Theatre
Happy birthday to Hugh
Hugh Grant’s acting career has experienced a well-earned renaissance in recent years
Drop the agitprop
David Hare is an extraordinarily accomplished writer when he doesn’t revert to contemporary politics
The death of Theatre Criticism
The great critics always began before they were forty. Who are their equivalents today?
Orson Welles and Lockdown’s Radio Renaissance
I’m listening to art made by dead people rather than DIY lockdown productions
Can the arts world learn to love the Tories?
As the Government injects 1.57bn into arts and culture, Alexander Larman considers the reactions from those in the industry
Age cannot wither them: has the casting of Ian McKellen as Hamlet gone too far?
Does age-blind casting work when adapting Shakespeare?
Romeo’s 2020 Lockdown Awards
How have the great and the good delivered in recent months?
A long-term bet we must take
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the show will go on again; it always does
Should we listen to writers about their own work?
As Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads is set to air this evening, Alexander Larman ponders the relationship between a living writer and their works
Lights, camera, chaos
Our board-treading gossip columnist grapples with actors on Zoom