Freddie Hendricks accepts the 2026 Excellence in Theatre Education Award at the 79th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday June 7, 2026 presented by Carnegie Mellon University. -- The 79th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7, 2026 -…
Everyman theatre, LiverpoolJulia Cranney’s play illustrates complex processes as it explores one woman’s plans to start a family but it hops too quickly through her lifeAdoption and the …
The theatrical prequel to the Duffer Brothers’ smash-hit Netflix series is to shut down in the West End and on Broadway this winter, after selling more than 1.5m ticketsThe London and New …
Audience members said baby’s cooing and gurgling ruined Branagh’s return to the RSC after 30 years, with some seeking refundsBoatswain! The opening scene of Shakespeare’s seminal play …
Richmond theatre, LondonSociety tries to quash the quirks of a spirited eccentric in Peter Quilter’s new play that fails to go beyond its lead character’s unworldlinessThere are some goo…
A new West End blockbuster puts Ol’ Blue Eyes in the spotlight and features the superstar’s hits including One for My Baby and Come Fly With Me. Take a first look Photographs by Tristram…
Rose Byrne, Sarah Paulson, Daniel Radcliffe, Adrien Brody and others gather to celebrate Broadway’s biggest awards night. The 79th annual Tony awards are hosted by Pink at Radio City Music…
Joe Mantello’s stark revival of Arthur Miller’s classic drama takes home six awards, while Ragtime and Schmigadoon! pick up musical winsTony awards 2026: red carpet looks and the best of…
Enraged at how the victims of Jeffrey Epstein are being forgotten, more than 80 female and non-binary writers united – to create an epic drama fusing art, activism and anger. How will it w…
This year’s Tony awards saw wins for John Lithgow, Laurie Metcalf, Joshua Henry and Lesley ManvilleThe Lost BoysSchmigadoon! – WINNER!Titaníque Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New Y…
Readers respond to Polly Hudson’s article about unsocial behaviour in theatres, following the actor Rosamund Pike calling out an audience member for texting during her play Inter AliaMy hu…
Chichester Festival theatre This stage version of Ian McEwan’s devastating class novel shows inspiring touches and the cast play adeptly, yet the tale’s emotional sweep feels underpowere…
The Swiss director has staged court cases against Pussy Riot, mining companies in Congo and Gisèle Pelicot’s abusers. But after his invitation to Palantir founder Peter Thiel caused a row…
Royal Court, London Teenage girls discuss the horrors they have seen via their phones as Georgie Dettmer’s reckoning with internet culture is brutally realised by director Jess EdwardsGeor…
Sadler’s Wells East, LondonWith a 3am aloofly sexy vibe, the Portuguese choreographer’s slow build is subtly intoxicating – while its intensity will leave you craving moreLast year, fo…
Buxton Opera House Villages appear out of thin air, broomsticks take flight and owls turn into people in a truly enchanting showcase of theatrical storytellingIf you catch a young audience m…
The Public Theater, New YorkSusanna Kaysen’s retelling of her time in a psychiatric hospital in the 60s became an Oscar-winning movie in the 90s and now it’s an elegant, if limited, play…
New York audiences were asked to put phones in sealed pouches, and producer says she hopes to do the same in UKWhen a Pulitzer prize-winning play about a feminist activist opened in New York…
Plays about political extremes, religious sects, swimming the Channel and an 80th birthday party are among the highlights at this summer’s arts spectacularProducer Francesca Moody has show…
Barbican theatre, LondonImpeccable vocals and slick staging make for dazzling set pieces in a tame production that’s missing the emotional centre of the 1956 filmFive years ago, the Barbic…
Bosses believe having single booking process will drive up ticket sales for all festivals to offset funding squeezeThe Edinburgh festivals hope to launch a single box office for all the city…
He stood down as boss of the NT – and threw himself into kayaking, writing and DIY. The veteran director talks about his new start aged 60, mourning his mother – and directing Death of a…
The Glaswegian standup on joining the ego-less Saturday Night Live, smiling at himself in the mirror and why he’s not slept in his new houseBehind the scenes, is SNL UK a tightly controlle…
Storyhouse, ChesterKit Green takes on all the characters in an imaginative interpretation of the 1925 day-in-the-life novelAs Clarissa Dalloway wafts about the stage, welcoming her audience …
The Fall frontman’s play about a papal plot appalled critics when first staged in 1986, with Leigh Bowery starring as a cardinal. Now Hey! Luciani is back – but does it make any more sen…
Theatre503, LondonHope still resides against horror in this collection of short plays from Palestinian playwrights, poets and artistsWhat are the basic requirements of theatre-making? Actors…
Susanna Kaysen’s cult memoir sparked a wave of 90s novels about young women in crisis. After 10 years in the making, stars Juliana Canfield and King Princess are bringing it to the stageGi…
Artist Robert Rauschenberg was known for his painting-sculpture hybrids – and a 1963 dance piece called Pelican that was almost lost to timeVisual artists and dancers have long taken cues …
There’s a rare chance to catch a Tony-nominated hit live from New York, plus blasts from the past including Rent, The Audience and Hugh Jackman as a singing cowboyLivestreams of current Br…
She had a passion for butterflies and would seek out rare ones, yet this was used against her by violent, money-grabbing husband. Now this pioneering naturalist’s story has been translated…
The former Mash Report star’s latest show takes aim at his manosphere-courting, Saudi comedy festival-attending peers. Could he be the angry progressive standup we need right now?Nish Kuma…
Pitlochry festival theatreThis stripped-down show with a maudlin set of songs makes for the most reluctant of musicals, but this is a production that has the confidence to be silent or state…
Prince Edward theatre, LondonThere are drop-dead gorgeous designs and the performances are full of life but this off-kilter escapade has scattershot gags and unmemorable songsHalloween has a…
Hit Iranian horror Under the Shadow conjured scares from the aftermath of the 1979 revolution. With Tehran once again under siege, a new theatrical version makes that story feel more relevan…
Orange Tree theatre, RichmondA stealing sculptor struggles to keep his visitors in the dark, while they lope and grope with the lights out, in Shaffer’s escalating slapstick showA regular …
Southwark Playhouse Borough, London Writer-performer Jordan Luke Gage delivers a charming, funny and devastating story of two gay men in 18th-century BristolQueer history is made up of bad n…
The smutty hockey show gets the Off-Broadway treatment with shirtless scenes, hilarious one-liners and a Liza Minnelli send-upWalking into the Culture Club in West Chelsea, New York, for a p…
Charing Cross theatre, LondonThe power and personality of its singers and music lift this Twilight-esque story into the realms of enjoyably ridiculousThe origins of this supernatural musical…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonProspero is reimagined as a conductor in this superbly orchestrated version of Shakespeare’s tragicomedyKenneth Branagh is said to have played…
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe late choreographer heightens Ophelia and Gertrude’s stories yet squanders some speeches in an intense hourWords, words, words. Can Hamlet retain its tragic forc…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonThe comic delivers gags about her life and neighbourhood with choice descriptions and brutal punchlines‘What comes out of here,” says Fatiha El-Ghorri, in…
Mercury theatre, ColchesterThis musical from the company behind The Play That Goes Wrong unearths the invention of acting in ancient Greece – and finds little has changedThe Mischief theat…
Tim Burton’s hit 1988 comedy horror is enjoying an all-singing, all-dancing afterlife on stage. After recent productions in the US and Australia, the musical opens in London this month. We…
The unsettling performance artist, who has made some electrifying stage shows in his time, is taking a leap into literature with an eye-opening book, In Pursuit of a Wonderful Nothing. A har…
From Drag Race to Eurovision to Strictly, La Voix is going stratospheric. And Chris Dennis, the man behind the crimson coiffure, is thrilled. He talks about his cruise ship highs, doing pant…
Leeds PlayhouseDash Arts’ community-inspired production finds warmth and urgency in the local pub – even if its theatrical elements don’t always cohereThe English pub is the perfect cr…
Having enjoyed breakout fame on Taskmaster and Last One Laughing, the subversive Australian comic has been handed the reins of his own, very strange sitcom. Get ready for feet animations and…
69 Humber Street, HullMarc Graham’s debut stretches from festival short to full-length play, tackling inheritance, class and familial resentment with plenty of theatrical confidenceThere a…
Citizens theatre, GlasgowBased on her real observations of the civil uprising, Mariem Omari’s play looks at its humanitarian impactIn less volatile times, the memory of the Arab spring wou…
Brixton House, LondonPaula Varjack’s kinetic play uses lip syncing and dance routines to show how prejudice turned a ‘wardrobe malfunction’ into a career disasterThe year is 2004 and t…
Soho Theatre Walthamstow, LondonThe Drag Race star brings nuance to the vocals and has a hoot with a frisky script but this bio-drama is too limited and ultimately cramps her styleDrag Race …
