Arifa Akbar is to succeed Michael Billington as chief theatre critic at the Guardian. Former literary editor of the Independent, Akbar has written about the arts for the Guardian over several ...

Theatre critic Michael Billington has criticised British theatre for being too "soft centred", claiming political and international drama are virtually non-existent. He was speaking in an in ...

Michael Billington, the Guardian’s chief theatre critic, has announced he is stepping down from the role after nearly half a century. Billington has held the position since 1971, and began ...

Speaking to The Stage in 2015, soon after his 75th birthday, Michael Billington pondered ... century as the Guardian’s first-string critic, Billington has now stepped down from the day-job ...

DSL’s Michael Billington Theatre Club is a theatre appreciation group designed by esteemed theatre critic, Michael Billington. Members of this club will meet on the third Friday of every month ...

Four decades of expertise lie behind veteran theatre critic Michael Billington's new book State of the Nation: British Theatre since 1945 (Faber, November), which explores the relationship between ...

It was a huge tribute to the respect – and affection – in which The Guardian's former chief theatre critic Michael Billington is held that the Lyttelton Theatre should be packed with people at a ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. AS Britain's longest-serving theatre critic, Michael Billington draws on his personal authority - unrivalled since review pages were ...

Two weeks ago, the Critics’ Circle gathered to toast Michael Billington ... announcing his retirement last November as chief theatre critic at the Guardian, there’s been an award named ...