Her cat-tastic stage show is a riff on Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical that swerves into emotionally raw territory. The Edinburgh fringe sensation talks about trauma, taboos and the importance…
The actors will bring a revival of Sam Steiner's 2015 play Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons to London, Manchester and Brighton, directed by Josie Rourke Jenna Coleman and Aidan Turner are …
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Alan Ayckbourn's 87th play, live performance from Ukraine and lost showtunes The Bridge theatre's big Christmas show from 2021, based on Philip…
The production, beginning next February, will be directed by Dominic Cooke for @sohoplace in London Sophie Okonedo is to star as Medea at the new West End theatre @sohoplace in a production…
Everyman theatre, Cheltenham This adaptation of the postwar caper has its moments but lacks the adroit humour and tautness of the film Ealing Studios' 1951 comedy of bowler-hatted banking an…
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 yet…
Vaults, 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 …
Finborough 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 K…
Mercury 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 h…
Our 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…
The 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 Chris…
Italian 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…
Roundabout @ 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 enthralling…
Underbelly, 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 sis…
Gilded 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…
Summerhall, 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 us…
Pleasance 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 …
Underbelly, 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 jus…
Sam 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…
Our 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 spirit…
The British choreographer's programme includes beguiling digital dance created by Tobias Gremmler, a reckoning with desire from RocÃo Molina and seven visions of vice Leonora Carrington i…
Tower 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 stages…
Jonathan 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" sat…
Our 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 wa…
The 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 fluffy monste…