Richard Eyre

Mary Poppins review: A practically perfect masterclass in storytelling for the stage

Theatre: This thrilling Cameron Mackintosh-Disney show capitalises on PL Travers’s original story, which has so much more to offer than the films

Sat Dec 14 2024 - 11:55

Mary Poppins comes to Dublin: Behind the scenes of the all-singing, all-dancing Christmas show

There’s a burble of excitement at this intimate preview of scenes and songs from the Sherman brothers musical

Sun Nov 17 2024 - 05:45

View from the UK: What does it mean to be a national theatre?

It’s not just in Ireland that questions of how a national theatre should reflect a country’s identity are being asked

Tue Jan 15 2019 - 10:34

Rufus Norris: ‘I think we’re heading into a s**t storm’

The National Theatre’s outward-looking director has had to contend with an increasingly inward-looking Britain

Sat Jan 05 2019 - 05:00

The Children Act: Just let the film die, Emma Thompson

Review: Thommo just about rescues this silly adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel

Fri Aug 24 2018 - 05:00

Apostasy: A ruthless, brilliant evisceration of the cult mentality

Review: Tale of Jehovah’s Witnesses portrays a world of suffocation and sly indoctrination

Fri Jul 27 2018 - 05:00

Forty-two films to catch in the cinema this summer

Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again

Sat May 26 2018 - 05:00

Peter Hall: Director who shaped an era of British theatre

Obituary: RSC founder introduced audiences to Beckett with first ‘Waiting for Godot’

Fri Sept 15 2017 - 16:45

Pride and the pits: when gay rights met the striking miners

New movie Pride celebrates the unlikely meeting of Britain’s striking miners and gay rights campaigners in the 1980s. Poverty, homophobia, Aids and the defeat of the miners provide an unlikely backdrop. Donald Clarke takes pride in a cultural rebellion

Thu Sept 11 2014 - 17:00