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My friend and collaborator Kate Owen, who has died of cancer aged 72, was a designer dedicated to radical fringe and alternative theatre.
Prolific and hardworking, she created 150 shows over…
Oscar-winning actor will perform the lead role in Anne Carson's adaptation of Sophocles' play in London and Brighton next year
Oscar winner Brie Larson is to appear on stage in Brighton and …
From Legally Blonde's OMG&T to Wicked's Emerald Elixir, there's now another way to immerse yourself in your favourite musical or drama. Interval drinks have never been such fun
A drink a…
Milton Keynes theatreThe indefatigable comic eschews the cliches of most middle-aged standups and skewers modern life with fairness and charm
A central section of Ben Elton's new show addres…
The US director draws upon a brawl at her Detroit school, her love of opera and hiphop, and her time as a standup to deliver a fleet-footed version of the star-crossed lovers' tale
When she …
The actor on the extraordinary second life of her stage career, learning lines in your 80s, and the secret of her long marriage
Born in Edinburgh in 1935, June Watson's career on stage, tele…
The former artistic director of English National Ballet recalls the joy of working with a ballerina who reached an audience far beyond dance
Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who has died aged 29, …
My friend and former colleague the theatre manager Ruth Eastwood, who has died aged 62 shortly after a diagnosis of breast cancer, reinvigorated a number of regional theatres through her abi…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe resurrected company revives rarities by Kenneth MacMillan and Ashley Page alongside enticing new work " all performed with brio and belief
Christopher Marney's affe…
Garrick; Arcola; Lyric Hammersmith, London Dating disasters fuel a joyful new musical from the creators of Six; three old band members reunite in Barney Norris's low-key elegy to lost youth.…
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughA 'sprightly comedy' isn't all it seems in this beautifully performed drama, which the playwright directs
On one level, Alan Ayckbourn's 90th play is a spr…
Under his leadership, the theatre has become a hothouse for innovative, and sometimes controversial work work. On the eve of his departure, he looks back over his 'three acts' in the limelig…
From war orphan in Sierra Leone to international ballet star " the trailblazing Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer has died aged 29
Trailblazing ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince dies a…
Sierra Leone-born DePrince, who moved to US as a child, danced with Boston Ballet and performed with Beyoncé
Michaela Mabinty DePrince, a trailblazer and inspiration to many in the ballet w…
Hollywood actor will 'invite the world's best' to Pitlochry Festival theatre after making surprise approach for role
The Hollywood star and queer icon Alan Cumming is returning to his roots …
Sadler's Wells, LondonRecent graduates, former Ballet Black star Cira Robinson and guest Alina Cojocaru perform lost works and new commissions
Revived from the ashes after a 28-year absence,…
Bush theatre, London Waleed Akhtar speeds through a 20-year alliance between two British Pakistanis rather too quickly to unfold its rich implications
Waleed Akhtar's last, Olivier-winning p…
Garrick theatre, LondonToby Marlow and Lucy Moss have created powerhouse tunes about friendship, family and heartache but this story's romantic woes are often routine
Two writers of musical …
Booth Theatre, New York
Two living legends command the stage in uneven new play as two different women who share a house and form a tentative, transformative relationship
The Roommate, a new…
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonRachel O'Riordan directs a new version of the play about the rehabilitative force of theatre in colonial Sydney
The curtain is a union jack, opening on to uncultivat…
The actor has died aged 93. His stage and screen career spanned seven decades, and he was known for his signature voice, which brought The Lion King's Mufasa and Star Wars' Darth Vader to li…
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughWhen the retired MD of a department store books a theatre company to perform at his home, relationships and reality begin to unravel
If, like Alan Ayckbour…
There has never been a gay-themed work in the classical dance repertoire " until now. The esteemed choreographer hopes to change that for good, even if he's sometimes the one blushing
When D…
The actors explain how Jones influenced their careers and exactly what made him such a towering presence " as well as such a magnetic afternoon tea companion
James Earl Jones dies aged 93
P…
Inaugural season to include adaptation of James Baldwin novel and an immersive rave
An immersive rave, voguing and an adaptation of James Baldwin's novel Giovanni's Room are all part of the …
