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The actor will take to the stage as the Scottish king in December, in the last production of the London theatre's 30th-anniversary season
Hot on the heels of the news that Ralph Fiennes will…
Chichester Festival theatreLia Williams and her son Joshua James make a scintillating double act in a resonant revival of the 1924 hit
There's a tableau in this production of The Vortex wher…
Bush theatre, LondonThe actor makes his debut as a playwright with a richly detailed character study, performing with warm humour and outrage at injustice
'Have you seen Theresa May dance? N…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonDeparting artistic director Greg Doran reinvigorates this tale of a royal family in crisis with clarity and intelligence
The president of the Ro…
Sadler's Wells, LondonAbstracted figures moving at a mesmerically measured pace recreate the US artist's painting technique
Russell Maliphant's dance is rooted in ideas of energy and flow, a…
Northern Stage, NewcastleThis show for young audiences builds to a stirring drama of waking up to injustice and trying to right it
Hannah Lavery constructs her play from simple sentences. He…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonMaltese duo use firsthand interviews " and warm humour " to highlight the lack of reproductive rights on the island
When Marta Vella says "I love Malta" there is a…
Queen's theatre, HornchurchFearing the playwright's works will be lost to history, former colleagues enact a rescue plan in Lauren Gunderson's generous-hearted comedy
Less giddy than Shakesp…
Lyttelton theatre, LondonMark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn star in Jack Thorne's play about the prickly pair's 1960s Broadway production of Hamlet
In 1964, John Gielgud directed a stripped-back B…
York Theatre RoyalA long-gestating app romance fails to sync offline in this innovative musical with songs that outshine the dialogue
Mayflies famously live for just a day. But before that t…
Brace, who has died aged 43, was a hugely talented playwright, dramaturg and director who worked on a string of hits including One-Woman Show and Age Is a Feeling
"The most high-profile dire…
Find out who's nominated at Broadway's biggest night of the year as the full list for the 76th annual awards is announced
Tony awards: Jodie Comer nominated for Broadway debut
Best book of a…
The Killing Eve star is in competition for best actress, while musical Some Like It Hot picks up the most nominations overall, with 13
Jodie Comer has been nominated for a Tony award for her…
Minority-focused company the Upsetters says play Dismissed will challenge 'ethical absolutes' around problem
In a cramped rehearsal room tucked among the City of London's gleaming towers las…
Russell Tovey, Simon Fisher Turner, Travis Alabanza and Neil Bartlett are teaming up to reimagine the director's final film " a narrated meditation over a static blue screen " as a 'thank yo…
From The Secret Life of Bees to The Marvels, she is the choreographer everyone wants. The Jamaican dynamo talks about turning humans into horses, turbo-charging TV debates and a dream Bob Ma…
In the brilliantly crude opera, the talkshow host ends up in hell after being shot by a nappy-wearing fetishist aiming at the KKK. But, recalls the smash hit's writer, that's not what upset …
He was a trail-blazing genius who electrified US ballet. But he was also a dictatorial grudge-bearer who married four of his dancers. How should we remember the Russian-American choreographe…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe 20th edition of Jonzi D's hip-hop theatre festival showcases new styles and old-school vibes with personality and humour
Jonzi D turned down an MBE when he was offe…
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Panti Bliss's drag journey, Athol Fugard's ballroom dreamers and Alain Platel's nightmarish dance-theatre
How very! The sour bubblegum musical …
The Place, LondonDouble bill of Jaeyoung Lee's Mechanism and Sung Im Her's Everything Falls Dramatic opens the sixth annual Korea showcase, which this year tours for the first time
The thriv…
Soho theatre, LondonThis debut from disability-led theatre company FlawBored is not afraid to make us squirm as it skewers virtue signalling and corporate buzzwords
What starts as an audio-d…
New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeFrank Marcus's 60s black comedy, about a radio soap star whose character has been axed, suffers from a rather two-dimensional makeover
"It's BBC policy to face u…
Royal and Derngate theatre, NorthamptonCoal-black humour propels Brontë's tale of murderous desire, animal torture and family abuse
Emily Brontë's gothic romance is so often cleansed o…
Kiln; Almeida; Dorfman, LondonIn his quickfire new McCarthy-era play, For Black Boys… creator Ryan Calais Cameron speaks his mind; a civil rights musical buzzes with potential; and Deborah…
