Various venues, EdinburghFor children wondering what their parents do all day, many of the delightful shows programmed here will show them that they're not really so grown up How curious to …
The stage version of the much-loved sitcom, which finished on TV 25 years ago, will be written by the duo behind the original series and feature several members of the original cast Snooty n…
What's it like to star in a play when audience members watch football, ring friends, open lagers or pass round entire chickens? Actors vent their anger at the 'Netflix mindset' of the new po…
Postwar artists wouldn't have had a chance without affordable housing or social security. When will politicians realise that? When John Lydon sang in 1976 that anarchy was coming to the UK, …
In the run-up to the festival, our writers will choose new productions that have caught their eye " but here's a selection of those we've already reviewed Richard Marsh has clearly seen Die …
Pitlochry festival theatreMama Rose drags her two daughters from one vaudeville fleapit to the next in a bulldozer of a role There's something of the Mother Courage about Mama Rose. Like Ber…
It is refreshing to hear new ideas, but dividing culture into the best and the rest won't do anyone any good The arts have taken such a battering in the UK over the last decade that they som…
Leeds Grand theatreA double bill from Phoenix Dance Theatre and Opera North contrasts Mozart's wretched souls with Neo Muyanga's After Party " two very different ways of dealing with death T…
Garrick theatre, LondonIzzard uses humour instinctively, helped by Dickens's love of the exaggerated or comic grotesque Eddie Izzard performing Great Expectations " but why? That question ha…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterDario Fo and Franca Rama's bitterly comic 1974 satire is a timely fit for today's cost of living crisis, here impeded by a cartoonishly bright set An everyday situa…
Young Vic; @sohoplace; Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonRuth Wilson mesmerises in a 24-hour breakup with 100 different actors; tender moments illuminate a faithful yet distanced adaptat…
Sadler's Wells, London; Brighton DomeHighliner Nathan Paulin, two extreme climbers and eight acrobats add up to one riveting show, while Three Score Dance throw a new light on ageing When Sa…
After news of death of 'queen of rock'n'roll' broke, people gathered to pay respects at West End theatre Markus Leitz had counted down the days until his trip to London's West End to see the…
Lyric theatre, LondonMichael Ball returns to sing Love Changes Everything, this time as the uncle, in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical of romantic entanglements If Aspects of Love is a blast fr…
Ennosuke Ichikawa taken to hospital but mother and father died after taking overdose The world of Japanese kabuki, a classical form of Japanese theatre that combines highly stylised movement…
Komedia, BrightonThe standup delivers the finest set of his career " touching on fatherhood, bin bags and Van Gogh Lego You could watch John Kearns' act for a long time before thinking of Va…
Whether you want the inside skinny on Logan Roy, Hannibal Lecktor, Winston Churchill or King Lear, the mighty Scottish actor will be here to tell all Brian Cox needs no introduction " other …
The writer of the acclaimed Patricia Gets Ready… returns with a lockdown-inspired comedy drama about a drug dealer having a power cut The trigger for a play can be many things: a moral dil…
Former Coronation Street actor calls for more support, as survey finds lack of safety net for self-employed creatives More financial support should be available to artists in the periods whe…
Choreographer whose dance troupes were a mainstay of light entertainment television programmes in the 1960s and 70sThe influence of choreography is rarely evident in what used to be called l…
Leeds PlayhouseA year after Mellor's death, Tess Seddon directs her 1993 play marked by dry northern wit, knowing ridiculousness and deep, understated sadness Kay Mellor's play features a wo…
Alphabetti theatre, NewcastleDegna Stone's ambitious play moves from the imperial to the domestic in its exploration of the legacy of untruths You can't fault playwright Degna Stone for ambi…
The standup comedian shares what makes them laugh online, including Key and Peele, bloopers for a restaurant ad and Ghanaian movie posters Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email I grew …
Seven years on, Ken Loach's angriest film still shocks with its portrayal of life on benefits. It made Dave Johns a star " but did nothing to mellow his righteous fury With his biblical whi…
The singing, dancing and acting superstar originated some of the best roles in musicals " yet none of it would have happened had she not fallen through a table at the age of nine The one and…