The best theatre shows of the week

Remembering ‘The Simpsons’ as a dark comedy with serious heft, keeping a seasonal Dickens classic warm with cheer, and recalling Cinderella’s origin story


Irish brothers in arms: the soldier and the film director

When the Hitchcocks left Ireland in the 1910s they went on very different paths. One, Rex Ingram, became a Hollywood great, directing ‘The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse’. The other, Frank Hitchcock, became a distinguished soldier and chronicler of life in the trenches


Review: How Many Miles to Babylon?

The Lyric’s handsome new prodution of Jennifer Johnston’s first World War drama moves from the war at home to the Western Front. Which conflict is worse?



Review: Mangan’s Last Gasp

Gerard Lee’s new play looks for rhyme and reason in the eccentric life and death of James Clarence Mangan




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