Harold Pinter theatre, LondonStarry cast including Lily James and Doon Mackichan are tossed around in a plot that never gets hold of its many concerns Lyonesse has all the makings of a power…
The Everton FC chairman and hands-on producer of dozens of stage hits, who has died aged 78, ceaselessly radiated the bonhomie of the actor he originally was While he was primarily a theatri…
Roundhouse, LondonSimon Stephens' adaptation of Max Frisch play about bourgeois indifference to a rising crisis should ring loud bells, but its absurdism fails to resonate There is a great t…
Producer of stage hits including Blood Brothers who took Medea to Broadway and served as the chairman of Everton FCBill Kenwright, who has died aged 78 after a lengthy illness, combined the …
Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonDream cast and exuberant staging brings the genre's dusty rules to a whole new frontier A sleepy US town in the late 19th century: the husbands are away, th…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonClyde runs a mean sandwich shop, while Montrellous is the sensei of sourdough, in Lynn Nottage's mouthwatering play Lynn Nottage's mouthwatering, gloriously performe…
Ita O'Brien says producers initially questioned need for her role in staging of Antony and Cleopatra Love, lust and power pulsate through Shakespeare's tale of Antony and Cleopatra. Now, in …
Michael Billington's obituary of Michael Gambon recounts how he got his first professional role at the Gate theatre in Dublin by writing a letter full of supposed roles he had played in Lond…
The Shed, New York The legendary composer and lyricist's take on two surrealist Luis Buñuel movies is a patchy satire With much anticipation, Stephen Sondheim's final musical, Here We Are…
National Theatre, LondonAlexander Zeldin's profoundly moving play grew from his parent's reflections, which he uses to conjure an epic struggle for love and freedom A reluctant protagonist s…
Royal Opera House, LondonSam Steiner's play, set in a world of rationed speech, lends itself to movement, and the dancers here also retain the dialogue, fusing the forms with quiet grace A s…
The ​s​et designer ​and artist on ​the most extraordinary opera, a gut-wrenching Sudanese-American poet and ​a writer's new angle on economics Artist and s…
The Funny Women award-winner on her witty family, why she loves being mocked and the best heckle she's had How did you get into comedy?My husband bought me a day's writing course with Logan …
Actor and director who played Prince Hal to Orson Welles's Falstaff in Chimes at Midnight, and triumphed in Sleuth in the West End and on BroadwayAll good actors have stories to tell, but fe…
The Riverfront, NewportGavin Porter's exploration of grief through the experiences and funeral traditions of the residents of Cardiff's Butetown pays tribute to the rituals that bind a commu…
Alphabetti theatre, NewcastleIn Racheal Ofori's bright new play, Leah St Luce and Jadesola Odunjo delight as wannabe influencers whose friendship is tested by the temptations of fame and for…
Bristol Old Vic; Almeida; the Yard, LondonMoonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney's elite school drama hits all the right notes; Marina Carr's intense Irish play finds its ideal director. Plu…
Aviva Studios, ManchesterThis breathtaking dance adaptation by Boyle, Boy Blue's Kenrick 'H20' Sandy and Michael 'Mikey J' Asante, designer Es Devlin and writer Sabrina Mahfouz fully inhabit…
The Normal People screenwriter talks about growing up in a commune, heartbreaking plays, and ​the r​umours that she's collaborating with Taylor Swift Born in Malvern, Worcester…
Stage and screen actor known for her TV roles in Drop the Dead Donkey and The Windsors, and as a star of musical theatreAlthough her first renown on television was in tough-talking professio…
A look back at the career of the stage and screen actor, best known for Drop the Dead Donkey and The Windsors, who has died aged 66 Continue reading...
The Oscar-winning co-writer of Moonlight is known for works on queerness and race. He thought his 2012 drama was a historical cautionary tale, but a new production has him musing on its cont…
Our regional dance series continues in Northern Ireland where, despite little funding, the capital has produced a European star in Oona Doherty " with more on the way 'This is still a segreg…
Celebrated actor was nominated for multiple Olivier awards in her theatrical roles and best known for Drop the Dead Donkey and The Windsors on TV The actor Haydn Gwynne has died of cancer at…
Theatre Royal BathThe Succession star excels in Oliver Cotton's play about the meeting between the composer and Frederick the Great It is promoted as a dramatic encounter between God-fearing…