Barbican, LondonThe history of eastern Europe weighs heavily in this period piece in which three old Jewish men rage against life and GodA stonecutter, a water carrier and a bankrupt grocer …
Park theatre, LondonJethro Compton's take on Jack London's fable conjures up the snowswept Yukon but fails to focus on the central relationship between girl and wolfAn improvisation on Jack …
Trafalgar Studios, LondonBristol OId Vic's bewitching musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's L'Homme qui rit makes a witty West End transferVictor Hugo was one of the great myth-makers of 19th-…
The Site, Royal Court, LondonVictims, cops and robbers all come out to play in Julia Jarcho's thrilling, chilling three-handerAround the side of the Royal Court, through a yard filled with C…
This collaboration with writers from Syria and Lebanon offers no glib solutions to atrocities, and little hope eitherFathers are having a hard time of it at the Royal Court, where a generati…
Will Eno offers a telling vision of suburban horror as a nuclear family goes criticalWill Eno's bleakly comic reflection on the nuclear family, The Open House, is set in the impeccably beige…
Old Vic, LondonRhys Ifans stars in a joyous, psychoanalytical reading of Dickens that celebrates the redeeming power of theatreSince its publication as a novella in 1843, Charles Dickens's A…
Denise Deegan had a West End hit with her parody of 1920s boarding-school novels. Now, Paulette Randall is staging an age-blind revival with a crack cast of actors. They share their teenage …
Like Kate Tempest and Inua Ellams, the Nigerian-born performer is breaking new ground with Coat, his tale of two cultures, told while he cooks up a stew on stage'It's amazing how not-so-simp…
The star of Jez Butterworth's acclaimed play grew up thinking her uncle had died in a car crash. Then one day she was told the truth: he had been 'disappeared' by the IRAOn New Year's Day in…
From Miller's Crossing to Fifty Shades of Grey, Marcia Gay Harden has always played hard-boiled women. Her UK stage debut, in Sweet Bird of Youth, is no exceptionMarcia Gay Harden is a fortn…
Edinburgh international book festivalChimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Kamila Shamsie and other authors push the theatrical boundaries of narrative Continue reading...
Crockery-jugglers, cancer comedy and a church full of comics " plus Richard Burton and Frank Zappa come back from the dead. Our critics select the hottest shows at this y…
Dunstan Playhouse, AdelaideAll over Adelaide whispered half-conversations have been taking place: how did you … ? What was it … ? So strong was the consensus against revealing what happ…
Norwood Concert Hall, Adelaide FestivalHow do you dramatise an event so indescribably terrible as losing both legs in an underground bomb attack? In telling the story of Gill Hicks, an Austr…
It's week one of the Adelaide festival, and the Guardian has landed. We'll be covering all the events, gossip and backstage drama here throughout the week. What are you looking forward to " …
The RSC is set to stage Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. But who should play the ruthless master politician at the novels' core?So the deal is done and the Cromwellian bandwagon has embark…
As the excitements of the Olympic summer fade into Autumn, our thoughts turn to legacy: is there such a thing as lasting value and how do we honour it? A small Yorkshire publisher is doing j…
Michael Morpurgo's novel, War Horse, has become one of the great success story of the 21st century theatre - and it's about to get even bigger, with the release of a Steven Spielberg film. H…
Michael Morpurgo's novel, War Horse, has become one of the great success story of the 21st century theatre - and it's about to get even bigger, with the release of a Steven Spielberg film. H…
As we come to the end of the first full year of the Guardian books podcast we take a look back at some of the highlights.We talk comic writing with Booker winner Howard Jacobson, put the nov…
In the week of the Guardian first book award 2010, we go to the ceremony at London's Victoria and Albert Museum to listen in on the announcement. We hear from the winner, Alexandra Harris, a…