The lookalike actor who played the Queen for 50 years, including in Naked Gun and Austin Powers films, died on 2 June Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcas…
Sydney Opera HouseChoreographer's queer, condensed version dissolves the boundaries of the stage and, in a brilliant passage of dancing, the walls of the Joan Sutherland theatre itself Get …
Todd Haimes Theatre, New York A hit-and-miss coming-of-age tale from late playwright Samm-Art Williams covers aspects of the Black experience with detail, but uneven direction distracts In S…
Turbine theatre, LondonAdequate songs are not enough to fill out Jonathan Harvey's flimsy clubbers' romance, though Frances Ruffelle provides some welcome razzle dazzle In four decades of dr…
Stage and screen actor who was part of the original cast of Doctor Who On 23 November 1963 " the day after the assassination of President John F Kennedy " the actor William Russell, who has …
Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonArthur Miller's story of family, masculinity and immigrant struggles could seem dated but a brilliant cast bring out uncomfortably modern resonances This reviv…
Exclusive: Playwright James Graham says he will rewrite Dear England depending on outcome of Euros If the Three Lions lift the men's Euros trophy this summer, they will have rewritten the sc…
One Cartridge Place, LondonHelena Bonham Carter narrates as a bare-footed audience explore exquisite rooms in this unsettling, grief-soaked journey into the night The immersive adventure beg…
The Doctor Who star's performance coincides with David Tennant's Macbeth and Ncuti Gatwa appearing in The Importance of Being Earnest Jodie Whittaker is returning to the stage for the first …
Arts hub described as heart of city's fringe advertised for redevelopment after benefactor outvoted on family trust Senior figures in the arts have warned that Edinburgh faces a cultural cri…
The fluffy accident-prone favourite is donning his red wellies and duffle coat for a magical new 'experience' that is half-theatre and half-party. Our writer braces herself for a look behind…
The iconography of modern vampires can be traced back to a 1924 English stage version of Bram Stoker's novel. On its centenary, the suave bloodsucker is returning to where it all began With …
Polka theatre, LondonPalaeontologist Jakob Vinther joins a lively group of musicians for this gig-theatre production based on his groundbreaking research Adaptations are a safe bet in childr…
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Royal Court; Trafalgar theatre, London Katie Mitchell directs and Ben Whishaw stars, while David Byrne's new reign at the Royal Court gets off to a cool start. An…
Live theatre, NewcastleStewart Pringle's new play set in Northumberland in 1553 has the bones of something great, but at present teeters on parody Newcastle's Live theatre is 51 this year. U…
Norwich Theatre Royal; Sadler's Well, London Marc Brew's recreation, choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, of the crash that left him paraplegic is an exhilarating riposte to fate. And a sl…
This month's roundup includes the versatile actor's 75th birthday show, Succession's Harriet Walter playing Lorca's matriarch and supreme showman Hugh Jackman in the classic musical To mark …
The actor gives an astonishing, awards-worthy performance as a stage star with dementia in a slight yet powerful TV movie There's an almighty performance super-powering HBO's mysteriously ha…
Promoting his book at Hay festival, comedian says his mother and grandparents' flight from Nazi Germany affected later generations David Baddiel has said he makes comedy to process the inter…
Gate theatre, DublinDirected by RóisÃn McBrinn, this 2009 play is an absorbing study of group dynamics, deepened by intricate dialogue and superb acting Six weeks is a long time in the…
Chichester Festival theatreThe performances are strong and the music is beautiful, but they cannot rescue this convoluted adaptation of Jamila Gavin's award-winning children's novel This ada…
My friend Brian Phelan, who has died aged 90, was an actor turned playwright whose work was performed on television and on stage between the mid-1970s and early-2000s. Over that period he pr…
An in-the-round production at the Royal Albert Hall in London features more than 100 performers " including 60 dancing swans. Tristram Kenton went into the rehearsals Continue reading...
Arcola theatre, LondonWhile the costumes are delightful and the characters cheekily drawn, the full epic potential for this cabaret is never fully realised Welcome to the monstrous cabaret, …
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