The singers give it all their worth in this production; spreading it throughout the venue proves attractive and frustrating

Witnessing the highly pressurised construction of the immersive city of Mahagonny for six performances of Brecht’s opera is impressive – it is amazing what you can achieve without planning permission

I discovered many of Weill’s works by following the trail of his tremulous-toned wife

The broadcaster has commissioned a ‘parallel narrative’ to market Mahagonny production

Audiences at the Ruhrfestspiele festival identify with Michael Gambon and Barry McGovern’s takes on absurdity

Nelson Mandela was not just a symbol, he was the architect of reconciliation.

I was privileged to spend the 20th century with Nelson Mandela

His achievement was to make his country fit for ordinary men and women to live in freedom

Rough Magic and Opera Theatre Company have been awarded €230,000 from Sky Arts to stage a Marxist opera. Are Brecht and Weill camera-ready, and what’s in it for Sky?

Theatre companies to stage a Brecht and Weill play in large-scale immersive production

The best of Frank McGuinness

Director Wayne Jordan restores the satirical and human bite to an opera of opulence and economy

‘The Threepenny Opera’ began in disaster and grew into a triumph – a new Irish production hopes to burnish its agitprop credentials

Do we go to the theatre to confront our problems or to escape them?

How to soundtrack Felix Baumgartner’s extraordinary near-space skydive? Ed Bennett has an explosive idea

Opinion: ‘Grand coalitions’ have advantages, but don’t always tackle difficult issues

Line-up includes new plays by Frank McGuinness and Eugene O’Neill, and a fresh translation of The Threepenny Opera