"It is all too easy to be cynical when movie stars turn to theatre," said Houman Barekat in The New York Times, especially as ...

"The gravitational pull of Cate’s star power is magnified in the role of Irina, a famous actress dismissive of an ...

Thanks to Blanchett’s charismatic turn as a fading actress, this new Chekhov adaptation in London hangs together in spite of ...

Director Thomas Ostermeier brings a combination of devil-may-care boldness and truth to Duncan Macmillan's witty new adaptation, also featuring Tom Burke, Emma Corrin and Kodi Smit-McPhee.

That’s the underlying theme to all the action, set by designer Magda Willi on a bare stage, dominated by a huge patch of ...

Cate Blanchett returns to the London stage in the critically acclaimed piece, described by WhatsOnStage’s Sarah Crompton as “superb” and “a magnificent adaptation”, and we were on hand to chat to the ...

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In this modern dress production of "The Seagull," adapted by Duncan Macmillan and Thomas Ostermeier ("Who Killed My Father," "Returning to Reims"), Blanchett plays Irina Arkadina, a famous older ...

There’s no such danger with Thomas Ostermeier, who once declared that he wanted to bring “some rock ‘n’ roll” to Ibsen (his Enemy of the People had the protagonist play Bowie covers in a band and open ...

As Simon mentions in his opening patter, the show is directed by the great German Thomas Ostermeier, artistic director of Berlin’s hugely influential Schaubühne theatre. It’s quite the coup ...

We review the star studded production of The Seagull at The Barbican with Cate Blanchett, Emma Corrin, Tom Burke and Kodi Smit-McPhee ...