Shakespeare's Globe; Barbican, London The possibility of pleasure is everywhere in Sean Holmes's summer crowd-pleaser, while Adrian Dunbar tackles his first musical role in Cole Porter's tak…
St James theatre, New YorkDreamlike logic and exceptional choreography make this wordless interpretation of Sufjan Stevens's Illinois album a deserving winner of a Tony award A week ago, Ill…
For this year's fringe, performers will be rapidly updating their shows to reflect the outcome at the ballot box "Let's just say, I didn't make a bet on the election date, and if I had, I wo…
Readers respond to a call from theatre leaders to challenge the erosion and devaluation of artistic subjects I'm appalled to read about the erosion and devaluation of the arts in state schoo…
Nicholas Hytner has shared details of his forthcoming production, which will give the actor his highest profile Shakespeare role to date Bridgerton's Jonathan Bailey is to play Richard II in…
Watford Palace theatrePhilip J Morris's stage adaptation of the Bafta-winning film tells it straight as Anthony Bryan's life is ripped apart The voice of Theresa May opens this stage version…
David Semark takes over role of Falstaff for last three shows after veteran actor's fall from the stage on Monday Sir Ian McKellen's understudy will perform in the play Player Kings for its …
As Benedict Lombe's play Shifters transfers to West End, she is only third black British woman to have play staged there Theatre audiences are "thirsty" for romance stories told from a black…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterDirector Josh Roche's new perspective " complete with smartphones, Instagram and Whitney Houston " breathes fresh life into a familiar classic To update Oscar Wilde…
Sir Ian prides himself on never missing a performance. I too fell off stage in a version of Henry IV and was taken to hospital " I didn't want to go in case my understudy was better than me …
The Globe theatre, LondonBold, absurdist ideas jostle for attention in Jude Christian's bemusing new production, turning Shakespeare's tricky tale into a child's silly game How to wrangle a …
Barbican, London Cole Porter's musical variation on The Taming of the Shrew gets an exhilarating revival, even if the Line of Duty star's singing is less than sensational Cole Por…
Huge audiences and even larger livestreams are putting a whole new type of pressure on dancers. Yasmine Haghdi, principal of the Royal Ballet, tell us how Britt Tajet-Foxell fixed more than …
Actor 'in good spirits' after fall during Player Kings performance, Noël Coward theatre spokesperson said Ian McKellen was "in good spirits" and expected to make "a speedy and full recove…
Arcola theatre, LondonSet in a chronically understaffed treatment centre, Laura Waldren's searing play homes in on the hellish cycles and contradictions caused by the condition For anyone wh…
'The German production has had a standing ovation every night for 36 years. Graf went before big tennis competitions to gee herself up. And the German football team would go before an intern…
Octagon, BoltonBram Stoker's novel gets redone in the style of The Play That Goes Wrong, in an energetically performed but ultimately feeble farce We have a cost of living crisis and a borin…
Jeremy Strong, Daniel Radcliffe, Ariana DeBose and Angelina Jolie were among the crowd for the 77th annual Tony awards, held in New York on Sunday The full list of winners Continue reading...
At the annual celebration of Broadway, major acting winners included Jeremy Strong, Daniel Radcliffe and Sarah Paulson The full list of winners The 77th annual Tony awards were dominated by …
James Corden and Anna Maxwell Martin are starring in The Constituent, a play that asks if MPs are no longer safe. Here, its writer explores what politicians wearing stab vests means for demo…
This year's big Broadway winners so far include Jeremy Strong, Daniel Radcliffe and 70s-set play Stereophonic Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play Betsy Aidem, Prayer …
Everyman, LiverpoolTasha Dowd's big-hearted play is about a Liverpudlian woman who befriends HIV patients at the height of the Aids crisis, and features a ferocious broadside in favour of pu…
Leeds PlayhouseOpera North brings shimmering music to this gorgeous and crisply choreographed co-production, which preserves Shaw's critique of the British class system Some have called it "…
Bristol Old Vic; Lyric Hammersmith; Southwark Playhouse, LondonThe moving story of the invention of IVF gives space to the women affected; Alice Childress's 60s interracial romance proves re…
Shakespeare North Playhouse, PrescotIn this raucous production set at a summer festival, Viola and Sebastian have done too many pills, Sir Toby Belch listens to Arctic Monkeys … and Les De…