Riverside Studios, LondonThe compelling life of the world-changing mathematician and logician is somehow rendered unremarkable in a drab musical Alan Turing's life was without doubt dramatic…
Soho theatre, LondonThis quartet " familiar from Veep, SNL and Second City " respond well to audience suggestions but keep rebooting the process rather than delivering a full story As anyone…
Party punch-ups, brides in disguise, simmering family rancour … playwrights have cordially invited audiences to some nightmarish nuptials There are myriad plays about marriage. Far fewer a…
King's Head theatre, LondonSet in San Francisco's art world, Shaun McKenna and Andrew Van Sickle's frothy farce brings a contemporary gay twist to an old-school comic formula This frothy gay…
Choreographer Aakash Odedra explains how the movements and stories of older people in Leicester are informing Mehek, his collaboration with Aditi Mangaldas Around 60 people are chatting and …
Lighting designer who worked with Laurence Olivier on the construction and design of the National Theatre in LondonUntil Richard Pilbrow came along, the job of the lighting designer in Briti…
The hit 1984 film is set to become a stage show with a book from Pulitzer prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Prince's hit film Purple Rain is set to become a Broadway musical. The 1984 mo…
Her midnight agony aunt clown show became the hot ticket of the fringe " despite the fact that the Estonian never regarded herself as a comic. In fact, she says, she much prefers making audi…
Windsor and Maidenhead scraps cultural budget in wake of similar moves in Suffolk, Bristol, Nottingham and Birmingham The chill blast of damaging cuts to provincial arts venues has returned …
Jessica Daley rushed to the rescue after Curve theatre in Leicester put out a call for someone who knew the role An actor travelled more than 150 miles to ensure a performance of the musical…
The comedian, whose new show draws on his experience of surviving a brain tumour, on finding humour in adversity, working with Ridley Scott, and why his scar won't be hidden for long London-…
Clint Dyer leads tributes to director who ran the London venue for 25 years and was a 'pioneer of diversity in British theatre' Tributes have been paid to Philip Hedley, who spent a quarter …
Best known for writing Tom and Viv, Hastings made his debut as a teenage dramatist in the 1950s. Now, his vivid 'young man's play' Don't Destroy Me is back We watch old movies. We read old n…
He couldn't get his foot in the door as an actor, so wrote his own play based on working in his uncle's grocery store. Thirteen years and a global sitcom hit later he's reopening the shop "T…
Adapting Onjali Q Raúf's novel for the stage proved a challenge but her refugee story, which has a new nod to Harper Lee, is both urgent and unforgettable When I was young, my Bangladeshi…
British actor and star of 1964 film died at an assisted living home in Los Angeles of natural causes on Thursday A life in pictures Glynis Johns, the Tony Award-winning stage and screen star…
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Arts organisations respond to plans to permanently slash core budget for the region's theatres and museums Arts organisations have called on Suffolk county council (SCC) to reconsider a prop…
The ​author of the award-nominated memoir​ Strong Female Character on her early ambition to be a spy​ and why she'd never do a film about being autistic Born in Bathgate…
The directors of The Full Monty, In the Bedroom and Michael Clayton pay tribute to the actor, who died on Saturday, along with David Hare, Richard Eyre, John Madden, Jonathan Pryce, Jay Roac…
Netflix's latest specials show two once-funny comedians continuing to punch down in a desperate quest for relevance The funniest part of Dave Chappelle's new special The Dreamer comes right …
Countless nights spent reviewing plays informed Here in the Dark, a novel of psychological suspense in which critical faculties are essential to solving a real-life drama My first profession…
Barbara Richardson suggests that all National Theatre productions should be livestreamed, while Sarah Lynch says regional theatres such as Sheffield's Crucible deserve credit Ian Wood rightl…
Playwright and radio dramatist whose imaginative productions explored grief and lossOliver Emanuel, who has died aged 43 from brain cancer, was a playwright, teacher and radio dramatist who …
Irish playwright who championed change in religious, social and sexual attitudes while giving voice to fears and anxietiesThe plays of Thomas Kilroy, who has died aged 89, presented Ireland …