Forty years on from the battle to save Britain's pits, a revival of Boff Whalley's drama We're Not Going Back honours women's contribution Ten years ago, Boff Whalley created a play for Red …
Polka theatre, LondonA hip-hop take on the tragedy finds the feud blowing up on social media and the balcony scene remixed for FaceTime but it lacks pathos Two hours' stage traffic becomes o…
Pickett's 'very funny and very angry' play 1536 follows three women as they discuss the arrest of Anne Boleyn The British playwright Ava Pickett has won this year's Susan Smith Blackburn pri…
It was a time when the pill was unavailable and homosexuality was illegal. As Shelagh Delaney's sparky story of a Salford single mother and her pregnant teenage daughter returns, can it real…
As a chart-topping singer in the ultra-controlled pop landscape of the 00s, she refused to be sexy, spoke out about Aids and was staunchly pro-Labour. Now, she's one of theatre's biggest sta…
London PalladiumThe comic revives Avid Merrion, Keith Lemon and others in a scatological set of unimaginative jokes Is he funny, or is his comedy the nadir of western civilisation? Not being…
Gough, who is resuming her Olivier award-winning role in People, Places and Things, calls on those in positions of power to become allies for colleagues The stage and screen star Denise Goug…
Preparation for a play is a notoriously private affair, as actors bond and experiment " and some even enjoy it more than performance. Here five actors and the director Richard Eyre share the…
Crucible, SheffieldDirector Anthony Lau brings his fiercely rigorous intellect to bear on this intensely felt love story, with standout performances from Simon Manyonda and Anoushka Lucas Th…
When a celebrated voice coach feels she has to resign, it's a poor reflection on the state of drama in the UK As a professional actor, I've worked extensively in all media for more than 45 y…
Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonSamuel Barnett and Victoria Yeates harmonise as the composer and his 'assistant' in a production that sings under the direction of Erica Whyman Erica Whyman,…
Leeds Grand theatreProkofiev's score takes flight as the warring clans go at it, while the lovers display all the tortured passion of their teenage tragedy in this innovative and explosive s…
Olivier; Jermyn Street; Lyric, LondonLarkiness overtakes Tim Price's hallucinatory new play about the founder of the NHS; Roy Williams's adaptation of Sam Selvon's great Windrush novel pulse…
The coal miner's daughter who set up the Open University and the Arts Council and was Britain's youngest MP is the subject of two new shows 'Behind every great man stands a great woman," the…
Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome; Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonBotis Seva's new show is so murkily atmospheric that its meaning proves elusive. Elsewhere, a compelling if mixed programme of short…
Whoever wins next month's Olivier awards, global stars will continue to flock to the West End of London to give the stage their all. We take a peek behind the curtain … At what point does …
Orange Tree theatre, LondonThis chamber staging, movingly played by an immaculate ensemble, fits perfectly with the drama's hothouse of disappointment At 84, Sir Trevor Nunn is making his fi…
Sadler's Wells, LondonNYCB's first UK visit in 16 years brings a quadruple bill that looks to the past briefly, but mostly presents a very 21st-century vision One of the world's most iconic …
Bristol Old VicAdaptation of David Nicholls' novel about a student's class-inflected coming of age scores for its songs but its energy becomes unhinged Long before the post-university romanc…
The writer has gone from creating viral comedy to a play about football and friendship between a group of teens amid the gentrification of south London. 'I'm never as nervous as when I playe…
ITA, AmsterdamThe British director of Cabaret and A Streetcar Named Desire makes a gripping debut with the acclaimed Dutch company Julie wobbles into the kitchen, hiding from her own 21st bi…
The US comedian, who won an Emmy for the remarkable 2022 special Rothaniel, makes a bemusing visit to London When Sarah Silverman took to the stage at Hammersmith Apollo one night in 2008, …
Todd Haimes Theatre, New York The award-winning John Patrick Shanley drama returns to Broadway for the first time with note-perfect performances and a discomfiting tone The new revival of Do…
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonA tremendous cast capture the hope and despair of life in the 'mother country' in this powerful adaptation of the 1956 novel Lyrical and loosely structured, Sam …
International festival director Nicola Benedetti says new manifesto is designed to make event more open and affordable Nicola Benedetti, the Edinburgh festival director, has slashed ticket p…