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The Place, LondonNicola Adilman's breathtaking exploration of what it is to be seen was the standout in a strong triple bill at the annual festival of new choreography
The annual Resolution …
Tamara Harvey and Daniel Evans, the company's new co-artistic directors, on work-life balance, their first season in charge " and what they'll do when they disagree. Plus, below, six theatre…
The actor, 72, on the amazing success of Death in Paradise, meditation and money, prejudice in acting, the worst job he ever had and his problem with hats
Hats never stay on me. I have a fun…
Theatre dedicated to new writing says it is 'reassessing staff teams' after sharp rise in production costs
The Royal Court is considering making redundancies as part of a restructuring proce…
Sadler's Wells, LondonDancer Alina Cojocaru and choreographer Natalia HoreÄná bring the 1954 film to the stage but their show loses its way in the second act
It's no surprise that a st…
Orange Tree theatre, LondonWriter Zoe Cooper and director Tessa Walker reignite Jane Austen's early novel with hilarious physical storytelling and a fizzing cast, though the romance sputters…
Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonThe Aristophanes play is interwoven with the theatre company's personal quest in a ramshackle show that loses its way
This Aristophanes comedy is theatre's o…
Soho theatre, LondonIn a show revisiting her childhood and dissecting comedy tropes, the performer has captivating presence but her material meanders
Celya AB offers us a promising premise: …
The comedy series' originators Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse will lead a 30th anniversary live show due to begin in March
Swiss Toni, Competitive Dad and a pair of unsuitably smutty tai…
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonThe Coventry comic's new show centres more on storytelling than polished quips but this is still a boisterous set
In a world where big-name comics prep their tours …
Marylebone theatre, LondonSamantha Spiro conducts listeners urgently through this horrifying story of a baby thrown in desperation from an Auschwitz train
If writing a poem after Auschwitz i…
Disabled actors respond to the announcement that Michelle Terry, the Globe's artistic director, will be taking up the role
The announcement of a summer production of Richard III at Shakespea…
In 1989, my friend Jon French's life changed irrevocably when he was involved in a car accident that injured his spine and left him a permanent wheelchair user. He had previously worked as a…
We asked the comedian to share his online fixations. It's eclectic " including a British food influencer, a podcaster takedown and the best graph featuring Ludacris
Get our weekend culture a…
The Akram Khan Company said the death of the dancer, who shaped the art form as a programmer, was 'an immense loss for the dance community'
Emma Gladstone, an accomplished dancer who hugely …
It took her eight years to write Intelligence, an era-hopping epic about the pioneer's battle for recognition. Now that it's won the Women's prize for playwriting, will Grochala stop telling…
He has staged Greece's Olympic opening ceremony and scenes evoking myths and old masters. Now, the unclassifiable choreographer is taking his cue from Ridley Scott
In the 1980s, Dimitris Pap…
The show's run at Theatre Royal Drury Lane will end in September but British schools can then compete to stage it
Since the summer of 2021 it has drawn waves of excited theatregoers wearing …
West End producer who worked with Cameron Mackintosh on musicals such as Les Misérables and The Phantom of the OperaWhen Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats unexpectedly became a potential w…
This daffy musical about racing trains inspired countless stage careers, including my own. A child's imagination made real, it is a perfect introduction to theatre
The light at the end of th…
The standup on finding a good preshow pint, getting heckled and reflecting on the death of his brother in Tragedy Plus Time
Can you recall a gig so bad, it's now funny?A corporate gig for a …
Old Vic announces play starring Rami Malek and Indira Varma just 30 minutes after Wyndham's confirms Robert Icke staging
The Old Vic has found itself in the mother of all messes after announ…
The star of The Morning Show will bring David Cale's award-winning one-man play to London in March
Billy Crudup is to make his West End theatre debut portraying 19 characters in a solo show …
When he began performing, as a boy in South Africa, he was told he would never win. But Radebe overcame homophobia and homelessness to become a beloved dance pioneer
If you watched Strictly …
Southwark Playhouse, LondonGrace Joy Howarth's play about the lives of two slaughterhouse workers addresses many things " the ethics of eating animals, the situation in Ukraine, zero-hours c…