The Tony and Olivier Award-nominated actor will play Ebenezer Scrooge in Matthew Warchus’s acclaimed production, returning ...

Paul Hilton has inherited the role from Doctor Who actors Christopher Eccleston and John Simm. Slow Horses star Paul Hilton ...

The Old Vic has revealed lead casting for A Christmas Carol – which is returning for its ninth consecutive year at the venue. Adapted by Jack Thorne and directed by Matthew Warchus, the production has ...

Starring Paul Hilton, Matthew Warchus’ big-hearted, smash hit production of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic returns to The Old Vic, joyously adapted for the stage by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and ...

“In a theatre once mainly renowned for classic revivals, I’m excited to present The Old Vic’s 25th world premiere since my tenure began in 2015 – this urgently topical new play from Joe ...

Sir Mark Rylance is among a slew of left-wing luvvies to have signed a virtue-signalling open letter calling on the Old Vic theatre to axe a key sponsor linked to the fossil fuel industry. The ...

“Being the artistic director of The Old Vic has been one of my life’s greatest privileges and pleasures. It is without question my favourite theatre in the world,” sais Warchus.

The polar opposite in scale to Stephen Daldry's 1993 National Theatre production with Fiona Shaw, this one started life in the Theatre Royal Bath’s 150-seater Ustinov Studio, and still manages to feel ...

Hampered by an overly haughty Toby Stephens, The Old Vic’s last production, in 2012, left the audience itself feeling decidedly unmoved. But this one, nimbly directed by Max Webster and with a simply ...