Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonPaul Grellong's gripping dialogue makes a brisk plot and unlikable characters immensely watchable as a Harvard professor invites a white supremacist for a deb…
Gielgud theatre; Prince Edward theatre, LondonSheridan Smith captivates, if the songs don't quite, in Ivo van Hove and Rufus Wainwright's new musical, while Christopher Wheeldon and Lynn Not…
Sadler's Wells; Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonJohan Inger's cool take on Bizet's tragic heroine is given its UK premiere by English National Ballet, while LA's Yorke Dance Projec…
Choreographer Kenrick Sandy and composer Michael 'Mikey J' Asante's acclaimed troupe are back with a pulsating new piece, inspired by grime, jungle and carnival Sunday afternoon in Tower Ham…
Hampstead theatre, LondonThere are shades of Blackadder in April De Angelis's play about the great tragedian of 18th-century British theatre There is a certain chutzpah to writing a comedy a…
Aviva Studios, ManchesterAvant garde director Robert Wilson's adaptation of the classic tale prioritises surreal setups and atmosphere over family friendly narrative What does it look like w…
Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, BathBourgeois boredom is pervaded by fantasy and betrayal in these one-act plays with an astute cast including David Morrissey and Mathew Horne Truth, lies and…
Unicorn theatre, LondonEven a cyclops can get lonely, even a parent can make a mistake … this electric rendering of the classic is for all the family as Odysseus's son takes centre stage '…
Sadler's Wells, LondonGiven its UK premiere by English National Ballet, Johan Inger's new version of the Bizet story cuts out cliche and embraces the bleakness " albeit at the expense of som…
Prince Edward theatre, LondonThe jukebox musical has gravity defying dancing and all the megahits, but it's hard to ignore the glaringly unpleasant biographical absence 'I want to keep this…
Gielgud Theatre, LondonSmith plays a Broadway star in the midst of a mental crisis in Ivo van Hove and Rufus Wainwright's glittering and extravagantly original musical adaptation of the Cass…
Rivalries, putdowns, betrayals … director Natalie Ibu explains why she is thrilled to be making her National Theatre debut with an award-winning play about the famous writing sisters Natal…
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonRafael Bonachela's beautiful choreography and Paula Levis' striking costumes stand out in pieces ranging from a gentle voyage to stark electro inten…
Here at Outernet, LondonThe 90s movie The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is celebrated in a chaotic night that's played for fun I look forward to the day when jukebox musicals…
After years as the only Muslim woman on the comedy circuit, the standup is now making history with a female touring troupe. She relives the attacks she faced on the way, from 'letterbox' bur…
My schoolmate (at Bromley grammar) and bandmate Steve Brown met David Bowie on several occasions playing at the Three Tuns pub in Beckenham. Steve first performed with his schoolfriend Keith…
Irish actor awarded prize for playing every role in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, following his win at Critics' Circle film awards Andrew Scott has been named best actor at the Critics' Circle thea…
A 50th-anniversary concert in London celebrates the unlikely show about the son of a holy Roman emperor that became one of Broadway's biggest hits In the 2019 bio-series Fosse/Verdon, Sam Ro…
Traverse theatre, EdinburghA former police officer with muscular dystrophy fights a grotesquely bureaucratic system in this subversive satirical broadside It is 2037 and the government has i…
Warwick Arts CentreTed and Ralph, the 'Suit you!' tailors and the rest of the gang's most fondly remembered characters reconvene for a 30th-anniversary greatest hits sketch show, intersperse…
Cast, DoncasterElvi Piper's fine revival of Boff Whalley's 2014 musical comedy about three sisters on a pit village frontline in 1984 is full of humour, drama and lived experience Boff Whall…
New arts lobby group says plight that hits even top bodies such as Royal Shakespeare Company makes entire country poorer The vast majority of England's biggest subsidised cultural institutio…
As brings to London a 90-minute monologue about Mary, Queen of Scots, the celebrated French actor talks about her extraordinary career, and why she'd love to make a film in the UK " or play …
Sadler's Wells, LondonPite and Young turn a meeting of re-enactors into a truly incredible medieval fantasy with a troupe of brilliant dancers The collaboration between choreographer Crystal…
Lyric; Garrick, LondonIn a great week for monologues, Rachel O'Riordan directs a superb cast of three in her unmissable revival of Brian Friel's 1979 classic, while Bridgerton's Charithra Ch…