The 1990 film about high-school rebellion, featuring a jaded late-night DJ, could find a fresh theatre audience in this new age of disillusionment Watching the macabre 1989 high school movie…
Unicorn theatre, LondonInspired by the classic novel, this play for children leads its young heroine through surreal encounters with bureaucracy " and a giant rabbit Kafka never let Josef K …
Barbican, LondonA Beckettian sense of dread pervades Dorothy James and Andy Manjuck's show about a wistful middle-aged man's attempts to keep the darkness at bay It's Bill's birthday. The bu…
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Billy Crystal's musical about a fading comedian, a female Faustus and a revival of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate Hamed and Hessam Amiri's story a…
Critically acclaimed and now boasting an Oscar nominee, the Almeida's Tennessee Williams production will move to the Phoenix theatre in spring The Almeida theatre's sold out production of A …
King's Head theatre, LondonChloe Rice and Natasha Roland deliver a playful two-hander about the wild west, power structures and the costs of theatre Like Dolly Parton sang in 9 to 5: it's en…
Ross Willis unveils his new play Grim Brenda, Nancy Medina takes over at Bristol Old Vic and Sung Im Her has all the right moves. Here are 10 of theatre's brightest talents today Somewhere b…
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Sheridan Smith in Funny Girl, a festival of mime and a rock'n'roll panto Before she embarked on Bridgerton, Adjoa Andoh starred as Richard II a…
The Succession star will play James Tyrone, another patriarch of a dysfunctional family, in Eugene O'Neill's drama Succession star Brian Cox, who plays mogul Logan Roy in the HBO family dram…
Bush theatre, LondonSmartly directed and superbly acted, Margaret Perry's funny and moving play follows a group of women working for an essential oils franchise Let's start with the scene ch…
Brixton House, LondonPoltergeist theatre company send Alice into the underground in this offbeat adaptation with tube-inspired nonsense language Alice adventures not in the traditional wonde…
The Belgian dance-theatre company love to create unnerving environments " and are set to put the apocalypse on stage. They talk about their taboo-trouncing shows Knock, knock. Who's there? I…
Smith will take on the role of 'theatre's best-loved mum' in Willy Russell's play in London in February Sheridan Smith is to return to the West End stage next year in Willy Russell's 1986 co…
Troubadour Wembley Park theatre, LondonThis show about young New York paper-sellers has stirring anthems and screwball energy, even if it lacks emotional and political depth Newspaper hawker…
Patsy Ferran will take over from Lydia Wilson when the London production opens a week late, alongside co-stars Paul Mescal and Anjana Vasan London's Almeida theatre has cancelled the first w…
The star formerly known as Cheryl Tweedy will play Jenny, who believes her new home is haunted, in the hit play by Danny Robins The former Girls Aloud singer Cheryl is to follow in the foots…
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Ivo van Hove's epic, boisterous family fun and a dance fable for Christmas "I never think about the audience until the last days before we perf…
Polka theatre, LondonCharles Way's farce has squabbling siblings, festive karaoke and a cranky rodent as a family tries to keep their pet shop afloat In children's theatre, little ideas can …
Unicorn theatre, LondonPlaywright Yasmin Joseph and director Ola Ince team up for a drama that captures the warmth of a family reconnecting in Jamaica Here's a new play with so many fun idea…
Dominion theatre, LondonChoreographed candy cane twirling and funny moments from the Will Ferrell film don't save this show from being a bland corporate Christmas experience Son of a nutcrac…
Author Hanya Yanagihara and director Ivo van Hove adapt 'mesmerising' story about effects of child abuse for London stage An adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara's bestselling novel A Little Life …
She starred in Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights while eight months pregnant and played Cinderella's stepmother in Andrew Lloyd Webber's abruptly closed musical. Now Hamilton-Barritt has b…
Written by Jack Thorne and directed by Sam Mendes, The Motive and the Cue is about the famous 1964 production of Hamlet and will open at the National Theatre Johnny Flynn is to play Richard …
The festival will celebrate 40th anniversary in 2023 with London shows featuring the actor talking to Rob Delaney, plus host of standup acts Just for Laughs, the comedy festival that began i…
Hope Mill theatre, ManchesterEuphoric songs are delivered with splendour as the duo's musical finally gets its European premiere, with a fantastic lead performance by Grace Mouat A foot inju…