Omnibus Theatre, LondonCharlie Dupré's Bruntwood prize longlisted play asks thoughtful questions about who gets to shape history, but lacks a level of intrigue and emotional depth to addres…
Theatre by the Lake, KeswickThe audience takes on a supporting role to Andrew Turner's solo turn in this moving paean to what makes life worth living This is not a play, but it is playful; i…
Old Vic; Barbican; Park theatre, LondonPatsy Ferran and Bertie Carvel are delightfully word-perfect in Richard Jones's first-rate Shaw revival; Belarus Free Theatre fuse fairytale and realit…
From Cuba to Peru and beyond, Santiago Barreiro captures the dancers who have upended their countries' ideas of masculinity while pursuing their dreams When he was just eight years old, Robe…
The Young Ones star on butting brick walls, the real reason he took a role in Star Wars and how he and his wife, Jennifer Saunders, split the gardening Adrian Edmondson is a 66-year-old acto…
Many women working in industry say allegations only scratch the surface of its culture of misogyny "When I was 18 I had an incident with a powerful male comedian in his 30s," says Lucy (name…
Royal Court, LiverpoolJames Graham's funny and violent TV adaptation belies a sensitive study of male mental health, as right-wing economics hits a group of road layers' lives The emotional …
Sadler's Wells, LondonDancers in flight exist in a different realm in an absorbing Les Noces, reimagined as a sequel to The Rite of Spring, in this triple bill from a company really pushing …
With his primetime TV appearances, West End shows, tours and plans for a film, choreographer Chris Fonseca is using music and dance to explore his identity. But he rejects tokenism, and 'it'…
Duke of York's theatre, LondonThe actor gives thrillingly virtuoso performances as multiple characters in an entertaining reimagining but he cannot penetrate any one part deeply enough for t…
Imposter 22 will run for three weeks at renowned Sloane Square theatre and comes after series of workshops A play performed by a professional cast of learning disabled and autistic actors is…
Marylebone theatre, LondonSet in a Polish ghetto, Dmitry Glukhovsky's superb play explores the terrible choices made by people under occupation Only the hardest heart would not feel advance …
Kiln theatre, LondonIra Mandela Siobhan plays a pachyderm in Lynn Nottage's indictment of the ivory trade, leaving traces on those who murdered him and sold his tusks The gargantuan tusks ar…
Hackmann/Boggess/Sinfonia of London/Wilson(Chandos, two CDs)John Wilson's scrupulously prepared recording gives us exactly what the audience would have heard on the musical's opening night i…
Nottingham PlayhouseWith excellent performances, Tom Wright's play about the man who became a Victorian freakshow attraction is an at times uneasy mix of circus and polemic Entrances don't g…
Curve, LeicesterThis staging of Kafka's story is physically exciting, even tireless, but it hits an early peak of terror then has nowhere to go for two hours It is linguistically playful, po…
Old Vic theatre, LondonThis Shaw revival has wonderful moments but there is little spark between Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins In its preface, George Bernard Shaw claimed the success of …
The Serbian performance artist is the first woman to have a solo show in the Royal Academy's main galleries " a telling indictment of the hurdles faced by female artists today At the Royal A…
Aimée Kelly will star in adaptation of the 2020 novel about an artist who takes explicit photographs of young men Eliza Clark's 2020 debut novel Boy Parts, a brutal artworld satire-cum-thri…
Oliver Cotton's The Score, a new drama about Bach's confrontation with Frederick II, continues a rich tradition of plays about great composers You wait decades for a play about Johann Sebast…
Elvis Costello songs to feature in play by Girl from the North Country's Conor McPherson, directed by Rupert Goold at Almeida theatre London's Almeida theatre has announced a stage adaptatio…
Created 100 years ago, Nijinska's ballet Les Noces is a feminist masterpiece. Andrea Miller, who has choreographed a new version using Stravinsky's music and art by Phyllida Barlow, hails a …
The new claims made me think about the media's treatment of the woman he so famously humiliated on Radio 2. I hope we all know better now Contemplating the notion of crossing the line, Russe…
Hampstead theatre, LondonLauren Gunderson's smart play finds a software engineer creating a digital version of a sister who has disappeared While screenwriters strike, partly over the threa…
Charing Cross theatre, LondonAmong polished performances, Kara Lane's creepily obsessed housekeeper proves a powerful force This musical adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel became a mamm…