Category: Features

May 22, 2026 / Features

Paula Arundell: The intoxicating power of commanding a stage alone

Has someone been kidnapping actors? You settle in your seat in a theatre where six or eight actors routinely fill the stage, and find… just one? And for the next 100 minutes? One-actor plays may be as old as theatre, itself, but their frequency has suddenly radically increased. The list…

April 19, 2026 / Features

Nancye Hayes: 65 years of doing what she loves

As a five-year-old, Nancye Hayes had an epiphany when she saw the musical Annie Get Your Gun. “I knew then exactly what I wanted to do,” she says. “I kept saying to my mother, ‘When I grow up, I’m going on the stage’. She’d just sigh and say, ‘Oh, that’ll…

March 28, 2026 / Features

Bette Davis and Joan Crawford: The feud that lasted over 40 years

The feud between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford makes subsequent hostilities between Taylor Swift and Kanye West, or Cardi B and Nicki Minaj, look like playground skirmishes. The Hollywood stars’ fabled 40-year vendetta is investigated in a play by Anton Burge, Bette & Joan, at Ensemble Theatre, with Jeanette Cronin…