Theatre

Ola Ince, who has refreshed Agatha Christie’s record-breaking mystery, says ‘we all fancy ourselves as detectives’ Audiences left hungry for more suspense after the nail-biting Celebrity Traitors finale should visit the ultimate murder mystery, The Mousetrap, its new director has suggested. Ola Ince has taken charge of Agatha Christie’s indomitable whodunnit, the world’s longest-running play, … Read more

Film and TV stars are selling tickets, but director says reliance on famous names is ‘killing audiences’ intellects’ From Ncuti Gatwa in Born With Teeth to Alicia Vikander in The Lady From the Sea and Susan Sarandon in Mary Page Marlowe, there’s no shortage of starry celebrities being cast for the West End right now. … Read more

Since Alina Sarnatska’s first play premiered a year ago, she has documented wartime Ukraine with unflinching frankness Eighteen months ago, Alina Sarnatska was serving as a combat medic on Ukraine’s frontline – including in the hellish battle for Bakhmut – and had barely been to the theatre. Six months later, she was preparing to watch … Read more