Alexander Larman on Theatre ● TO KICK OFF ...

ITV is celebrating 70 years of broadcasting this autumn and one lady has very clear memories of the opening night because she appeared in the gala variety show that very evening and, the following day

This reboot of the popular Play For Today series of TV plays from the 1970s begins with a story starring Anita Dobson, Nigel Havers, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Nina Wadia. Free spirit Cynthia (Dobson) is r

“Between you and me …”

TV WEEK: 8-14 NOVEMBER

The smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the crowd, the flare of the floodlights – what enchantments they conjure! If you’d visited a regional playhouse over two centuries ago, though, a very differe