Chichester Festival theatreThe actor revisits his life and craft " not least playing Hercule Poirot " in neat but affecting touring show Has Ian McKellen started a trend? To mark his 80th b…
The Egg, BathWith a brilliantly physical performance from Ebony Feare, this toe-tapping show for over-sevens doesn't shy away from the stage star's tough times It took Josephine Baker five …
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonPacing endlessly and rocking towards the big sleep, Siân Phillips and Charlotte Emmerson's performances make this evening deeply affecting This no-frills cell…
Drapers' Hall, CoventryPunchdrunk Enrichment's site-specific project for children aged six to 11 turns a historic building into a secretive library On the way to The Lost Lending Library, a …
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonIt is spirited and witty, with superb puppetry and comedic performances, but this new musical's songs don't stay with you and the messages are o…
Returning to the stage to play Faye Treadwell, formidable manager of the Drifters, the singer and actor explains how she faced down sexism and racism to forge her own career path in Britain …
HighTide's Inventing the Future weekender will feature six new scripts that playfully consider serious subjects, says artistic director Suba Das A sense of joy and playfulness is vital for t…
Carrie Hope Fletcher is the star of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella; Oliver Ormson is in Disney's Frozen. The pair discuss romance, musicals and returning to the stage amid theatre's crisis…
Mercury theatre, ColchesterWendy Kweh plays Creon as a politically minded queen in Merlynn Tong's adaptation steeped in grief and decay The chorus has been banished, the cast of five has no …
Wales Millennium Centre, CardiffThe true story of a family forced to flee the Taliban and seek lifesaving health treatment in the UK brings the search for home movingly to life This true sto…
Dorset's Inside Out festival brought audiences closer to nature with rock star-guided rambles, dirt-digging dances and a globe suspended in woodland Have you held a seashell to your ear, ima…
Theatre Royal PlymouthBouncy songs explore three patients' experiences in this ambitious and spirited show about the health service's history and current crisis As audiences return to theatr…
A newly rereleased documentary captures tense scenes in the studio for the 1970 musical's original cast recording " and reveals much about the songs and their singers After a six-week tryout…
Hollywood actor will perform at Duke of York's theatre, London, as Amanda Wingfield in one of Tennessee Williams' most autobiographical plays The Hollywood star Amy Adams is to make her West…
Hampstead theatre, LondonSet during the strange, out-of-time days between a death in the family and the funeral, Shelagh Stephenson's 1996 play precariously balances riotous humour and patho…
The Royal Shakespeare Company's artistic director has taken compassionate leave to look after his husband, the celebrated actor The actor Sir Antony Sher has been diagnosed with a terminal …
Arrival, co-created with the local community, will take audiences on a journey around the historic industrial area set to welcome City Hall When the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, completes t…
Comics including Romesh Ranganathan pay tribute to 'caring and terrific' standup, whose death from cancer has been announced The comedian Phil Jerrod, known for his richly lyrical observatio…
Dystopian Trojan war play The Burnt City at site of Royal Arsenal will be company's costliest and most ambitious immersive piece The immersive theatre company Punchdrunk, celebrated for crea…
Orange Tree theatre, LondonAthol Fugard's portrait of two lovers defying an apartheid-era ban on interracial sex crackles with tension In Athol Fugard's best-known play, Sizwe Bansi Is Dead,…
Marlowe theatre, CanterburyThis stage update adds new songs to the much-loved movie caper but despite deft illusions it lacks sparkle and eccentricity Well, hocus pocus and substitutiary loc…
Gillian Lynne theatre, London Bewitching melodies abound as Andrew Lloyd Webber's terrifically OTT but warm and inclusive musical finally arrives Delayed by a year because of the pandemic, a…
Bill Bailey, Lee Mack, Harry Hill and Diane Morgan are among the fellow comics who have paid tribute to Lock, 'an absolute genius', who died at home from cancer, surrounded by family ' Harry…
The Line of Duty actor will play Claudius and the Ghost when the postponed play opens next month Adrian Dunbar is to join Cush Jumbo in the Young Vic theatre's production of Hamlet which, po…
Red Rose Chain will present Macbeth at the pop-up playhouse on the site of the greatest British archaeological discovery of the 20th century A new outdoor theatre is to open next summer at S…