Directors take centre stage

Sondheim’s final musical, inspired by Surrealism, has a ‘mesmerising oddity’ unlike any other, but is nonetheless compelling, and a Chekhov-inspired play is as riveting as an Ibsen-based one is lacking in depth

FROM ancient Roman amphitheatres to cliffside stages battered by sea breezes, Britain’s open-air theatres have a long history. The magic of performance is clearly accentuated by the great outdoors. Th

Opera: The Queen of Spades/L’elisir d’amore Garsington ...

Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Bridge Theatre, ...

Two revivals show how the playwright was so effective at portraying the British reticence he condemned and a staging of Fiddler on the Roof is as effervescent as ever

Musical: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry ...