“We still haven’t cracked it!” How much does a game change during previews?

Rachael Stirling makes her way from the back of the stage, joins her colleagues in the stalls and then promptly bursts into tears. “I’m tired,” she explains. Stirling plays Sarah Siddons, the great 18th century actor, in The Divine Mrs S at the Hampstead Theater in London, and we’re in the middle of the preview … Read more

17 plays and musicals you must see to book tickets for in 2024

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick in Plaza Suite – Joan Marcus January 9: The Unfriend Steven Moffat’s enjoyably silly comedy about a suspicious American widow who invites herself to stay with the British couple she met on a cruise returns to the West End, with Frances Barber as the mad intruder, while Lee Mack … Read more