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Financial Times

From the gym to the theatre
Gísli Örn Gardarsson, an international gymnast turned actor, director and writer, tells Elisabeth Field he likes to have ‘50 things going on at the same time’

‘Doctor Atomic’ at the Met
Filmmaker Penny Woolcock brings dramatic tension to an opera centred on the moral dilemma faced by scientists who developed the nuclear bomb, writes George Loomis

High comedy of love gone awry
On the page, it might be possible to digest all the dense wordplay, but Ian Shuttleworth is yet to be convinced that this play is a decent prospect in performance

The Seagull, Walter Kerr Theatre, New York
Through sheer despairing intensity, Mackenzie Crook walks away with his every scene, writes Brendan Lemon

The Times UK

Friendship and opera
Two grand old men of letters, Derek Walcott and Seamus Heaney, on friendship and a joint opera - The Burial at Thebes

The Guardian

Peter Copley
Obituary: Versatile actor whose face was recognisable to millions across a 76 year career

In the Red and Brown Water, Young Vic, London
Mythic simplicity overwhelmed by production says Michael Billington

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Project, Dublin
The Corn Exchange's take on Tennesse Williams is more damp than steamy, says Helen Meany

Theatre preview: Knives In Hens, Bath

Theatre preview: Spectacular, Coventry

Theatre review: Development Lab, Bradford

Theatre preview: Overspill, London

Theatre preview: Romeo And Juliet, Brighton

Theatre preview: Drowned Out, Mold

Theatre preview: Faces In The Crowd, London

Theatre preview: Something Wicked This Way Comes, Scotland

The Stage UK Blogs

Is theatre heading for an economic crash?
With newspapers reporting daily of the worsening global financial situation it’s only natural that we in the theatre world should start wondering about how it is going to affect us? Will people start reigning back their spending on theatre...

Whatsonstage.com

Complex Issues: Getting to Grips withOedipus
Incendiary drama has just stepped up a gear now that the National Theatre’s hotly anticipated revival of Sophocles’ Oedipus has arrived on t...

Whatsonstage.com - Off-West End & Fringe

Opening: The Brothers Size, Overspill & More
Amongst the Off-West End and Fringe shows opening in London next week are: OPENING MONDAY, 13 October 2008, The Brothers Size at the Young Vic Theatre. A passionate...