Minerva theatre, ChichesterAmy Herzog's play about a grandmother surprised by her grandson is given a contemplative staging by Richard Eyre Timothée Chalamet and Eileen Atkins were fully re…
Cabaret club acts after city hall warning and protests by animal rights groups The Moulin Rouge cabaret club in Paris has been forced to drop a long-running act in which terrestrial snakes a…
The New Zealand comedian shares what makes her laugh online, including her friend's audition tape, Sean Lock and a singing cat Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email I've been on the in…
In his new show, Si Rawlinson mixes hip-hop, contemporary dance and physical theatre to explore how we present ourselves in the workplace A group of office workers are each hiding something …
Fortune theatre, LondonWith gag-packed songs and gender-swapped roles, this fringe show about a secret service plot is a joyful success on the big stage SpitLip's anarchic adaptation of one …
Watermill theatre, NewburyKate Summerscale's Victorian potboiler is deftly condensed in a production that brings out the misogyny and class snobbery of the era The risk of a successful crim…
Theatre Royal, BrightonAnger seethes beneath the Belfast Ensemble's waltzes in Conor Mitchell's scathing denunciation of homophobia and hate speech Conor Mitchell's Abomination: A DUP Opera,…
As the two hard-loving herders from the 2005 Oscar-winner get back on their horses, the team behind a new musical version talk about fear, regret " and the tragic power of forbidden desire T…
The choreographer shares his ballroom roots, his love for Liverpool nightlife and what makes a perfect TV dance duo "The attitude here is that everyone loves the underdog," says Jason Gilkis…
Our series on regional dance scenes continues in Bristol where a centuries-old church has become a creative hub thanks to hard work and a touch of serendipity You walk into the space, and wo…
Theatre Royal BrightonSearing collection of diary excerpts, brought to life by prominent queer voices, recalls the devastation of Aids with fury and frankness A mesmeric reckoning with the d…
A blend of pageantry, procession, music and mystery, with many private moments to savour A coronation is pure theatre. But how does one review it when there is so little to compare it with? …
Hackney Empire, London You'd expect bawdy lines delivered with deadpan frankness from the rising TV comedian, but injections of knockabout physicality raise her stage showpiece to higher joy…
Soho theatre, London Torn between wifely duty and her dream to become the Jewish Barbra Streisand, this would-be star finds an in-between world of outrageous comedy A teenage winner of Boreh…
Orange Tree, Richmond Strong emotions rule in a candid and well-judged Somerset Maugham comedy twisting romantic fates across generations of squabbling society Elizabeth (Olivia Vinall), the…
Curve, Leicester The US dancer conjures a potent spectacle filled with mysterious symbolism as three figures strain, combine and detach in stirring, almost ritual patterns There's a strange …
Royal & Derngate, Northampton, and touringThe classic novel reimagined as a sort of police procedural becomes a storm of ideas struggling to find definition A barrage of sound mixes rain…
From Netflix's The Crown to a play in the West End, what has the character of Charles taught us about entitlement and radicalism? There are many good reasons Shakespeare was drawn to write a…
Lyttelton; Barbican; Jermyn Street; Omnibus, LondonSam Mendes reignites Gielgud and Burton's Broadway Hamlet; a climate crisis play is powered by bikes and eco-shaming; Timberlake Wertenbake…
Sadler's Wells, London; and touringBreakin' Convention celebrate 20 years of dazzling virtuosity, while one of the UK's most thoughtful choreographers shines a new light on Jackson Pollock …
Writer, director and script-fixer who nurtured powerful new work at the Soho theatre in LondonOn the night of the 2023 Olivier awards ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall, Adam Brace, nominated…
The Affair star on #MeToo hypocrisy, the violence of cosmetic surgery, and why she steers clear of social media Ruth Wilson hitches the skin by her ears to demonstrate how she'd look if she …
An inspiring analysis of Shakespeare and race restores his reputation as a playwright for all There is a vivid moment in Farah Karim-Cooper's new book where she reflects on the image of the …
The actor on the lasting thrill of a teenage kiss, her crush on Harrison Ford and what she plans to do with her brain Born in London, Jane Asher, 77, had her first role at five, in the 1952 …
Brixton House, LondonDirector Monique Touko keeps the tone lively with this tough story of Mugabe's Zimbabwe in which the actors switch race, age and gender with ease In a place called Parad…