Review
      Boys from the Blackstuff review — blistering Liverpool stage adaptation of the landmark TV series

      James Graham brings Alan Bleasdale’s chronicle of the human impact of Thatcherism and unemployment to the Royal Court

      A man puts his arm across his chest and howls in anguish
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Interview
      Michael Frayn: ‘We’re all trying to make sense of what we’re seeing’

      The writer at 90 on his lifelong mission to define the human situation and what the real roots of theatre are

      An old man smiling, arms crossed, looking away from the camera
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      FT SeriesIcons only – the HTSI autumn arts special 2023
      An audience with Vanessa Redgrave

      The actress, now 86, is still as fierce and fabulous as ever. Over the course of several interviews, she takes everyone to task

    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Review
      Pygmalion at the Old Vic — Shaw’s drama is still relevant but the staging is problematic

      Also opening in London: Anthropology at Hampstead Theatre; The Big Little Things at Soho Place

      A man stands at a display board pointing at symbols with a stick while a woman stands by attentively
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Review
      The Architect — a powerful immersive drama marks the murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence

      Also opening in London: footballing youngsters in Red Pitch; Emma Hamilton brought to life in Infamous

      A woman in the uniform of a bus conductor stand aboard a bus speaking into a microphone
    • Saturday, 9 September, 2023
      ReviewArchitecture
      PAC NYC is a beacon of simplicity at Ground Zero

      Open at last, the Perelman Performing Arts Centre at the World Trade Center site is flexible and understated

      A cuboid building covered in silvery marble surrounded by glass skyscrapers
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Interview
      Poet Lemn Sissay: ‘This is about how a family can turn against one of their own’

      The author’s adaptation of Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’ tackles darkness while his book of dawn poems looks to the light

      A man in a suit sitting on a chair
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Review
      The RSC’s Macbeth is flawed but grippingly atmospheric

      Plus: As You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe wraps the audience in a warm embrace

      A woman on stage crawls forward; a shallow metal bowl is in front of her on the floor
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      InterviewMusic
      Actor Billy Porter: ‘I wanted to be the male Whitney Houston!’

      The singer, writer and star of ‘Pose’ is about to release a new album celebrating 1990s gay culture

      Billy Porter stands wearing a black silk robe or coat, his hair in cornrows and his chest bared
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      Review
      A Mirror at the Almeida Theatre, London — ingenious drama explores art in a police state

      Sam Holcroft’s piece is playful, fast moving and at times farcical

      A man wearing a suit and black gloves stands over a woman who sits cowering
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      Review
      The Underworld at the National Theatre, London — a potent retelling of ancient stories

      Five-part ‘Odyssey’ culminates in instalment featuring amateurs and professional performers

      A woman wearing clothing of the ancient world stands amid two lines of people wielding oars as if rowing a ship
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      Review
      Seán O’Casey’s Dublin Trilogy at the Abbey Theatre — bracingly caustic

      Druid Theatre’s staging unearths unexpected dimensions in the three plays

      A man and a woman stand close together and embrace affectionately
    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Review
      Life Is a Dream, Edinburgh — rare revival of Spanish classic is exhilaratingly weird

      Cheek by Jowl’s adaptation at the Edinburgh International Festival ricochets from solemn to chaotic and back

      A man with straggly hair and dressed in a suit clings with both hands to a ledge
    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Interview
      Andrew Scott and Simon Stephens on making Chekhov radical again in ‘Vanya’

      The actor and playwright discuss their one-man version, which restores the Russian’s funny, sexy and deeply humane spirit

      A photo of actor Andrew Scott dressed casually in a white T-shirt during rehearsals
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      Review
      Next to Normal, Donmar Warehouse — the Tony award-winning show pairs despair with razzmatazz

      The acclaimed musical about a woman with bipolar disorder arrives in London

      A suspicious-looking woman in casual clothes is surrounded by people in white labcoats offering bottles of pills
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      Interview
      Comedian Jenan Younis: ‘There are certain roles you are expected to play’

      The British-Assyrian stand-up is challenging stereotypes as she tackles the Iraq war in her set

      Woman on stage holding a microphone
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Review
      The Garden of Words — oddballs collide in evocative anime drama

      A teenage boy befriends a mysterious older woman in this eloquent reimagining of Makoto Shinkai’s film and manga novel

      Two actors performing on stage surrounded by a colourful set
    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      How To Give It
      Five new ways to support Ukraine

      The latest projects and initiatives, from mobile bakeries to modular homes

      A loaf of Ukrainian Palyanytsya bread
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Review
      The Effect review — Lucy Prebble’s drug trial drama benefits from new treatment

      New version of 2012 play comes to National Theatre with all-black cast. Plus: RSC’s Falkland Sound revisits the 1982 conflict

      Two people wearing identical hoodies stand with their backs to each other
    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      ReviewMusic
      Edinburgh International Festival review — Trojan Women is visually and musically spectacular

      Plus: aid workers tell their gripping stories in the verbatim production As Far As Impossible

      A south-east Asian woman in white robes sits spotlit with her arms outstretched in a serene pose while other figures stand behind heer
    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      Review
      Five stars for a glorious La Cage aux Folles at the Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park — review

      London revival of the 1983 musical about a nightclub owner and his drag queen partner is newly resonant

      A man in drag — full-length dress, blonde wig — stands alone on stage surrounded by lights, looking imperious
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      Review
      You won’t find theatre like this anywhere else — highlights from the Edinburgh Fringe

      The appeal is obvious in ‘Nan, Me and Barbara Pravi’ while ‘Concerned Others’ offers a different view of addiction

    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      Architecture
      All the world’s a stage — or at least unused London office space can be

      ‘Cultural insertion’ can breathe new life into empty commercial property — and tackle squeezed West End theatre capacity

      The word ‘Lightroom’ in capitals on the exterior of a modern building
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