A San Diego theater company is reimagining a classic fairy tale with "Gretel: The Musical," giving the Brothers Grimm story ...

Having once been less well represented in public spaces than animals, a monumental shift in statuary means famous females are finally being put on plenty of pedestals ...

The Sarah Siddons Society's Board of Directors has approved Northern Illinois University (NIU) as its fifth Chicago-area university to receive scholarship funding for students studying theatre arts.

Backstage with Sarah Siddons Rachael Stirling shines in the role of Mrs Siddons, London theatre’s most celebrated actress in The Divine Mrs S – a new backstage comedy written by April de ...

In 1775, Sarah Siddons made her metropolitan debut at Drury Lane Theatre, then under the management of the famous actor, David Garrick.

April De Angelis’ new comedy about the eighteenth-century theatrical tragedian, Sarah Siddons, mines its topical theme about idealized standards of femininity. Majestically portrayed by Rachael ...

She may be the most celebrated actress of her generation, packing out the 3,600-seat Theatre Royal Drury Lane nightly, but Sarah Siddons is not happy with her lot.

The Divine Mrs S: piercing one-liners and a perfect star turn in this hilarious look at women’s lot in life Rachael Stirling dazzles as the 18th-century actress Sarah Siddons, in this sparkling ...

Rachael Stirling’s imperious, high-comic performance as Sarah Siddons is the saving grace of this aimless and tiresomely in-jokey play. Writer April De Angelis celebrates the 18th century ...

April De Angelis’s appealing comedy The Divine Mrs S at the Hampstead Theatre takes the iconic 18th-century actor Sarah Siddons as its centre, and warms us with the friction generated when these ...