LATEST THEATRE REVIEWS   Mathematics of the Heart Maths has proved a fruitful topic for theatre, with patterns and complexity rich in metaphors of beauty, truth and human nature – mos... Full Story... Absent Friends The former Comedy Theatre is an appropriate venue for Alan Ayckbourn’s Absent Friends, a 1974 play – the very first of his blea... Full Story... The Devil & Mister Punch Amid the current flood of anniversaries, Improbable are throwing one more into the mix - the 350th birthday of Punch, the club-wielding pup... Full Story... Master Class Something – quite a lot, actually – about Terrence McNally’s 1995 play about Maria Callas giving a New York master class ... Full Story... Sex with a Stranger Not exactly what it says on the tin, Stefan Golaszewski’s skilfully constructed, painful-to-watch but very funny three-hander in the ... Full Story... The Sea Plays Edmund, Eugene O’Neill’s cipher in A Long Day’s Journey Into Night, tells his bitter, layabout brother, "You've just told... Full Story... Bloody Poetry Umoja The Changeling Outward Bound More» Angle at the Bush The Pitchfork Disney Midnight Tango She Stoops to Conquer More» REVIEW ROUND-UPS - WHAT THE PAPERS SAY Review Round-up: Thumbs up for Golaszewski's Stranger Stefan Golaszewski's new play Sex with a Stranger opened this week (6 February, previews from 1 February 2012) at Trafalgar Studios 2 where... Full Story... Review Round-up: Tyne Daly transfers McNally's Master Class The West End transfer of Terrence McNally’s 1995 Broadway play Master Class opened last night (7 February 2012, previews from 21 Janu... Full Story... Review Round-up: Strictly dancers Tango into Aldwych Review Round-up: National latest Conquers critics Review Round-up: Critics judge Mitchell's Trial of Ubu Review Round-up: Haig praised for Madness of George III Review Round-up: Sher's Travelling Light at NT Review Round-up: Lovesong at the Lyric Review Round-up: Sartre's Huis Clos Revived at Trafalgar Review Round-up: Edna is Ultimate Panto Dame Review Round-up: Noises Off Are All Positive for Old Vic Review Round-up: Hepple, Rawle & Ruffelle in Menier Pippin More»

PHOTO STORIES   1st Night Photos: Ayckbourn greets West End Friends Alan Ayckbourn's 1974 play Absent Friends opened last night (9 February 2012, previews from 26 January) at the West End's Harold Pinter The... Full Story... Show Pics: Siobhan Dillon & Mark Evans are Ghost's Molly & Sam Show Pics: Kissoon & Robinson star in all-black Godot 1st Night Photos: Callas Master Class arrives in West End 1st Night Photos: Tovey & Winstone open Sex with a Stranger 1st Night Photos: Strictly stars party until Midnight More»

INTERVIEWS 20 Questions With ... Catherine McCormack Year of the Producer: Tom Kirdahy's Eureka Moment for Master Class 20 Questions With ... David Haig Year of the Producer: Adam Spiegel's Eureka Moment for Midnight Tango Philip Ridley On ... Revisiting The Pitchfork Disney More»

MICHAEL COVENEY'S BLOG Hitting the headlines Hall marks a tight spot Dickens of an anniversary Ridley joins revival ranks Our Country's sad loss More»

PODCASTS WOS Radio: Theatregoers Level Up at Pippin Q&A WOS Radio: Edward Seckerson Talks to Jamie Bernstein WOS Radio: Theatregoers Get Up Close to Ladykillers WOS Radio: Clarke & Co Wage War at Trafalgar WOS Radio: The Second Critics at the Cri Debate WOS Radio: Edward Seckerson Talks to Mark Elder Photos: America Ferrera Fulfils Dream as West End Roxie WOS Radio: Edward Seckerson Talks to ENO's Castor & Pollux Team WOS Radio: Theatregoers Come Together at Backbeat Q&A WOS Radio: Syal & Co Embrace All at Sister Post-Show Q&A More»

FEATURE STORIES Jo Caird: Survey puts Fringe audiences in the spotlight Jo Caird: The trouble with statistics With Much Ado has Digital Theatre come of age? Guest Blog: That rare marsupial - an Australian play in London Jo Caird: The changing face of arts journalism Jo Caird: My top 100 theatre people to follow on Twitter More»

LATEST GOSSIP Goold & Nutini team for Nowhere Boy musical? Record-breaking flop Oscar Wilde to be reborn Above the Stag? Could the Globe be prepping Rylance's return for a West End outing? Will more of original Les Mis cast join Ruffelle & Wilkinson on big screen? Richard Bean returns to the National this Christmas? More»

VIDEO CLIPS WOS TV: Shlomo's Vocal Orchestra sign on as Udderbelly headliners WOS TV: Stars of Children of Eden Discuss Gala WOS TV: Your 2012 Nominees Discuss Awards Accolades WOS TV: Michael Ball On ... Going from Edna to Sweeney WOS TV: Sierra Boggess On ... Phantom at the Albert Hall WOS TV: Up Close With ... Betty Blue Eyes' Reece Shearsmith WOS TV: Up Close With ... Legally Blonde's Lee Mead WOS TV: Can We Bear Edinburgh Without Barbershopera? WOS TV: Up Close With ... Ghost the Musical's Richard Fleeshman WOS TV: Up Close With ... Lend Me a Tenor's Matthew Kelly More»

REGIONAL COVERAGE Red Riding Hood heads for unity, Liverpool on Tour, 25 Feb northwest news All New People (Tour - Manchester) northwest reviews Henry V - Propellor (Tour - Salford) northwest reviews Show Pics: Kissoon & Robinson star in all-black Godot northeast photos Hull Truck tour Dennis Kelly's DNA to RET, 20 March northwest news The King and I (Tour - Northampton) central reviews Swan Lake (Moscow Ballet La Classique tour – Brighton, Theatre Royal southeast reviews Satin 'n' Steel (Hornchurch, Queen's Theatre) off-west end reviews The Winter's Tale - Propellor (Tour - Salford) northwest reviews QC2012 Shortcuts (Manchester) northwest reviews