Octagon theatre, BoltonIn Holly Race Roughan's thrilling and dynamic production, Arthur Miller's classic about a Brooklyn longshoreman and his family roils with primal passions If Arthur Mil…
In Life Keeps Me Dancing, a film about the life of Eileen Kramer, the 108-year-old dancer conveys the importance of having art in your life, what her favourite dance is and advice she would …
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Actor who played Nellie Boswell in the popular BBC television sitcom BreadThe actor Jean Boht, who has died aged 91, became a household name when she starred as Nellie Boswell, the indomitab…
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughAlan Ayckbourn has fun imagining the hazards of malfunctioning android lovers and misbehaving auto-maids " but there's a deeper message too about human des…
The 1970s case that sparked headlines about supernatural activity has inspired a pair of stage productions. How does a fringe show compete with a starry West End behemoth? The Enfield polter…
Linda Gross Theater, New York The Pulitzer-winning playwright's latest follows a group of characters at a mysterious health retreat and is as audacious as it is unsteady For a certain segmen…
The first dancer of colour to join the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet whose ballet school in Cape Town was closed in the 1970s as he refused to operate under apartheid rulesThe South African …
Gate theatre, LondonFunny, moving stories about working-class lives are interspersed with political music in this baggy three-hander Brassic FM is the kind of pirate station you might tune i…
As his series co-created with Clint Dyer continues at the National Theatre, the playwright revisits how a Guardian microplay about sport led to a panorama of Britain in tumult Summer 2014, B…
As she brings her new show, Dragons, to the UK, the innovative choreographer discusses shaking off traditional norms and how shaving her head helped her find her own energy Ochre wall, plum …
The poet has teamed up with Frantic Assembly to bring the novella, about a man who turns into an insect, to the stage. He explains why this story of family meltdown is all about modern life …
As the glitter ball returns, the longest serving Strictly judge talks about ruffling feathers, being fearless, his father's alcoholism, and why he's always ready to start over again It is al…
Stanley & Audrey Burton theatre, LeedsIntimate Pages, the newest piece by the US dance star turned choreographer, is the inventive highlight of an adventurous triple bill New York City B…
The American film and stage actor, renowned for her roles in the composer's musicals, on making her West End debut in a celebration of his music Bernadette Peters is an American singer and a…
Fleabag's hot priest is about to take on his most liberating role yet: a one-man show of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya in which he will play all nine roles, male and female. He loves taking risks, h…
The comedian and author on his new musical about Twiggy, remembering Rik Mayall, and why he'd like to have a word with Julian Fellowes While studying drama at the University Of Manchester, B…
The 1970s star blazed the way for mass-audience satire in Britain. But is there an appetite for it now? As the entertainment world mourns the death at 82 of Britain's most popular televisio…
Greenwich + Docklands International Festival, LondonSet aboard a double-decker as it journeys through London and back and forth in time, this is a poignant but uplifting immersive theatre pi…
Minerva theatre, Chichester; Lyric Hammersmith, LondonAn evening of drinking turns dangerous in the sharply funny debut play from The Guilty Feminist's Deborah Frances-White. And the set is …
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe pioneering company's warmth and athletic grace is showcased in a selection of old and new work There's something generous about Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. …
From the magician who stops his show to serve at the bar to the actor who drives entire plays around in his car, for these theatre-lovers small really is beautiful When a producer rings up a…
Cultural institutions join dozens of schools forced to shut down over use of Raac Theatres across the UK have joined the dozens of schools forced to close or partly close due to concerns ove…
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonSome of the punches don't land as hard as they might, but deft direction and slick performances make this a delightfully brutal take down of bourgeois manners Yasmin…
His Majesty's Theatre, AberdeenAll-female production tells Bram Stoker's story from the perspective of women trying to escape patriarchy " it's often urgent, but sometimes sucked of energy L…