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Head over to the Menier for Equus, Peter Shaffer’s undeniably entertaining and powerful story—ins...

11 May, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner Talks to Director Nicholai La Barrie as An Ideal Husband Comes to the Lyric Hammersmith

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Lyn Gardner Talks to Director Nicholai La Barrie as An Ideal Husband Comes to the Lyric Hammersmith

When I ask director Nicholai La Barrie, associate director of the Lyric Hammersmith, if rehearsal...

6 May, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

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We can be certain that whenever there is a war, someone is turning a buck. I know it, you know it...

5 May, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner Interviews Liv Hill as 1536 Transfers to the West End

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Lyn Gardner Interviews Liv Hill as 1536 Transfers to the West End

When actress Liv Hill first read Ava Pickett’s 1536, which arrives at the Ambassadors Theatre thi...

28 Apr, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

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It is 1536 (Ambassadors), and far away in London, Anne Boleyn, the Queen of England, has been arr...

27 Apr, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner: Are Musicals Really Squeezing Out New Writing?

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Lyn Gardner: Are Musicals Really Squeezing Out New Writing?

I’m a great admirer of the veteran playwright Michael Frayn, whose excellent, thought-provoking C...

23 Apr, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

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Shakespeare’s Globe summer season begins on Shakespeare’s birthday, which falls this week on the ...

20 Apr, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner Talks Heartsink at Riverside Studios

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Lyn Gardner Talks Heartsink at Riverside Studios

Best known to millions around the world as Aunt Sarah in the hit TV show Derry Girls, Northern Ir...

15 Apr, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

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Interest in The Beatles remains undimmed, and Tom Wright’s Please Please Me (Kiln) offers a sligh...

13 Apr, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner