OK, so no-one expects John Steinbeck to be a bundle of laughs but the relentless nature of this adaptation of his epic Dust Bowl novel The Grapes of Wrath is enough to batter us all into the ground.Read
THE HIGH School Musical phenomenon may have conquered the world but actor Les Dennis admits it had totally bypassed him – until he was offered a part in the stage show.Read
WHEN John Osborne’s angry young man became middle aged, and still angry, in the guise of Archie Rice in The Entertainer he probably never imagined his tale of loss of Empire and dying music halls would still strike a chord half a century on.Read
WHEN John Ashton steps out as the lecherous, jaded comic Archie Rice in John Osborne’s The Entertainer at The Lichfield Garrick Studio next week, the role will have a double appeal.Read