Charing Cross theatre, LondonThis fast and furious Korean show has high-voltage tunes, but suffers from schmaltz and a breathlessly hectic pace Two women meet on a train, in a flashback to M…
Award-winning star, who is bringing the concert A Life in Notes to London's Coliseum, says lyricists' words are not reaching audiences clearly, due to a lack of training and overbearing soun…
Live tattooing, non-simulated sex, flesh hook body hoisting and an ejaculating helicopter " these are commonplace in the astonishing shows of Europe's hottest director. But is her latest jus…
Soho theatre, LondonHalf musical comedy, half party, Archie Henderson's show ranges far and wide over the travails of his slinky singer vying for a knighthood It's the Royal Variety Performa…
Playhouse, LeedsKatie Bird is an irresistible Eliza Doolittle in this inspired show, which takes its interrogation of social mobility seriously but with a sparkling lightness of touch The Lo…
Sadler's Wells, LondonIn goth-glam gowns with a fringed shawl, the Spanish dancer snaps from traditional to progressive in a passionate performance Eva Yerbabuena, one of flamenco's best, ha…
Riverside Studios, LondonIn this adaptation of André Carl van der Merwe's novel, Kai Luke Brümmer puts in a formidable performance as the South African conscript beset by homophobia Closet…
Watermill, NewburyCalum Finlay's fast-moving comedy about the composer and her struggles to be recognised is pitch-perfectly performed Felix is working out an idea at the piano. What does hi…
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonAs part of the Royal Ballet's season devoted to the British choreographer, the Florida company brings three of his works to radiant, graceful life F…
One Cartridge Place; Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonPunchdrunk guide us through a gothic tale with ingenious lighting and Helena Bonham Carter's whispers; while Dominic West is terrific as A…
With the London opening of his incendiary work set to be among the theatre events of the year, the dramatist, along with the show's director and stars Kit Harington and Olivia Washington, ta…
Stanley theatre; Toxteth Reservoir, LiverpoolDenis Lavant is remarkable as old man Krapp in Beckett's minor masterpiece, while Adrian Dunbar shrouds his short radio play in total darkness Ad…
What happens when a woman's monthly bleeding just won't stop? Marjolein Robertson discusses her years-long fight to get help for her haemorrhaging and pain " and how she turned this into com…
Risk of collapse is the tension driving three shows involving treadmills at Melbourne's Rising festival " with one even allowing audiences a refund if its creators fail Get our weekend cultu…
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonAlice Childress's powerful story of a biracial couple is set in South Carolina in 1918, but burns with the heat of the civil rights era when it was written 'It's wro…
The famed company dissolved in 1996, so how best to bring it back? With new and classic works from the choreographer's Rolodex of international talent " and by changing the culture of the ar…
Soho theatre, LondonThe daffy duo follow up their westerns parody Cowboys with a silly but still oddly respectful musical-comedy about their grandads' generation It's quite the pivot going f…
Royal Opera House, LondonLaunching a four-year celebration of Frederick Ashton's genteel 'English style', this triple bill is full of refined beauty and pleasure " though with athleticism vi…
The Queen's most famous lookalike, who enjoyed a long career in film and television thanks to their uncanny resemblance In 1972, Jeannette Charles was in her mid-40s and settling down to lif…
The real culture war is the battle to fund it properly, in the face of politicians bemoaning a lack of money As summer arrives, so too does big culture. The Hay festival has just wound up, w…
Hello, I'm Dolly, a stage show inspired by the superstar's life, will include her classics and new songs Dolly Parton is heading to Broadway with the musical Hello, I'm Dolly. The star is wr…
As he gets ready to celebrate '60 years of fun' ahead of his milestone birthday, the doctor-turned-comedian answers your questions on baldness, red-carpet moments and being a people-pleaser …
Orange Tree theatre, LondonTara Fitzgerald, Emma Fielding and Stephen Boxer deftly juggle roles in this marathon of marital malaise This 1965 trilogy of late works by Noël Coward has all …
People may be told their condition is a gift. But that's little comfort when looking back at a trail of destruction Discovering in my 40s that I have ADHD was a bit like how, I imagine, Tarz…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonThe Mash Report comedian's material on middle age is sharp but it's her political musical numbers that really hit home If life begins at 40, where does that l…