Pasadena Playhouse, Los AngelesThe actor brings out the dark humour in Zeller's modern classic about a man with dementia, fluctuating from absurdity to despair in a heartbeat It is more tha…
Royal Ballet reveals adaptation of Atwood's trilogy of dystopian novels Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood and MaddAddam The British choreographer Wayne McGregor is to stage an adaptation…
Unicorn theatre, LondonIn Roland Schimmelpfennig's play, three actors narrate a day in the life of a young person who uses imagination to escape a precarious existence For his first season i…
Prebble's play A Very Expensive Poison won the prize, named after the Guardian's former chief theatre critic, at the Critics' Circle awards A Very Expensive Poison, Lucy Prebble's ambitious …
Two American shows that explore adolescent anxiety have been propelled by young online communities in a digital blizzard of streams, fan art and animatics Schoolboys hunch over laptops in th…
Ian Shaw plays his actor father in West End play about the troubled production of Spielberg's first blockbuster When Robert Shaw was filming the blockbuster Jaws, the actor's young son came…
Gatiss to play ghost of Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner, Jacob Marley, in his version of Charles Dickens novella He has long written Christmas ghost stories for television and now Mark G…
The IT Crowd actor will star as the green-living Barbara in a stage adaptation of the popular 70s sitcom Katherine Parkinson is to star in a new stage version of the 1970s sitcom The Good Li…
Casting call goes out for film version of the Roald Dahl classic, led by Matthew Warchus, who staged RSC's smash hit The announcement of a casting call for children aged nine to 11, "no tall…
A Dog's Tale, written by cat-loving playwright Poppy Hollman, tells the story of a British institution and has a canine/feline rap battle Tom Hooper's extravagant blockbuster may have given …
There are more than 1,000 shots in George Romero's classic horror movie. Can a band of actors, armed with video cameras and Barbie dolls, recreate it? A winding road. Two bickering siblings …
Musical will premiere in London in September with new story and 'hugely witty' lyrics Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has created a new version of Cinderella with Killing Eve scriptwriter Emera…
LIVR allows subscribers to catch up on theatre in 360-degree virtual reality. How does it compare with the fringe experience? I'm having a beer and enjoying an Edinburgh fringe show from the…
Little Angel theatre, LondonComposer Barb Jungr and director Samantha Lane serve up a characterful take on a Scandinavian folktale, with lashings of puppetry and song There are so many Snow…
Little Angel Studios, LondonA chick finds its feet in this gentle puppet adaptation of the popular book, aimed at children aged two to five 'Winter is long," sighs the baby penguin on stage.…
London's eight-week underground arts fest returns to Waterloo and the South Bank in January. Here's a dozen picks to get started … James McNicholas: The Boxer30-31 January The former Beast…
Who will have audiences on the edge of their seats in the new year? Laurie Kynaston, Rosie Sheehy, Michelle Tiwo and Sadie Clark are among a dozen dazzling talents to watch One of the unifor…
The Game of Thrones actor will play Nina in the adaptation by Anya Reiss, directed by Jamie Lloyd Emilia Clarke is to make her West End theatre debut in a new production of Chekhov's The Sea…
Guardian's outgoing chief theatre critic 'thrilled' that best play award will carry his name in recognition of 48 years' service to drama journalism A prestigious theatre award for the best …
Curve, LeicesterAn adaptation of Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees's bestseller loses some of the grace of the picturebook despite a moonlit acrobatic ending Author Giles Andreae and illustr…
The Egg, BathSome scenes sparkle in Annie Siddons' version of the fairytale but this unruly show is as long and knotty as the heroine's locks A wild boar squats centre stage and, much to thi…
Actor who specialised in playing New York mobsters and other tough-guy rolesA former bouncer, baggage handler and trade unionist, the American actor Danny Aiello had years of playing pugnaci…
The Egg, BathTim Bell and Kate Cross's remarkable production mixes Bauhaus-style designs and jazz in an irresistible treat for under-fives Glitter, sequins and fake snow are the stock ingred…
Salisbury PlayhouseBrightly designed, this jaunty version of Beatrix Potter's seasonal tale boasts a scene-stealing Simpkin the cat Beatrix Potter's book about an ailing tailor tasked with m…
TV channel Gold announces the winners in a national competition for topical festive gags " can you do any better? What do Donald Trump, Santa and Olivia Colman have in common? No, it's not a…