Actor says Ensemble 84 in Horden, employing local talent, is how a professional repertory company should beIt’s a chilly spring evening in what was once a Catholic church in a left-behind …
Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonForgoing Brecht’s usual distanciation, Anna Jordan’s new translation and Michelle Terry’s lovable performance bring out the humanity of a woman doing what�…
Hampstead theatre, LondonA first love is rekindled on stage and off in Sarah Ruhl’s metatheatrical romance and farcical send-up of hammy old musicalsIt doesn’t take long for the protagon…
Minerva theatre, ChichesterJohn Morton’s debut as a playwright is a finely crafted family drama with shades of Alan AyckbournAs a TV writer-director, John Morton specialises in the sort of…
I was lucky enough to catch Michael Pennington’s performances in RSC productions visiting Newcastle in the last decades of the 20th century. I still recall his lacerating self-disgust at t…
Northern Stage, NewcastleThis revival of the carnivorous plant caper showcases strong voices, incorporates playful designs and splits Audrey II in twoSure, it would be possible to deliver a …
Actors Vivica A Fox, Kara Young and Mallori Johnson on subverting revenge tropes as Aleshea Harris’s play storms on to the screenKara Young remembers the fervor around Is God Is’s off-Br…
Best known as Nurse Phyllis in the TV hit, the actor is a peerless interpreter of Caryl Churchill and is starring in Alexander Zeldin’s ‘Shakespearean’ play about dementia. She looks b…
Lyric Hammersmith, London The dissolute aristocrats from 1895 remain sharply funny, and bitingly relevant, in this flamboyant new spinOscar Wilde’s comedy was billed as a “play of modern…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghDawn Steele stars in Ron Ferguson’s warm-hearted tale of a town whose fortunes are tied to those of its coal mine and local teamBlack diamonds are what they used to …
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonThe first UK visit for the company showcases the dancers’ elegance and versatility across three pieces of varying impactThis small Oklahoman dance…
My partner, Andrie Reid, who has died aged 73, appeared on British TV in the 1980s as a dancer and actor, as well as on stage in dance shows, operas and plays.Her main TV roles were in The K…
As she takes on the icon in musical drama End of the Rainbow, Monsoon recalls a childhood spent watching Wizard of Oz on repeat – and explains why audiences are ready for trans performers…
Role marks a major return for the actor after falling off the stage in 2024 and is a coup for the forward-thinking theatreIan McKellen is to play King Lear in his first major theatrical role…
Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, LondonThe detective and his sidekick return for a new case by Joel Horwood in an alfresco setting that playfully refers to nearby attractionsOutdoor drama i…
Sherman theatre, Cardiff Connor Allen’s autobiographical show is a twister that winds in everything from gothic mystery to therapy sessions in an ambitious, r…
The monumental soundtrack of Perry Henzell’s film, starring Jimmy Cliff, powered the best musical of 2025. Its creators discuss bringing their hit back after the reggae giant’s deathOn a…
When she broke through the glass ceiling and became chancellor, Reeves found her office had its own latrine. Rosie Holt reveals why she turned the story into a play called Churchill’s Urin…
The Royal Court is presenting the Slow Horses star’s version of one Beckett masterpiece alongside 19-year-old Leo Simpe-Asante’s riff on another. They combine beautifullyWhere does the t…
She played the world’s coolest dance teacher and has had big success as an actor, director and choreographer, winning a Golden Globe, Emmys and an Olivier. Now, she is back on Broadway. Sh…
Perth theatreAside from a brief pre-shoot ‘discussion’, this take on Billy Wilder’s classic 1950 film has little to offer – despite some fine performancesOver the past decade or so, …
UEA Drama Studio, Norwich A scientist sees the climate crisis in action when she returns to her mother’s flooded home, while the mum just fancies a trip to see the penguinsIn these days of…
Over his kaleidoscopic career, the great Shakespearean was a stalwart of the RSC, co-founded a ‘rock’n’roll’ theatre company and excelled at Chekhov and PinterMichael Pennington was …
Report suggests that popular initiatives such as NT Live and NT at Home are making UK audiences more adventurousTheatre streaming services and cinema screenings of stage performances are not…
Dudley Town HallWith bits about Prince, Tiswas, his Jamaican family and his long career, the standup treads familiar ground and the home-town crowd love itIn this new standup show – his fi…