Leeds Playhouse; Stephen Joseph theatre, Scarborough; Royal Lyceum, EdinburghLionel Bart's classic musical is all light and shade in James Brining's in-the-round revival; actors and audience…
Dorfman; Young Vic; Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonChronic illness is captured to extraordinary effect in Annie Baker's slow yet absorbing new play. Elsewhere, snarling Pinter lacks bite, w…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe mismatch between humanity and technology fuels Cheng Tsung-lung's intriguing 2019 work, to a soundtrack by Sigur Rós It's a hard thing to take over a company for…
Kenya's pre-eminent and most diverse dance school is committed to teaching talented dancers, irrespective of their ability to pay for training. The photographer Luis Tato watched the company…
His dub poetry had a rhythm that attached you to its words. He was a rebel, a guiding light, and my hero Benjamin Zephaniah was a brilliant poet and an incredible human being. He had dyslexi…
The actor, 44, on being bullied at school, crying at dogs on Instagram, keeping his temper and getting a quick snooze in before going on stage Cats, caravanning and cakes… that sums up a l…
Rachael Stirling reflects on her mother's final months " and listens back to the recordings the actor made then, racked with pain, as a passionate advocate of assisted dying ' Read more: Dia…
In a recording in 2020, the actor made a case for giving 'human beings true agency over their bodies at the end of life' ' Read more: 'Push me over the edge' " Diana Rigg's daughter Rachael …
Live theatre, NewcastleThese one-act plays covering passion, acceptance and obsession are connected by a seasonally warming theme about community In their trilogy of one-act plays, Laura Lin…
The Egg theatre, BathSet in the cherry orchard that Madame Ranevsky is preparing to leave, this story leads its young audience on a tactile adventure underground Our host is making a list an…
The Romanina ballerina's rise has been the result of years of gruelling physical work, not just talent. A decade after leaving the Royal Ballet due to creative differences, she's back with h…
The actor narrates his remarkable journey from a difficult childhood in West Yorkshire to finding fame in Hollywood In Making It So, the actor Patrick Stewart chronicles his working-class c…
Royal Court theatre, LondonChris Thorpe's one-man show is more of a scrappy routine than a meaningful call for disarmament There are nine nations in the world that possess nuclear weapons, w…
The British poet has died at the age of 65. He was diagnosed with a brain tumour eight weeks ago, his Instagram page stated. The post read: 'Through an amazing career including a huge body o…
The acclaimed writer and poet for children and adults has died aged 65. Here, leading contemporaries pay tribute ' A sandy place, a recipe for a nation and a Christmas plea: three poems by B…
Leeds PlayhouseThis production for over-fours has clever touches, lively performances and splendid puppets but the songs and the story grow monotonous The ravenous, toothy croc in Roald Dahl…
Actors to make 'merry mischief' in Samuel Beckett's play at Theatre Royal Haymarket in September Ben Whishaw is to star in a new London production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, the …
The dub poet and author of collections including Talking Turkeys has died of a brain tumour Benjamin Zephaniah, British poet whose work often addressed political injustice, has died aged 65.…
From Bill O'Neill's slippery skins to Grubby Little Mitts' ping-pong eyeballs, performers explain why their comedy leans on more than a mic stand 'I have this illusion that I'm in charge of …
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonThe storytelling may be light but this cleverly assembled playgroup-cum-theatre show for over-three-year-olds is an engaging hymn to the natural world The spe…
Kicked out of art school, the former squatter, barista and sex industry worker tells us what his barriers-and-bunting work says about Britain today " and why he's obsessed with 'Bond-in-drag…
Tim Atkinson on the threat to the livelihoods of the Northern Ballet Sinfonia's musicians Great that you featured Northern Ballet's Nutcracker as a double-page photo spread in your print edi…
Young Vic, LondonPlaying a man meeting his daughter-in-law for the first time, Jared Harris brings out the dark comedy in Pinter's snapshot of misogyny Harold Pinter's two-act family drama h…
The Flemish theatre run by Michael De Cock has its own 'city dramaturg', functions like a town square and stages shows that reflect a vibrant capital, says the dynamic artistic director Safe…
A new production in north London is bringing the rhythms of Jewish storytelling, humour and music to the seasonal theatrical staple What else would you call "Britain's first professional Jew…