This month's picks include a Starlight Express intro for kids, a rollicking wedding play at the National and an explosive hour of dance Micheál Mac Liammóir's 1960 solo show interweave…
The side-splitting Something Rotten! fondly mocks Shakespeare and musicals at the annual arts jamboree celebrated for both. It is a witty accompaniment to fresh takes on Romeo and Juliet, Tw…
Savoy theatre, London Plastics and fellow students give high-grade performances but the songs and production don't get quite enough As It's 20 years since Tina Fey's sharp-tongued tale of Pl…
Nicholas Hytner has shared details of his forthcoming production, which will give the actor his highest profile Shakespeare role to date Bridgerton's Jonathan Bailey is to play Richard II in…
The Doctor Who star's performance coincides with David Tennant's Macbeth and Ncuti Gatwa appearing in The Importance of Being Earnest Jodie Whittaker is returning to the stage for the first …
Polka theatre, LondonPalaeontologist Jakob Vinther joins a lively group of musicians for this gig-theatre production based on his groundbreaking research Adaptations are a safe bet in childr…
This month's roundup includes the versatile actor's 75th birthday show, Succession's Harriet Walter playing Lorca's matriarch and supreme showman Hugh Jackman in the classic musical To mark …
The Winter's Tale is retold with a virtual reality plot set in Silicon Valley and hardly any lines from the original, staged at a bold Latvian theatre elevating English talent John Malkovich…
Theatre Royal PlymouthDrew McOnie's version of the Oscar-winner is a visual treat, with expressive physical movement, lustrous dance routines " and an irrepressibly waggy puppet dog Lightnin…
Actors to play the lead roles in Matthew Warchus's centenary West End revival of Seán O'Casey's Irish civil war classic Sarah Snook has just finished her London theatre run in The Picture…
Minerva theatre, ChichesterWrithing and retching while sandwiched between spectators, revellers navigate class, sex and power at Miss Julie's 18th birthday celebration The Minerva's last pro…
Matthew Dunster, who directed Allen in her West End debut 2:22: A Ghost Story, will write and direct the show for Bath's Ustinov Studio next year Lily Allen is to play Hedda Gabler in a new …
The pair, whose final season of the hit horror-comedy will air on the BBC this month, say the West End production will feature familiar characters and fresh surprises As the ninth and final …
Royal Exchange theatre, ManchesterThis timely return of Lynn Nottage's 2015 play that anticipated Trump's presidency has powerful performances despite never finding the right rhythm Although…
Musicals, Shakespeare and multiple versions of Nick Payne's multiverse drama Constellations are among May's digital theatre highlights One of the most celebrated new British musicals in rece…
Doctor Who star will play Algernon in the 'hilariously subversive' comedy, said artistic director Rufus Norris Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa is to make his debut at the National Theatre in Lon…
Forbes Masson stars in Gary McNair's version of the gothic novella, Tim Key joins Kitson in an Old Vic two-hander and Jason Manford celebrates all musicals great and small Robert Louis Steve…
Irish actor awarded prize for playing every role in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, following his win at Critics' Circle film awards Andrew Scott has been named best actor at the Critics' Circle thea…
A 50th-anniversary concert in London celebrates the unlikely show about the son of a holy Roman emperor that became one of Broadway's biggest hits In the 2019 bio-series Fosse/Verdon, Sam Ro…
The play, adapted by Robert Icke from both parts of Henry IV, stars McKellen as John Falstaff for the first time in his career and will take in Bristol, Birmingham and Newcastle after its We…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonFreestyling cyclists serve around the cast in Lucy Cuthbertson's shrewd production aimed at younger audiences When Shakespeare's star-crossed tragedy was at Manche…
As he stages Shakespeare's bracing tragedy with a cast who share the main role, the choreographer and his company's managing director Iiris Autio discuss the upswing in Finnish dance Is this…
Company founder Felix Barrett says Viola's Room, written by Daisy Johnson, will be an audio-driven production perfect for date nights Punchdrunk's last immersive production, The Burnt City, …
Ambassadors theatre, LondonA timid midwesterner adopts a geezerish British persona in David Cale's often shrewdly observed yet meandering monologue Harry Clark is the former lance corporal f…
Polka theatre, LondonA hip-hop take on the tragedy finds the feud blowing up on social media and the balcony scene remixed for FaceTime but it lacks pathos Two hours' stage traffic becomes o…