The Latest Breaking News from Robert Hastie

Nick Mohammed to host The Traitors stage play on London’s West End

The Traitors host Claudia Winkleman helped make the announcement

The Independent UK · Sep 10

Nick Mohammed is named as host of The Traitors – Acts of Betrayal West End show

The Ted Lasso actor, 45, was a contestant on The Celebrity Traitors where he reached the final but lost to fellow comedian Alan Carr.

Evening Standard · Sep 10

The Traitors stage play coming to West End with five different endings

The unique show involves a series of distinct plays exploring alternative scenarios where different individuals are chosen as traitors

The Independent UK · Jun 16

Chariots of Fire review – hugely enjoyable production that’s not just running on the spot

An excellent cast and clever use of movement add up to a fine revival of Mike Bartlett’s 2012 version of the film, directed by Robert Hastie in his final season as the Crucible’s artistic director

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2024

Chariots of Fire review – breathless staging of classic Olympic dash

The perseverance of runners Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell is well conveyed with stage and auditorium becoming training ground and racetrack

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2024

‘Dream come true’: Elizabeth Newman to be Sheffield Theatres’ artistic director

After six years at Pitlochry, the admired director known for ‘big-hearted theatre work’ takes reins at major producing centre

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2024

‘Things were being thrown at us!’ Is booing at the theatre actually a good thing?

It is one of the most electrifying and unsettling sounds in theatre. Should we be encouraging crowds to do it more? Experts tell us about booing’s origins – and actors remember being on the receiving end of audience outrage

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2024

‘The story tells itself’: Richard Hawley, Sheffield’s greatest export, gets city’s biggest honour

The acclaimed singer and composer is ‘mind-blown’ after receiving the coveted maker’s mark

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2023

Safe pair of hands or time for a shakeup: who’s going to get the biggest job in UK theatre?

After Rufus Norris’s departure from the National Theatre, who is most likely to be the London powerhouse’s next artistic director? We look at eight potential candidates

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2023

Operation Mincemeat review: ‘winning’ musical deserves to run and run

Based on a famously audacious wartime plot, “Operation Mincemeat” is “a brilliant spy thriller, a brilliant comedy, and a brilliant musical all rolled into one”, said Tim Bano in The Stage. This “exhilarating” production began life in 2019 at the tiny New Diorama Theatre in London, and has since enjoyed…

The Week · May 18, 2023