Can whodunnits cut it on stage any more? I’d love to argue they can, but The Daughter of Time is a disastrous Exhibit A .

Nica Burns on four decades running the Edinburgh Comedy Awards (including her personal favourite winning shows), why she’s turning them into a charitable foundation, and the perils and pleasures of owning seven West End theatres .

Is Sing Street a first post-Bond hit for Barbara Broccoli?.

“I narrowly escaped the Lockerbie bombing. My guilt was off the charts” Annie Lareau takes her story to the Edinburgh Fringe ⁦⁩.

Girl from the North Country returns to the Old Vic review — the same woe, wit and Bob Dylan, loads to admire but somehow this time I remained unmoved .

Tim Minchin review — comedy or pop? Either way I loved it.

only 2 years late on this but Beserker by Adrian Edmondson is a simply wonderful memoir: acute and amusing on family, acting, music, the scars of school and the craft of comedy.

“I can’t afford Edinburgh Fringe accommodation — so I’m sleeping in a tent.” Fringe comics on the steps they are taking to afford to be funny this August .

Grace Pervades review — Ralph Fiennes is magnetic, David Hare’s play about Henry Irving and Ellen Terry and her theatrical children isn’t tidy, but nor is it dull .

Jesus Christ Superstar review — sing Hosanna for an intimate biblical epic (only my second favourite Lloyd Webber/Rice revival of the week… but a good one all the same!) .

Bertie Carvel on playing Leontes in the RSC’s new The Winter’s Tale, and a little TV job he’s got lined up— ‘I’m coming to my Harry Potter role with an open mind’.

Evita is a five-star sensation — my Sunday Times review.

The Constant Wife review — Rose Leslie stars, Kate Burton excels, I have a lot less fun than I thought I would at Laura Wade’s RSC rejig of Somerset Maugham’s 1920s feminist comedy .

Some great acting (and lighting!) in Rebecca Frecknall’s revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Almeida, Ruth Wilson and Michael Shannon are world class, but holy moly it’s a slog of a play.

This mythical musical is an ungodly mess. How did so many talented people get here?.

This is a lot of fun… the psychology, and indeed extended recreations of the baseline play, of Jimmy Connors. Adam Riches’ Edinburgh hit is an energetic delight (and just under an hour!)

Stereophonic: two of the best hours of the theatre I’ve seen all year (plus another hour to get us there!).

Kieran Hodgson: Voice of America review — is there a more reliably captivating comic around? Every couple of years he comes up with a hugely entertaining mix of the smart and the silly, the satirical and the personal, and here’s another ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ example .

interesting piece about a lovely film.

Evita on the Palladium balcony — and theatre’s eight greatest wow moments.