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The Independent

Could they really do 'Ben-Hur' on stage
A theatrical version of the classic film costing £5m will take live entertainment to a new level, says London's O2 Arena

'Priceless' Shakespeare gift boosts Globe

The Barometer: Thespian heroes, Alice Glass and Katherine Jenkins

The Times UK

Priceless Shakespeare collection to return to Britain
The Globe Theatre is to receive more than 450 works from a US collector, including a first folio of 18 Shakespeare plays

Not About Heroes
However good the script, for a two-hour two-hander you need actors of conviction, here they are not especially persuasive

King Lear, Everyman, Liverpool
Pete Postlethwaite, whom I’d always thought bulky, is a thin, withered, painfully fragile Lear - a strong performance

Ben Hur stage spectacle . . . on stage
Fifteen years in the making, Ben Hur Live will receive its world premiere in September 2009 at the O2

What next, a Battleship Potemkin at Wembley?
Ever since Kathleen Turner flashed her all in The Graduate, transposing movies to the stage has become a trend

Yesterday, Corn Exchange, Newbury
This is both a distillation and an edgy, extremely clever refashioning of much of the work Jasmin Vardimon has made to date

Financial Times

Lucky Seven, Hampstead Theatre, London
Sarah Hemming sees a play that raises significant questions which it fails to explore.

Daily Telegraph

King Lear at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
Charles Spencer reviews King Lear at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

La Cage aux Folles, at the Playhouse Theatre
Charles Spencer reviews La Cage aux Folles, at the Playhouse Theatre

Whatsonstage.com

Donmar Leads Standard Shortlists, Jersey Dropped
The Donmar Warehouse’s increasing domination of Theatreland is underlined with the announcement today of the shortlists in this y...

Michael Jackson's Thriller Transfers to Lyric, 2 Jan

Richardson & Horrocks Celebrate Shawn at Court

Whatsonstage.com - Off-West End & Fringe

The Big Interview: Zena Edwards
Performance poet Zena Edwards (pictured) is billed as the “cutting edge of contemporary urban writing and lyricism, with a sensuous, rhythmic style born...