Julie review – Rebecca Frecknall’s sensational take on Strindberg
The British director of Cabaret and A Streetcar Named Desire makes a gripping debut with the acclaimed Dutch company
February 2024
Cara Delevingne to star as Sally Bowles in hit West End show Cabaret
The model and actor will make her stage debut alongside Luke Treadaway who takes over the role of the Emcee
November 2023
The House of Bernarda Alba review – Harriet Walter rules as Lorca gets a refurb
Adapted by Alice Birch and directed by Rebecca Frecknall, this is a stylised study in control and daughterly disobedience
August 2023
‘Raring to take on this challenge’: musicians Jake Shears and Self Esteem to star in Cabaret
The Scissor Sisters singer will play the Emcee while Self Esteem will make her theatrical debut as Sally Bowles in Rebecca Frecknall’s Olivier-winning musical
June 2023
Romeo and Juliet review – Rebecca Frecknall’s dance to the death
‘I want it to feel quite feral’: Rebecca Frecknall on staging Romeo and Juliet
April 2023
Olivier awards toast the screen stars storming it on stage
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Normal People’s Paul Mescal and Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer took acting prizes at the ceremony while the Almeida’s success shows Rupert Goold has a winning formula
My Neighbour Totoro triumphs at Olivier awards
Adaptation of Studio Ghibli film wins six awards, while Jodie Comer wins for Prima Facie and A Streetcar Named Desire brings Paul Mescal best actor prize
Olivier awards 2023: full list of winners
My Neighbour Totoro, A Streetcar Named Desire and Prima Facie were among the winners at the Royal Albert Hall ceremony
February 2023
Olivier awards 2023: complete list of nominations
My Neighbour Totoro leads the way with nine nominations at this year’s awards – see who else is in the running
January 2023
A Streetcar Named Desire review – Paul Mescal brings a fierce and dangerous energy
One of the year’s most hyped shows delivers with powerful performances from the Normal People star, Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan
June 2022
‘I feel like I’ve got the best job in the world!’ – Amy Lennox, the knockout star of Cabaret
As a kid growing up in Aberdeen, she rebelled against singing. Now she’s proving sensational in the classic Weimar musical – but finds its present-day parallels chilling
April 2022
Olivier awards 2022: the full list of winners
Cabaret wins seven awards as Oliviers return to Royal Albert Hall
March 2022
Olivier awards: Cabaret and Anything Goes lead nominations
Along with Life of Pi, the musical revivals are this year’s biggest contenders, with all four of their respective leads vying to win best actor or actress on 10 April
November 2021
‘We were a little naive’: staging Cabaret, in the 60s and now
As a new staging of Cabaret starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley opens in London, director Rebecca Frecknall and 94-year-old original composer John Kander swap stories
May 2021
Eddie Redmayne to return to London theatre in Cabaret with Jessie Buckley
The actor’s first West End role in 10 years will be directed by Rebecca Frecknall in a bespoke recreated Kit Kat Club
December 2020
Lockdown culture
Nine Lessons and Carols review – fractured sketches from lockdown
Devised with the company, this is a bold but rough-hewn and perplexing production lifted by soothing music
December 2019
The Duchess of Malfi review – subterfuge and spying in the #MeToo age
Lydia Wilson is riveting as the strong-willed duchess in Rebecca Frecknall’s arresting update
April 2019
Three Sisters review – Frecknall and Ferran reunite for clannish Chekhov
Patsy Ferran’s Olga is one of the many admirable performances in a production by Rebecca Frecknall that fails to deliver a full Chekhovian experience
