Agnes Colander review – flawed portrait of a woman confronting her desires
In Trevor Nunn’s handsome but stilted production, an Edwardian painter is caught between her art and the affections of three men
January 2016
Mark Lawson's theatre studies
Harley Granville Barker's 116-year-old Agnes Colander is finally brought to life
How a play changes through its run: 'you really learn a role after press night'
November 2015
Waste review – private scandal and political hypocrisy uncovered
Olivia Williams: 'I've never been cast as a silly little woman before'
September 2015
From Oedipus to The History Boys: Michael Billington's 101 greatest plays
In his new book, the Guardian’s theatre critic has selected what he thinks are the 101 greatest plays ever written, in any language – so do you agree?
March 2012
Farewell to the Theatre; A Provincial Life; Going Dark – review
Farewell to the Theatre – review
October 2010
Theatre blog
Dorfman or Cottesloe? Does it matter what a theatre is called?
Michael Billington: The National Theatre is to rename its smallest space after philanthropist Lloyd Dorfman. Wouldn't it be more fitting to celebrate an artist instead?
September 2009
My hero
My hero: Harley Granville-Barker
Harley Granville-Barker is the father of modern British theatre, says Richard Eyre
September 2008
Theatre preview: Waste, London
Almeida, N1, Thu 25 to Nov 11
September 2006
The Madras House
Orange Tree, Richmond
April 2006
Quick game of cards, anyone?
The Voysey Inheritance
Our very own Ibsen
The truth about fraud
Martin Kettle
September 2004
The Marrying of Ann Leete
Orange Tree, London
September 2002
Good and dirty
We remember DH Lawrence for his novels, his poems, even his paintings. But what about his remarkable plays, asks Richard Eyre.
July 1917
The genius of normal life on the stage
From the archive: On this day in 1917, the Guardian contrasted the approach of two theatre directors, one from Berlin and the other from Moscow.
