Author: James Haddrell

Reviewing Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Pulitzer Prize winning play Fairview, currently running at the Young Vic, is tough. Not because it’s

Like so many of the big musicals, Whistle Down The Wind started life in a very different form. Mirroring the

There is always something special about bringing a show to Greenwich that has a special resonance with the area. Whether

The festive season in theatre-land is traditionally our biggest time of year, and the production values that are exhibited in

When I made my directorial debut in 2015 it was with a revival of John Retallack’s refugee drama Hannah And

As Autumn turns colder and Winter approaches, local arts organisations are all stepping up their preparations for the Christmas period

The Guardian’s critic Michael Billington sparked controversy earlier this month when, at a question and answer event with Dame Judi

Anyone who follows our work at Greenwich Theatre or who regularly reads this column will know how fiercely I advocate

It can be all too easy, running an arts venue, to assume that audiences share your taste. It can be

There is something almost universally appealing about a view of the artist as a tortured individual. Van Gogh’s paintings are

Written and performed by Jeannette Bayardelle, solo musical SHIDA has arrived at the Vaults following an award-winning run off-Broadway. Telling

Last night at 7pm the press night performance of Simon Woods’ debut play HANSARD began at the National Theatre. If

Artists have always been interested in death. The catalyst for a mystery, a chance for us to glimpse a version

Just as the television schedules are full of new programming at this time of year, with regular favourites like Strictly

BY JAMES HADDRELL Artistic and executive director, Greenwich Theatre Earlier this summer, the prolific writer Anthony Horowitz was named the

In the 50th anniversary year of Greenwich Theatre Limited, the company currently running the historic venue in the Royal Borough,

Artists have always captured the imagination of writers – for novelists, playwrights and screenwriters, the idea of the tortured genius