British Congolese playwright receives Susan Smith Blackburn prize for her debut play, Lava, staged in 2021 at the Bush in London Benedict Lombe has won this year's Susan Smith Blackburn priz…
Host Jason Manford, Cabaret stars Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne, and a host of other presenters and winners gave some candid speeches at the ceremony Full list of winners Host Jason Manf…
Our roundup of plays to watch at home in April includes a Ukrainian account of war, a blistering exploration of social media and a brass-band audio drama Restrictions in most of the UK have …
Massy Opera, FranceThierrée plays an architect whose building won't behave and a director whose performers don't listen in a playful if disjointed production Who lives in a house like this?…
The actor will share the role with Danish dancer Johan Christensen in a new production this summer Sir Ian McKellen is to play Hamlet for the third time in his career in a production this su…
Dorfman, LondonJude Christian's funny and suspenseful adaptation for children draws them into the heart of Shakespeare's story Who hasn't occasionally wished Hamlet was a bit shorter? As we …
London venue to stage a reading of Natal'ya Vorozhbit's drama Bad Roads, which will also be livestreamed on the Guardian website The Royal Court theatre in London is to present a day of soli…
Local heroes including screenwriter Jimmy McGovern and comedian Johnny Vegas will take stage at Shakespeare North Playhouse this summer A new Shakespearean theatre is to open in Merseyside t…
Premiere of Theresa Rebeck's play will reunite the film and theatre stars who appeared in The Equalizer The American blockbuster stars David Harbour and Bill Pullman are to share the stage i…
The first Russian to leave the company over her country's invasion of its neighbour will join the Dutch National Ballet Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates The prima ballerina Olga Smirnova, …
Bristol Old VicWith brilliant performances, eye-popping visuals and a gloriously profane script by Ross Willis, this is an unforgettable tale of adolescence Here is an audaciously inventive,…
Winner Karis Kelly, writer of Consumed, had previously been considering a 'complete career change' as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic A playwright who was considering a "complete career ch…
Mercury theatre, ColchesterHandsomely staged, Mark Ravenhill's version of Charles Bennett's 1920s thriller includes pertinent concerns about policing and the abuse of power An artist is dead…
The actor who passed out on stage said he had 'a bruised ego but I'm fine' and would be back to perform on Monday night The actor Taron Egerton has said he will return to the stage "with a v…
Curve, LeicesterMolly-Grace Cutler is in fine voice in this jukebox musical but the story shortchanges the singer-songwriter's achievements Like her 2012 memoir, A Natural Woman, this jukebo…
In a new monthly roundup, we pick 10 of the best shows to enjoy from home " including Shakespeare filmed in a church, a lavish musical and Gabriel Byrne's return to Dublin With three new pla…
Barn theatre, CirencesterLee O'Reilly and Sam Denia prove deft and daft in a mystery spoof that is crammed with ideas The question in this nimble murder-mystery spoof is not so much whodunni…
Gaiety theatre, DublinThe actor adapts his impressionistic memoir for the stage, giving life to the characters he observed as a boy in the 'theatre of the street' Gabriel Byrne's 2020 book W…
Tempest's National Theatre play, Amanda Wilkin's Shedding a Skin and Benedict Lombe's Lava all shortlisted for major playwriting award A reworking of Sophocles's tragedy Philoctetes by the p…
Known for his pioneering blaxploitation cinema, the late film director also created Don't Play Us Cheap, a goofy but soul-stirring Broadway hit that should not be forgotten When Melvin Van P…
Actor aims to tell the Scottish poet's story 'using my whole body' in a production at the 75th Edinburgh international festival in August Alan Cumming will play Scotland's national bard Robe…
The actor, who is taking on a one-off role as a detective, is ready for an all-singing, all-dancing production next He has played a wizard, a supervillain and the great Shakespearean leads "…
Show scored by Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary is set to become summer's hot ticket and will premiere in Cheltenham in July After all those weekly showstopper challenges, it was perhaps inevit…
Available onlineStephen Joseph theatre's filmed seasonal offering is a proper winter warmer with some off-the-wall touches Scarborough's Stephen Joseph theatre had to cancel almost half the …
Rambert dance company and writer Steven Knight team up for an 'inspiring and uplifting' touring production The upcoming sixth series of blockbuster BBC drama Peaky Blinders will be the last …