'His songs are like a fabulous steak': an all-star toast to Stephen Sondheim
The supreme lyricist and composer has died aged 91. In a piece first published to mark his 9oth birthday, Jake Gyllenhaal, Patti LuPone, Chita Rivera, Nathan Lane and many more celebrate the man and his musicals
August 2021
Autumn arts preview 2021
Hamlet, Cabaret and a fistful of Romeos: the best theatre, comedy and dance of autumn 2021
Cush Jumbo tackles the troubled prince, Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne head for 30s Berlin, while standup favourites and dance spectaculars burst back on the stage
July 2020
Theatres that made us
Theatres that made us: from London's Royal Court to Birmingham Rep
Arts venues have been hit hard by the pandemic and are still unable to stage live performances. In a new series, we celebrate their essential role
December 2018
Best culture 2018
Top 10 theatre shows of 2018
A gender-switch Company got Sondheim’s blessing, Sam Mendes probed the doomed Lehman dynasty and Austen had a sparkling rewrite. But the year belonged to Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins facing the anguish of dementia
October 2018
Company review – sex-switch Sondheim proves a heavenly fling
Rosalie Craig and Patti LuPone star in Marianne Elliott’s intelligent reimagining of the great musical about marriage and the single life
November 2015
As You Like It review – out with merriment, in with humour
Love is all around in Polly Findlay’s magical As You Like It
As You Like It review – love gets lost in a forest of chairs at the National
Rosalie Craig gives us an eminently sane Rosalind in director Polly Findlay’s richly textured version, where Lizzie Clachan’s set is the star
As You Like It: 'This was Shakespeare trying to write The Fast Show'
Is As You Like It the first ever sketch show? Rosalie Craig and Polly Findlay reveal how they gave it ‘the wow factor’ for the National Theatre
November 2014
Rosalie Craig: gravity-defying star with the world’s stage at her feet
After many acclaimed performances, the gifted actor is set to reach even greater heights in the musical City of Angels, says Lyn Gardner
October 2013
The Light Princess – review
Tori Amos's show lacks a genuine fairytale sense of wonder – or real emotional punch, says Lyn Gardner
