Natasha Tripney

Fresh from success at the Edinburgh Fringe, Virginia Gay’s adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac is opening in London. The Australian actor tells Natasha Tripney about transforming Edmond Rostand’s 1897 classic into a modern story about queer desire

Vital artistic experiment or dangerous sign of the times? As NTGent introduces its AI-created in-house artist, Natasha Tripney talks to the theatre company’s artistic leadership – and to Alva Ishii herself – about the concept, ethics and the future of theatre

The experimental theatre company has a reputation for creating difficult, confrontational work, but the fact it is marking its 40th anniversary tells a different story about its ability to appeal to audiences. Artistic director Tim Etchells tells Natasha Tripney about the group’s evolution and its revolutionary rehearsal process

Belgrade International Theatre Festival 2024: Why does work from the Balkan region remain so rare on the European festival circuit, asks Natasha Tripney

The genre is haunted by preconceptions, but Newcastle’s Live Theatre is determined show how much more lies beneath with its production of the 2020 film Saint Maud. Artistic director Jack McNamara and adapter Jessica Andrews talk to Natasha Tripney

Slickly performed but incessantly glib musical inspired by the life of Franz Kafka

Engaging monologue by Stephanie Martin about male mental health that would benefit from tauter direction

The 2,000-year-old theatre of Epidaurus has, in recent years, gained a reputation as a platform for theatre from across the centuries and the globe as part of one of Europe’s biggest arts festivals. But a new showcase is putting new Greek theatre under the spotlight, too

Tightly structured and often laugh-out-loud-funny modern workplace comedy from Isley Lynn and Libby Rodliffe

Richly imaginative if unfocused and overly whimsical debut play by Daisy Hall