Tabard theatre, LondonThe actor shines as Hitler's favourite film director, who flirts and finagles her way through a fictional interview with an alcoholic, philandering journalist hiding hi…
Belvoir St theatre, Sydney Actor deploys range and comedic skill in this gripping one-man show, which caused a sensation when it premiered in 1976 " and remains relevant today Get our weeken…
Hannah Doran's The Meat Kings! (Inc) of Brooklyn Heights and Ro Reddick's Cold War Choir Practice declared joint winners of award for female, transgender and non-binary writers The Susan Sm…
Indhu Rubasingham calls in Jennie Lee lecture for renewed commitment to creative risk and new writing The National Theatre's artistic director, Indhu Rubasingham, has said conservative theat…
Citizens theatre, GlasgowEven the safety curtain has a morbid air in Dominic Hill's post-apocalyptic staging of Beckett's classic Productions of Samuel Beckett's modernist classic often evok…
Two Thatcher-years episodes of Peter Flannery's award-winning TV series to be adapted for Newcastle stage It is regarded as one of the greatest British television series ever made, exploring…
Spurred on by a vision of the Shakers' founding leader, Celia Rowlson-Hall masterminded the whirl of movement in Mona Fastvold's feverish film 'I'll tell you something I've not told anyone,"…
Theatre says it will harness art 'to inspire societal shifts towards restorative relationship with nature' From "shall I compare thee to a summer's day" to "one touch of nature made the whol…
Arts theatre, Cambridge Marital uncoupling may not be the social taboo it was in the 1920s, but this sumptuous revival delivers timeless pathos with the witty barbs 'What's the use of arguin…
The Broadway actor's nine-decade career included beloved screen roles and coaching Marlon Brando and Jane Fonda Sondra Lee, the Broadway and film star, died on Monday of natural causes at th…
Donmar Warehouse, London The 28 Years Later star joins the impressive Anastasia Hille in Anna Ziegler's two-hander about grief and family There are many ingenious ideas in Anna Ziegler's spa…
In Josh Safdie's film, the worlds of sport and stage are aligned " with the stakes higher for Gwyneth Paltrow's former screen star, now on Broadway, than Timothée Chalamet's hotshot This a…
The late actor's writing was overshadowed by roles in blockbusters. Now, Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu is giving his play about grief the audience it deserves ' Don't get The Long Wave delivered to y…
Ã’ran Mór, GlasgowAn anecdote about a trip to find Paul McCartney's Scottish retreat turns into a sweet-natured two-hander Milly Sweeney is a young writer gaining traction. Staged in P…
Dancer and artistic director of English National Ballet who championed contemporary choreographers "I didn't start dancing out of burning desire for it. I did it because I was a well-behaved…
Hampstead theatre, London Elizabeth Dulau is terrific in Alexi Kaye Campbell's new play as the young woman set to become a daring pioneer in fiction and real life This is a play about George…
This portrait of a multi-ethnic comic troupe could do with more unpicking, but its reflections on the grind of war, life on the road and the reactive nature of comedy are insightful It must …
Exclusive: Canon now includes domestic tragedy Arden of Faversham, which is attributed solely to Kyd and 'not at all' to Shakespeare The number of plays attributed to the 16th-century playwr…
The comedian on non-verbal heckles, one-legged dancing before gigs and his new show about benches Why did you get into comedy?I was told the only copy of a map to the lost, golden city of Pa…
Applying cosmetics for concerts and competitions is part of dance culture but many now question the tradition I recognised the signs straight away: the twirling, the mirror glances, the obse…
New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme The cast in this four-person capsule telling of the Conan Doyle thriller bring vigour and charm but it's hard to discern any point to the exercise To get the m…
Citizens, GlasgowNewcomer Mandipa Kabanda plays the Maid of Orleans from obscure teenager to army-commanding conqueror, tearing through dialogue with rare pace When George Bernard Shaw's pla…
Revisiting the Troubles in 1990s Belfast, Sapling is the result of intensive research in the city. And winning the Women's prize, says Duncan, 'is the maddest thing that's ever happened to m…
Derby theatreConrad Murray's family musical is serious about its commitment to community " but completely lacks dramatic thrust This is not the first time the tale of the Pied Piper has had …
Soho Theatre Walthamstow, LondonShe draws us in with bursts of manic physical expression and never stops poking fun at her own quirks and compulsions 'Why did Americans decide to elect a dic…