Judi Dench and Siân Phillips become first female members of Garrick Club
Exclusive: Veteran actors fast-tracked into venerable London club in wake of men-only rule being jettisoned after 193 years
May 2024
The best theatre to stream this month
The best theatre to stream this month: The Little Big Things, David Tennant in Good and more
Musicals, Shakespeare and multiple versions of Nick Payne’s multiverse drama Constellations are among May’s digital theatre highlights
March 2023
The Age of Innocence review – Scorsese’s brilliant tragedy of New York society manners
Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer are powerfully matched as guilty lovers in an Edith Wharton adaptation that bears comparison with Hollywood’s golden age classics
November 2021
The week in theatre: The Ocean at the End of the Lane; Little Scratch; Footfalls/Rockaby
Footfalls and Rockaby review – Beckett double bill casts a chilling spell
September 2021
Dune review – David Lynch’s intergalactic epic shoots for the moon
There are moments of dreamlike brilliance in this extravagant fable of imperialism – provided you can stay awake to see them
June 2021
Under Milk Wood review – Michael Sheen steps into Dylan Thomas’s bygone world
Dream Horse review – true story of a Welsh village that bought a racehorse is a winner
September 2018
Nureyev review – a meticulous, heartbreaking tour de force
Documentary with wonderful footage of the Russian ballet dancer and defector deftly captures the times he lived through
June 2016
Shortcuts
The phone prison – how to stop people filming at gigs
Artists including Alicia Keys and Guns N’ Roses are asking punters to seal their phones in lockable bags in their pockets, which can only be opened after the show. Does this mean grainy concert footage on YouTube is doomed?
March 2016
This much I know
‘In the theatre I’ve never felt insulted by a man’: Siân Phillips
The actor, 82, on being learning English, the delights of smoking, and the ‘perfect storm’ of being married to Peter O’Toole
January 2016
Houdini's big secret: the sidekick who was more skilled than his master
When Houdini got lowered into water, who padlocked his trunks? A British carpenter and locksmith called Jim Collins. Now a magician has written a play about the forgotten hero of escapology
March 2015
Playing for Time review – a vivid sense of the chaos of concentration camp life
Siân Phillips is outstanding as a member of the Auschwitz Women’s Orchestra, helping to redeem one of Arthur Miller’s most contentious plays
March 2012
My greatest mistake
Rainer Hersch: my great mistake
A mistake at the airport baggage check-in cost the stand-up comedian 5,000 marks - when that meant serious money
January 2012
The Art of Concealment – review
Portrait of the artist
Portrait of the artist: Siân Phillips, actor
December 2011
Last chance to see: Burlesque at the Jermyn Street theatre
Burlesque is a new musical written by British writers Adam Meggido and Roy Smiles. Extra members can get top price tickets for £17.50 to selected performances this week
July 2011
Danger: Memory! - review
A double bill of Arthur Miller plays proves that even great playwrights come up with duds sometimes, writes Lyn Gardner
May 2011
Little Eyolf – review
Someone shouldn't have let Imogen Stubbs off the chain in this workmanlike Ibsen revival, says Lyn Gardner
March 2011
The Kissing Dance – review
This genuinely intelligent musical is a reminder that Howard Goodall remains one of our most undervalued theatrical composers, writes Lyn Gardner
