Olivier award-nominee Paul Rhys has hit out at the 'very frightening' cost of West End theatre tickets - which have risen to more than £300 in some cases. The 62-year-old urged people to 'sit up and scream' about the costs which, he says, are making the theatre unaffordable and pricing out families»»»

William Shakespeare needs no introduction. It is impossible to imagine English literature without this literary giant. Without even realising we use so many sentences and phrases that owe their origin to Shakespeare. Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets, and each of them are an invaluable nugget of pure w»»»

By the time she founded her influential and still thriving Talawa theatre company in 1986, Yvonne Brewster, who has died aged 87, had made waves in her native Jamaica as an actor and director, worked on British TV versions of plays by Jimmy Cliff and her compatriot Trevor Rhone, run a small touring»»»

HBO’s Harry Potter series has sparked backlash with its first casting announcement. Many fans were unhappy over the choice of British actor Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape. The late Alan Rickman had earlier portrayed the character in the film series. The show is set to begin filming in 2025. HBO has»»»