Theatre

Harold Pinter died on Christmas Eve after a long illness. The Nobel Prizewinner was a titanic figure in theatre, a man of integrity who was not afraid to speak his mind. The Londoner appeared numerous times in Time Out's pages, so here we pay tribute to his remarkable legacy

With the sad news of the death of one of British theatre's most iconic figures, Harold Pinter, we take a look back at a career that has embraced performance, stage and screen writing and political activism

Wally Hammond meets Sir David Hare to talk about his latest screen adaptation, which tackles Bernhard Schlink’s post-Holocaust philosophical romance ‘The Reader’

Time Out meets the people who are good at turning hobbies into jobs and junk into music

Time Out's theatre critics look back at a cracking year on the London stage, and share their tips on who to watch in 2009

Your Bard: as David Tennant stars as Hamlet, fears that Shakespeare might become the preserve of an educationally privileged few are unfounded, argues Jane Edwardes

It's the time where the good, the bad, and the almost famous don nylons for your seasonal pleasure. Plays, pantos, classics: here's the best and the worst of Christmas shows as we review them

Time Out's critics pick the best books to be giving as Christmas presents: art books, film books, classical music books and top reads in comedy, dance, music and theatre