Max Webster

Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, Starring Olly Alexander & Stephen Fry
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Oct 1, 2025

No one could accuse Max Webster's flamboyant production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest of being subtle. A new cast takes the reins from the National Theatre's hugely successful production last year and moves onto the intimate Noël Coward stage, bringing with them the biting wit, vibrant costumes and sexual fluidity that made this show such a hit.

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld September 24, 2025- First Look at THE OUTSIDERS New Stars and More
by - Sep 24, 2025

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 24, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Review: TITUS ANDRONICUS, Hampstead Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - Sep 23, 2025

Hampstead Theatre has seen its fair share of gore. Even so, Max Webster’s Titus Andronicus leaves the boards drenched in something more caustic than fake blood: the acid tang of a civilisation eating itself. Shakespeare’s revenge tragedy is a grotesque feast, and here it’s served up with relish.

Interview: 'It's Quite Visceral and Brutal': Max Bennett on TITUS ANDRONICUS
by Kat Mokrynski - Sep 22, 2025

Recently, we had the chance to speak with Max Bennett, who plays the role of Saturninus in Titus Andronicus. We discussed how he first got started in the world of theatre, what it’s like performing at the Hampstead Theatre and even how Shakespeare helped him understand musicals!

National Theatre Live Productions to be Screened by Ensemble Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 11, 2025

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara is partnering with the National Theatre of Great Britain to bring National Theatre Live productions to Santa Barbara audiences beginning in the 2025-2026 season. Learn more!

Simon Russell Beale Departs the RSC's TITUS ANDRONICUS
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2025

Due to ill health, Simon Russell Beale has departed the previously announced RSC / Hampstead Theatre production of Titus Andronicus. John Hodgkinson will step in.

Review: LIFE OF PI at Hobby Center For The Performing Arts
by Armando Urdiales - Aug 21, 2025

Brilliant projections, realistic animal puppetry, and a cast that seems to do the impossible are currently at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in Lolita Chakrabarti and Yann Martel's Life of Pi. The production, while a visual wonder to behold, is also one of the most head-scratching and perplexing forms of play to grace a Houston stage this summer.

Cast Set For West End Transfer of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
by Stephi Wild - Aug 19, 2025

The National Theatre has announced full casting for the West End transfer of its production of The Importance of Being Earnest as rehearsals get underway. Learn more here!

Review: LIFE OF PI at Belk Theater
by Perry Tannenbaum - Aug 18, 2025

Lolita Chakrabarti, in her stage adaptation of LIFE OF PI seems to wish for a more delicate balance between the veracity of Pi’s two different tales of his harrowing sea adventure. Yet all the Award-winning artifices of puppetry, lighting, and projection that accompany his more fantastical version make us want to believe Pi’s unrevised story more and more.

Full Cast Set For London Transfer of TITUS ANDRONICUS With Simon Russell Beale
by Stephi Wild - Aug 5, 2025

Full casting has been announced for the acclaimed RSC production of Titus Andronicus which transfers to Hampstead Theatre for a strictly limited London run.

Stephen Fry and Others Join THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST West End Transfer
by Stephi Wild - Jul 31, 2025

The National Theatre has announced further casting for the West End transfer of its critically acclaimed production of The Importance of Being Earnest.  Learn more here!

Cast Set For Revival Of Noël Coward's PRIVATE LIVES
by Stephi Wild - Jul 28, 2025

The full cast has been announced for the upcoming revival production of Noël Coward's Private Lives, which will be directed by 2024 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award Winner Tanuja Amarasuriya.

RSC's WENDY & PETER PAN and TWELFTH NIGHT Set For The Barbican This Autumn
by Stephi Wild - Jul 8, 2025

Director Jonathan Munby's spectacular production of Wendy & Peter Pan will play the Barbican Theatre this autumn. Learn more about the full upcoming season here!

RSC'S TITUS ANDRONICUS Will Transfer to the Hampstead Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jun 27, 2025

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Titus Andronicus will transfer to Hampstead Theatre later this year for a limited run. Learn more about the show here!

Review: LIFE OF PI Comes to Vibrant Life at OC's Segerstrom Center
by Michael Quintos - Jun 6, 2025

There is definitely an easy-to-surmise draw behind the now-touring version of the Tony Award-winning play LIFE OF PI, now currently enchanting audiences at OC's Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through June 15, 2025. Filled with innovative visual trickery and remarkable, human-powered puppetry, this impressive, great-looking drama—playwright Lolita Chakrabarti's admirable stage adaptation of Yann Martel's bestselling novel—wows with its non-stop eye-popping theatrics that combine technical cleverness with breathtaking human physicality. And though the play's central narrative conceit—teen boy gets stuck on a lifeboat with a tiger—is fairly simple, its dazzling execution is its primary, most valid reason to experience this play in person.

Olly Alexander To Star in National Theatre's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST West End Transfer
by Stephi Wild - Jun 6, 2025

The National Theatre announced that its sold-out, critically acclaimed production of The Importance of Being Earnest will transfer to the West End this autumn in a co-production with Sonia Friedman Productions.

New Musical Adaptation ONE DAY To Have World Premiere At The Royal Lyceum
by A.A. Cristi - May 16, 2025

The Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh and Melting Pot have announced the world premiere of a brand new musical based on David Nicholls' critically acclaimed, global bestselling novel ONE DAY, in the very city where the story begins.

Review: LIFE OF PI at Ahmanson Theatre
by Andrew Child - May 9, 2025

Puppetry and movement director Finn Caldwell is the genius who has really elevated the show, bringing a delightful cast of animals to life in surprisingly realistic and emotional ways.

Review: TITUS ANDRONICUS, Starring Simon Russell Beale
by Cheryl Markosky - May 2, 2025

In a pitch-perfect production by Max Webster, the RSC nails the futility of violence which resonates with audiences today.

Review: LIFE OF PI at The Paramount Theatre
by Jay Irwin - Apr 16, 2025

Dear Readers, sometimes we get magic on stage. Whether that’s in the form of a captivating performance or some brilliant tech wizardry or maybe some stunning direction, this magic is what we yearn for when we go to the theater. Lucky for you, all three have come to the Paramount with the gripping “Life of Pi”.