The comedies Titanique and Here You Come Again pay homage to two superstars in quirky style. Actors Lauren Drew and Tricia Paoluccio explain what it's like to portray their idols " and take …
Lowden first appeared in David Ireland's two-hander in Edinburgh last year. For its West End run, he is paired with his 'hero' Freeman Slow Horses star Jack Lowden is to reprise his role in …
Opera House, ManchesterA meandering musical based on the Doris Day movie delivers the sure-shot showtunes in style with a whipcracking lead in Carrie Hope Fletcher The 1953 film Calamity Jan…
The Olivier-winning star 'excited and honoured' to take the lead in the UK premiere of Marie and Rosetta, a 1940s-set two-hander from George Brant Beverley Knight is to play Sister Rosetta T…
The actors will share the stage for the first time in George Bernard's Shaw's drama about 'the role of women in society' Imelda Staunton and her daughter, Bessie Carter, are to share the sta…
Bristol Old VicIn Sonali Bhattacharyya's tale, Liana Cottrill's striking and gracefully realised mermaid is driven to leave her home not for a crush on a prince but in order to save the seas…
Anaïs Mitchell's underworld musical gets a West End spin and the Horrible Histories star's Bottom are among this month's highlights He played the Bard on Horrible Histories ("they call me…
Arcola theatre, LondonThis recreation of Steven Spielberg's 1993 classic is frenetic fun, with the dinosaurs brought to life using physical comedy " and traffic cones Hold on to your … wha…
Jacksons Lane, London Tove Jansson's beloved creations have their hibernation interrupted by snowball juggling and jolly ukulele tunes in this sweet adaptation Anyone ap…
Albany, LondonThis is a sprightly adaptation of Chris Haughton's popular book, adding circus skills, projections and BSL 'Here we find the penguin," intones the narrator of a mock nature doc…
Lila Raicek's play, which McGregor describes as 'a very modern take on today's sexual politics', will be the actor's first London show in 17 years Ewan McGregor will return to the London sta…
Come out to play with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis's star-studded concept album or enjoy an improvised movie from the Goes Wrong team Amal Khalidi and Tatenda Naomi Matsvai's highly aff…
This farce about a gaffe-laden am-dram whodunnit was born above a pub. How did it become one of Britain's greatest ever exports, the toast of more than 50 countries? Our writer hits the cont…
You'll never find an audience or a cast more invested than at a seasonal show, where kids find their feet in front of you. But performing arts provision for the youngest is in peril What's y…
Dance House, CardiffA lonely deer enters a world of natural wonders in this dance-theatre show for children, with spellbinding songs by Casi Wyn Never mind poor red-nosed Rudolph being calle…
Hampstead theatre, LondonLoyalty and legacy, privilege and prejudice come into play as the lives of two friends, joined in their love of the basketball star, diverge Without wanting to state…
Despite Olivier awards success and a sold out run in the West End, the show received unfavourable reviews from US critics and performed poorly at the box office Tammy Faye, the musical creat…
With a career ranging from Shakespeare to EastEnders and the series Great Canal Journeys, actor was a familiar face from the 1960s onwards Michael Billington: West was a modest maestro who e…
Wales Millennium Centre, CardiffThe 2008 Canadian film about zombie-like hordes spreading a verbal virus is given a Welsh update, with a radio host refusing to rein in his divisive rhetoric …
A cast recording for the souped-up train musical is released, Michael Sheen plays the NHS hero at the National and David Hare delivers his Covid memoir "Tonight is the most important night i…
Duke of York's theatre, LondonThe stars of Emily in Paris and Money Heist team up for a curiously flat drama mixing suspense, comedy and politics Emily in Paris star Lily Collins makes her s…
The creator of Hamilton and the writer Eisa Davis explain why they turned the classic film into a Jesus Christ Superstar-style concept album, with the help of hip-hop royalty " from Ghostfac…
Live theatre, NewcastleBrogan Gilbert gives an extraordinary performance as the troubled nurse caring for a terminally ill dancer in a compelling adaptation of the 2019 horror film With its …
(Atlantic)This concept album based on Walter Hill's 1979 film features megastar rappers, Hamilton alumni and styles from metalcore to salsa " it is pulled off with breathtaking brio The brav…
Empress Museum, LondonWhile there is strength and skill on display, this circus show lacks a knockout performance and the film's enduring anthems don't always fit the action A stage adaptati…