United States

Time for puppet theatre to grow up | Jo Caird

London's new festival of puppetry for adults is long overdue – so why do so few theatremakers realise what it can do for their craft?This week sees the arrival of Suspense, the first festival of puppetry to take place in London in more than 25 years. Twentyfour companies from the UK and abroad ...

Americans CAN do Shakespeare!

Last week I reported Nicolas Cage's comment that the American accent is not suited to Shakespeare - this week I found the perfect counter-argument.

I was pleased to find a story in The Telegraph over the weekend that blows Cage's theory out of the water. Trevor Nunn, possibly one of the ...

Tim Minchin goes rock'n'Roald

With his cheeky humour and songwriting gift, Tim Minchin is the perfect comedian to turn Roald Dahl's Matilda into a stage musicalTim Minchin sings a song to his wife in his current show. "If I didn't have you to hold me tight," it goes, "And if I didn't have you to lie with at night/ If I didn't...

Matt Wolf: Latitude lines up the Bush and the Bard

From promising playwrights to a floating bouquet of Shakespeare, there's something for everyone in this year's programmeIncreasingly, it seems culture is not just about what it is but also where it takes place. Consider the appeal of Shunt's site-specific productions or the fact that the multi-Ol...

Britten Sinfonia set to play Latitude

For arts organisations in search of an aura of cool, there's only one place to perform this summer: the Latitude festival in Suffolk. This July - alongside headliners Grace Jones, the Pet Shop Boys and Nick Cave - the Britten Sinfonia will become the first orchestra ever to play the event, at Hen...