The award-winning actor, best known for her roles in The Silent Twins and Time, on learning from her characters, writing poetry and trying to live in the moment As an actor, Tamara Lawrance,…
Featuring awe-inspiring aerial antics, Welsh National Opera's Death In Venice shows how innovative the art form can still be Conversation about opera has become an increasingly cronky merry…
Campaigners call for 'outdated structures' that undermine progress and encourage inequality to be dismantled Cultural organisations and equality campaigners have called on high-profile figur…
Aviva Studios, ManchesterThis story involving an SS officer who fled to Syria after the war is simply staged but slippery, intriguing and full of nuance The flight of Nazis including Adolf E…
My friend Kate Duncan, who has died aged 43 of cancer, was a writer of short stories and plays that showcased her wry sense of humour and vivid imagination " and which featured a host of qui…
From specifically adapted performances to telling new stories about memory, drama groups are innovating with music, movement and wordless performance to bring the joy of theatre to everyone …
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonYorke Dance Project celebrate Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham and Bella Lewitzky in a mixed bill that offers a valuable lesson If the title of this mi…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterJill Halfpenny and Rowan Robinson star in a revival of the 1958 play, staged near its setting of Salford Gather a group of writers together and they will soon be co…
Jerry Seinfeld calls him 'the most idolised comedian ever'. Yet after five decades at the top, success still makes him cringe. He discusses doubting himself, starring in a documentary " and …
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonRachel O'Riordan's powerful production explores political, medical and religious faith with a wholly convincing cast When Brian Friel's Faith Healer opened on Broadw…
The playwright and screenwriter, who was Oscar nominated last year for Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans, has backed The Zone of Interest director The playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner…
Soho theatre, LondonThe star's stage presence is impressive as she charts the journey from her religious upbringing to her first sexual encounters and becoming an adored icon "Premium ticket…
Sadler's Wells, LondonBeautiful choreography and a clever script create a shifting, unknowable world in Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young's new show I think we can confidently say this is the …
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonFreestyling cyclists serve around the cast in Lucy Cuthbertson's shrewd production aimed at younger audiences When Shakespeare's star-crossed tragedy was at Manche…
The play, adapted by Robert Icke from both parts of Henry IV, stars McKellen as John Falstaff for the first time in his career and will take in Bristol, Birmingham and Newcastle after its We…
Soho theatre, LondonIn a lively but disjointed show, the comedian " who used to work in HR for the streamer " delivers routines on office life, dating apps and 90s R&B From the mailroom …
Staunton reunites with Follies director Dominic Cooke to bring 'old musical to a new audience' at the Palladium in July After a four-year delay caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Imelda Staunt…
The much-loved musical comedian shares what makes him laugh, including Sean Lock, football mascots looking solemn and an Irish donkey derby from 1994 I've been thinking about this way too mu…
Cast as George Washington, in his first major musical, Googoorewon Knox says 'it's important to see a First Nation fella doing such a big thing' If Googoorewon (Goori) Knox had followed in f…
Joe Penhall's new play marks the talkshow host's first theatre role since One Man, Two Guvnors and will see him star opposite Anna Maxwell Martin at the Old Vic James Corden is to return to …
As he stages Shakespeare's bracing tragedy with a cast who share the main role, the choreographer and his company's managing director Iiris Autio discuss the upswing in Finnish dance Is this…
Players who survived a Russian strike on a theatre where over 1,000 people sheltered are taking to the stage to tell their stories When the bombs hit the Mariupol Drama theatre, Vira Lebedyn…
When access to culture is downgraded, the arts are sidelined in schools and civic spaces are neglected, we all lose out Our writers and experts name the pledges Labour must include in its ma…
Theatre evening that encourages Black-only audience dubbed 'divisive' by Downing Street gets seal of approval from punters Stephen, an international education consultant, goes to about 20 th…
Circle in the Square Theater, New York The Succession star delivers a bravura central turn in a rousing adaptation of a story that carries a discomforting contemporary relevance For most peo…