Pickett's 'very funny and very angry' play 1536 follows three women as they discuss the arrest of Anne Boleyn The British playwright Ava Pickett has won this year's Susan Smith Blackburn pri…
Home, ManchesterIn Eve Steele's affecting comedy, mental health is explored through Jennifer Jackson's inspired movement direction Playwrights are naturally drawn to the brain and heart. Rar…
New Wolsey theatre, IpswichWith its irresistible harmonies, this comedy about a blood-guzzling plant has plenty to savour but it lacks satirical punch and menace 'Feed me, Seymour!" Alan Men…
Acclaimed British movie starring Morfydd Clark will be adapted for Live theatre in Newcastle by Jessica Andrews, with music by Gazelle Twin The British horror film Saint Maud is to be adapte…
Our roundup of what to watch at home includes Rambert's prequel to the hit TV series, Jodie Comer reprising the legal drama and Roald Dahl's The Magic Finger A doff of the cap to Rambert's a…
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughThe Paper Birds' new touring production explores forced displacement through physical theatre, interactivity and multimedia What does the rest of the audi…
Finborough theatre, LondonAn NHS worker's marriage to her anti-vaxxer husband comes under pressure in James McDermott's two-hander James McDermott's new play takes us back to the Covid-19 lo…
Gulbenkian Arts Centre, CanterburyTalented students from Canterbury College impress in Zest Theatre's show, developed through conversations with hundreds of young people In Katie Kirby's bri…
Salisbury PlayhouseA fitfully funny play from the creator of Broadchurch considers the terrifying prospects of parenthood yet never quite delivers Here's a perfect prop for farce: a huge, ba…
Williams said that bringing the fearsome editor Miranda Priestly to life in new musical is 'a dream come true' Vanessa Williams has been cast as the formidable fashion magazine editor Mirand…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonThis two-hander has a high concept and appealing performances but the script and songs lack emotional pull 'Life's not one of your paintings," Ami rages at her art…
Dramas by April De Angelis and Rhianna Ilube have been nominated for the prestigious award honouring female, transgender and non-binary playwrights Two new plays about to open in London have…
Jamie Lloyd will direct the star in 'a pulsating new vision of the immortal tale of wordsmiths, rhymers, lovers and fighters' Spider-Man star Tom Holland is to return to the London stage for…
The model and actor will make her stage debut alongside Luke Treadaway who takes over the role of the Emcee Cara Delevingne is to make her stage debut in the West End's multi-award-winning r…
The former RSC director, now visiting professor of contemporary theatre at Oxford University, will stage The Two Gentlemen of Verona When Gregory Doran stepped down as artistic director of t…
The Fleabag star, who took all eight roles in the solo show Vanya, says intimate scenes on stage can be discomfiting for viewers During rehearsals for Andrew Scott's solo version of Chekhov'…
Theatrical adaptation of the sitcom, opening at the Apollo theatre in May, will combine three episodes including The Germans Torquay's hapless hotelier Basil Fawlty is to make his West End d…
Charing Cross theatre, LondonHunter Bird's often madcap production, based on the 1980 western, has anodyne songs and lacks the film's weathered perspective Bronco Billy is one of Clint Eastw…
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Danny Boyle's remix of The Matrix, Billy Crudup's solo show and the New Wolsey's Romeo & Juliet As Keanu Reeves' Neo might say: whoa! Danny…
The actor, dancer and singer, who has died aged 91, did not just provide great entertainment on stage. She was an eloquent, mischievous chronicler of musical theatre Chita Rivera had been an…
The comedy series' originators Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse will lead a 30th anniversary live show due to begin in March Swiss Toni, Competitive Dad and a pair of unsuitably smutty tai…
Disabled actors respond to the announcement that Michelle Terry, the Globe's artistic director, will be taking up the role The announcement of a summer production of Richard III at Shakespea…
The Akram Khan Company said the death of the dancer, who shaped the art form as a programmer, was 'an immense loss for the dance community' Emma Gladstone, an accomplished dancer who hugely …
The show's run at Theatre Royal Drury Lane will end in September but British schools can then compete to stage it Since the summer of 2021 it has drawn waves of excited theatregoers wearing …
The star of The Morning Show will bring David Cale's award-winning one-man play to London in March Billy Crudup is to make his West End theatre debut portraying 19 characters in a solo show …