MJ the Musical, based around the making of the singer’s 1992-93 Dangerous world tour, won four Tony awards in New York A new musical about Michael Jackson that has been feted in New York y…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMVaults, LondonAn exuberant but baggy Stranger Things parody hardly turns its source material upside down It has a pulsating synth soundtrack and brought Kate Bush an overdue No 1 so why not …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03AMFinborough theatre, LondonGeorg Kaiser’s century-old call for a societal reset may not always hit the mark, but it is given an invigorated panache by Collide theatre company What a day, as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:55PMMercury theatre, ColchesterAn uneven new play from Mischief Theatre skews darker than their hit comedies, with jarring tragedy amid the clowning The Play That Goes Wrong’s Mischief Theatre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMOur roundup of stage shows to watch at home includes a Tony award-winning musical, international dance and a radical dramatisation of the crucifixion story Broadway stage sensation Audra McD…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:19AMThe set, costume, video and lighting designers of Disney’s London production – now in its second year in the West End – break the ice about its frocks, crystals and astonishing effects…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:25PMItalian actor, who often worked with his wife Kathryn Hunter, was a co-founder of Complicité, a gifted clown and a voiceover artist for Pingu Tributes have been paid to the actor Marcello M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:49AMRoundabout @ Summerhall, EdinburghSamuel Barnett is remarkable in Marcelo Dos Santos’s one-man play which analyses joke-craft and a comedian’s compulsions Towards the end of this enthral…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AMUnderbelly, EdinburghAlex Howarth’s hugely moving play has plenty of humour and a homemade aesthetic, while asking tough questions about parenting and the law When Cassie and her younger s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMGilded Balloon, Edinburgh The Bruce Willis action film has had a big impact on superfan Richard Marsh. He retells the story in rhyme, with his finger for a gun Richard Marsh has clearly seen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMSummerhall, EdinburghThe pressures faced by elite athletes are explored in a dynamic show presented as part of the fringe’s Belgian Selection A gun is fired and the agonised figure before …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghCovid and the climate crisis are the subjects of a smart and fun two-hander that processes disaster through drama Edinburgh is bustling again this summer, with …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMUnderbelly, EdinburghIrresistibly gleeful celebration of the enduring popularity of Mr Brightside, the Killers’ 2004 debut anthem still in the charts today Vegas rockers the Killers have j…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:07PMSam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonBottom, Quince, Flute and Patience make the young audience feel right at home in this affably silly show that puts Shakespeare in a spin Last summer, Shakespea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AMOur roundup of drama to watch at home includes highlights from the world’s biggest arts jamboree and startling fresh takes on Charlotte Brontë and Henrik Ibsen “I was struck by her spir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12PMThe British choreographer’s programme includes beguiling digital dance created by Tobias Gremmler, a reckoning with desire from Rocío Molina and seven visions of vice Leonora Carrington i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07AMTower Bridge Quay, LondonA teacher and his unruly student host a family tour of the capital’s river with scatological gags and gory stories aplenty They’ve conquered cinema, telly and st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMJonathan Spector’s 2018 play Eureka Day, about the social disarray after an outbreak of mumps, will receive its European premiere in September Helen Hunt is to star in a “wince-inducing�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AMOur roundup of drama to watch at home includes international festivals, Gemma Arterton in The Duchess of Malfi and Christopher Plummer in The Tempest When Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33PMThe RSC’s version of the Japanese classic has smashed box office records – before the curtain’s even gone up. We meet the Jim Henson puppeteers bringing Studio Ghibli’s beloved fluff…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMMark Taper Forum, Los AngelesRajiv Joseph’s play conveys the elation and heartbreak of sporting obsession, seen through the eyes of two friends The king in this new American play is basket…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:29AMGeffen Playhouse, Los AngelesPrivacy, religion, abuse of power and the spotlight of Instagram are all explored in Anna Ouyang Moench’s darkly comic tale A group of women wield retribution …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMDmitry by Peter Oswald at the Marylebone theatre completes a drama by the German writer that offers a complex historical perspective on Russia A new London theatre, based in the Grade II-lis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMLA Dance Project, Los AngelesBenjamin Millepied’s charismatic company shine in a performance shrewdly set to Caroline Shaw and Andy Akiho’s rich compositions Dancing to music is one thin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMJupp will play opposite Justin Edwards in adaptation of the classic Ealing comedy set to tour the UK this autumn Graham Linehan revived The Ladykillers in 2011, Stephen Mangan became The Man…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33AMThe musician, actor and producer joins an elite group of US entertainers after winning an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and now a Tony award The performer and producer Jennifer Hudson has joined …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:07PMComposer penned a letter read out at the final performance, praising ‘superb’ team but prompting criticism from some audience members A letter from Andrew Lloyd Webber, read on stage at …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:07PMWinged intruder ‘put in a fantastic performance’ after arriving in Sadler’s Wells auditorium amid a staging of The Rite of Spring Audience members at Sadler’s Wells theatre in London…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMRoyal and Derngate, NorthamptonJudith Kerr’s warm-hearted children’s book is faithfully realised with a vivid and gently ingenious tale of family life Who could forget about Judith Kerr�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMOur roundup of drama to watch at home includes political plays, an assortment from the Brighton fringe, an epic rehearsal at the RSC and a musical about a guide dog It started out as an onli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PMMedina, who set up the Bristol School of Acting, takes over next spring as Tom Morris steps down after more than a decade Bristol Old Vic has appointed Nancy Medina as its new artistic direc…
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