Editor's picks
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Sir Donald Sinden dies aged 90
News: Veteran actor with string of stage, screen and TV credits had been ill with cancer
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That's neat: Chinnichap's hits become a musical
With his songwriting partner Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn created catchy tracks for Sweet and Mud. As a new jukebox musical shows off their back catalogue, he recalls the duo's highs and lows -
The new producers
Exciting young talents such as Vicky Graham, Emily Dobbs and Nicola Seed are breaking into the theatre production boys' club, and bringing new life and authenticity to the stage, writes Lyn Gardner -
The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd
Paul Miller gets off to a fine start as the Orange Tree's new director with this intense version of Lawrence's hard-hitting working-class tragedy, writes Michael Billington -
Mind your language
Lyn Gardner: Great surtitles make foreign productions accessible, but poor ones are a distraction. Should surtitles sometimes be shown the stage door?