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Magician and illusionist who was one of the first conjurors to establish himself on British television in the 1950sDavid Berglas, who has died aged 97, became a variety star of the 1950s in …
Stanley Arts, LondonCombining spoken dialogue with BSL this innovative production shines a light on the unsung heroes who keep the economy running while the world sleeps
The drama opens as t…
Finborough; Hampstead; Royal Court, LondonAn exemplary staging of short plays by overlooked Ena Lamont Stewart; Alun Armstrong is at his hangdog best in Richard Bean's warm retirement drama;…
The star of the hit ​RSC production on playing a four-year-old, her love of the sea and why Ghibli storytelling changes how you view the world
Actor Mei Mac was born in Birmingham in …
Tuff Nutt Jazz Club, Royal Festival Hall, LondonStarring Action Man and a boy called Clive, Drew McOnie's immersive cabaret version of the festive ballet is up there with reinventions by Mar…
Actor known for screen roles in The Long Good Friday and Harry's Game, and as a stalwart of the Joint Stock Theatre GroupThe character actor Tony Rohr, who has died of prostate cancer aged 8…
My father, David Mayer, who has died aged 94, was a theatre historian and professor of drama. He brought together film and theatre scholars and transformed their understanding of early cinem…
Soho theatre, LondonIn this giddily inventive show, Minnitt plays a woman trying to bag a beau before her sentence to spinsterdom is declared
'I'm starting to get hysterical," says Rosalie M…
Kiln theatre, LondonTwo-hander musical matches its wide-eyed hero and sardonic heroine with just the right mix of sugar and sour
Here's a little tale of the Big Apple. Dougal arrives from En…
A study suggests professional deceivers may be less prone to mental disorders. As a lifelong fan, I'm not surprised Continue reading...
Royal Court, Liverpool Traditional tale is recast as a daft quest across Europe, built on a giddy score powering through hits from Bon Jovi to Kraftwerk
The dick jokes are, of course, inevit…
Drama teacher who started a theatre school for young people in north London, producing future stage and screen starsThe Anna Scher theatre in Islington, north London, was responsible for pro…
Rose Theatre, Kingston upon ThamesFrom a killer song about cosmetic surgery to ditties on doppelgangers and dogging, Dillie Keane, Adèle Anderson and Liza Pulman are still going strong
How …
Manchester Opera House Show built around Stock Aitken Waterman's songs flies so long as the pop classics are playing
Having been born at the end of the 1970s and come of age in the 1980s, or…
The UK-based Vietnamese dancer and choreographer stages a piece inspired by the horror and dislocation of war with experimental vocals from Elaine Mitchener
Choreographer Dam Van Huynh was a…
Theatre is a collaborative art, and the obituary of Peter Wilson reveals a man who played many roles " performer, producer, director, saviour of the Theatre Royal Norwich. But his greatest h…
She cast an armchair as Mr Bennet in a Pride and Prejudice reboot. Now Isobel McArthur's been let loose on lusty romp The Fair Maid of the West. So is she worried about outraging mothbally a…
Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York
The White Lotus star struggles alongside Girls' Christopher Abbott in an overcooked relationship two-hander from John Patrick Shanley
Danny and the Deep Blue…
Can the surreal comedy superstar parlay comedy chops into political power? Izzard certainly wouldn't be the first standup to pivot from telling jokes to canvassing for votes
From Eddie Izzar…
Many more events next year will break down barriers between audiences and artists, says director
Nicola Benedetti, the Grammy-winning violinist, has revealed that next year's Edinburgh inter…
Emmanuel Gat explains why it's easier to choreograph to Pierre Boulez than pop music and how his dancers perform 'with a question mark not an exclamation mark'
'All around me are familiar fa…
Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York
The period musical about a German singing group stumbles to the big stage after a troubled decades-long journey, arriving a little worse for wear
Harmony, a…
The human rights activist died two weeks before her husband's killer is due for extradition from US to Chile
The British dancer, choreographer and human rights activist Joan Jara, widow of t…
Anna Scher, who has died aged 78, gave acting classes to countless young people at her north London theatre school. Gary Kemp, Jake Wood, Winsome Pinnock, Trevor Laird and Ricardo P Lloyd re…
Choreographer, creative director and co-founder of Second Stride, a company that transformed contemporary dance in the 1980sThe choreographer and creative director Ian Spink, who has died of…
