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1979, by Canadian playwright Michael Healey, looks at the nine-month premiership of Joe Clark, Canada’s youngest prime minister...

We're falling into fall with a great Broadway read! This season, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 21 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's fall reading list.

We're falling into fall with a great Broadway read! This season, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 21 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's fall reading list.

Jean-Phillipe Daguerre’s historical play heads across the Channel for a new production in Bath

Jean-Phillipe Daguerre’s historical play heads across the Channel for a new production in Bath

Professional pride and personal tragedy stymied ideas about how infections spread in the nineteenth century, suggests a show about maverick Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis. Professional pride and personal tragedy stymied ideas about how infections spread in the nineteenth century, suggests a show about maverick Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis.

The 19th century historical tale is brought into tragic clarity

Set in nineteenth-century Vienna and Budapest, the storyline is rather more complex than the rejection of proven methodology, and the show goes into Semmelweis’ personal life.

Mark Rylance returns to the West End as one of medicine’s greatest pioneers, maverick Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis...

We learned Meera Syal was joining The Wheel of Time cast back in 2021, but now we know Syal will play none other than Verin Mathwin.