The director’s immersive Southbank Centre takeover has vim and ardour in spades, if not complete coherenceYou Are Here is an undertaking on an impressive scale: a self-styled “epic, one-…
It lit up the 1970s with its nihilistic tale of a hippie band imploding in a trail of drugs, booze and violence. What can it tell us about the music business today? Writer David Hare and wil…
Keith Richards and Mick Jagger's 1967 raid and trial caused a national storm, seeming to pitch old against young, Establishment against counterculture. But was the real story overlooked? We …
Clint Dyer was asked to direct the eagerly awaited reggae rollercoaster the night before he started cancer treatment. He explains why he couldn't say no Clint Dyer walks into the cafe of a…
He's written songs with everyone from Quincy Jones to John Barry " though his musical about premature ejaculation was a flop. 'Everyone's the same when they sit at the piano,' he reveals For…
The Old Market, Hove With songs about Jacob Rees-Mogg and moonboots, the artist gives us wacky indie rock for car exhausts and one-string guitars " but the truly quirky moments are spread to…
The late comedian's biggest hits weren't novelty songs, but earnest romantic ballads that challenged psychedelic pop in a mid-60s generation-gap war From a distance, Ken Dodd's musical caree…
It could have been excruciating: a historical epic told through rap and show tunes. But Lin-Manuel Miranda's show became a sensation and its million-selling cast album is a triumph in its ow…
Former shadow chancellor and what the programme tactfully calls his 'entertaining approach to dance' steal the showSeconds after the stars of the tenth anniversary Strictly Come Dancing live…
Performance poetry might still be a niche concern, but Kate Tempest now gets to do hers on primetime TV " and deservedly so Related: The Bricks That Built the Houses by Kate Tempest review "…
Involving the audience is the big trend at this year's fringe. How did Alexis Petridis cope when he got up on stage in five shows?It is half past midnight and I am at the Edinburgh festival …
Piccadilly Theatre, LondonIt's a doughty soul indeed that doesn't flinch a little at the prospect of Viva Forever! The issue is not so much that it's a jukebox musical, written by a former a…
The comedian claims he spent much of the 90s snorting coke with the late Queen singer Freddie Mercury and funnyman Kenny Everett. Anyone buy his implausible bohemian rhapsody? Continue readi…
TV Burp made Harry Hill the king of teatime telly. Now, with the blessing of Simon Cowell, he's written an X Factor musical, I Can't Sing " and he promises it will be funnyHarry Hill is sitt…
Piccadilly Theatre, LondonIt's a doughty soul indeed that doesn't flinch a little at the prospect of Viva Forever! The issue is not so much that it's a jukebox musical, written by a former a…
Michael Jackson's friend has been offered a singing and dancing role in a new stage musical about JackoMohamed Al Fayed's unveiling of a Michael Jackson statue at Fulham's Craven Cottage gro…