Two Manchester new writing institutions had their press performances on the same night: at Contact, Vignettes is up to its fifth incarnation, whereas across town

Many may wish to be a millionaire but not all at any cost. A British major, Charles Ingram (Lewis Reeves), is, in the opinion of

When Thomas Middleton and William Rowley first presented their play, circa 1622, the meanings of the word ‘changeling’ could include a foolish or untrustworthy person,

Last year, Cameron Mackintosh staged a sell-out memorial concert of the work of Stephen Sondheim, who died in 2021. Now he offers this celebration, packed

After its première at Bolton’s Octagon Theatre last year, this musical adaptation of Markus Zusak’s best-selling 2006 novel The Book Thief now has a two-week run at Curve

Molière’s witty and entertaining play Le Malade imaginaire is reworked by poet and children’s author Roger Mc Gough to provide a brilliantly funny entertainment for

Brothers Robert and David Goodale have made a brave attempt to translate the wonderful characters and language of Wodehouse to the stage, which largely succeeds

When Jesus Christ Superstar was first staged in the early 1970s, it managed to offend Christians, by depicting Christ as a human not a deity and omitting

Miriam Battye’s Strategic Love Play (a hit at 2023’s Edinburgh Fringe) is a cutting and clever look at the absurdities of dating apps and the

As evenings get longer and nights get darker, theatres tend to look to ghost stories to give audiences a fright. The onstage equivalent of a

I’d like to know what happened to Twyla Tharp’s Roy’s Joys. Billed with Ronald K Brown’s Dancing Spirit and Ailey’s Revelations in the Modern Masters

So the New Wolsey Theatre’s autumn season opens with a multi-award-winning play by a writer whose credits include the films Closer and Notes on a