Agent says Goodman, who was a judge on the show from 2004 until 2016, died peacefully The former Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman has died, aged 78, his agent has said. He became a ju…
A new revival of The Circle is a reminder of a dramatist who smuggled vital messages into broad crowdpleasers Never trust what dramatists say about themselves. Noël Coward spent decades d…
As she tours her latest show, the sanguine standup talks about trolls, deafness and finding joy through performing As a BBC regular Angela Barnes is used to triggering the anti-Auntie trolls…
Rebekah Vardy has made my 'Wagatha Christie' joke, from her case against Coleen Rooney, into intellectual property. If gags are bought up, British humour faces a bleak future Three years, si…
As the Swan of Avon celebrates his birthday on Sunday, the actor pays tribute to a 'miraculous' book that rescued plays such as The Tempest and Macbeth from oblivion This Sunday, 23 April, S…
Producers of West End show Vardy v Rooney say surprise legal move to trademark a pun will be referred to in script A big publicity boost for a West End show can come from the most unexpected…
DanceEast, IpswichThe Alleyne twins and company incorporate Indian kathak, hip-hop and African and Caribbean dance styles in this distinctive, impressionistic piece about migration and refug…
Olivier theatre; Donmar Warehouse, LondonBrian Friel's thoughtful 1930s drama remains absorbing, while Noel Coward's classic has fine cigarette work but fails to ignite This is a production …
Sadler's Wells, LondonIn a strong triple bill, sublimely danced, Crystal Pite and Simon McBurney's Figures in Extinction [1.0] stands out as a powerful portrait of nature under threat Choreo…
Nataliya Torkut likens Zelenskiy to Henry V at Agincourt as she visits Stratford-upon-Avon to mark playwright's birthday Ukrainians need not only weapons but culture and art in order to surv…
Despite a legacy tainted by PC-baiting provocation, many will remember Humphries with affection as the carnivalesque Dame Edna and foul-mouthed Sir Les Patterson Barry Humphries, Australian …
The performer talks us through the photographers who documented his shapeshifting career with the Royal Ballet What you see in this book," says Edward Watson, "feels like another career, alm…
As we reckon with the UK's colonial past, we need to examine the history behind valuable books " even our beloved Shakespeare Two stories, usually seen as disconnected, unfold themselves dur…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonDepicting the Rwandan radio station that spurred on genocide, this harrowing show raises a warning to be heeded today In a brightly lit studio, three DJs (Diogè…
Writer and director Ben Elton tells story of woman who was 'most famous teenager in the world' in the 1960s She was a teenager from Neasden when a photograph of her newly cropped hair catapu…
The Hawth, CrawleyThe standup's new show takes a while to get going, but squares up to hitting 50 with material finely balanced between the thoughtful and the uproarious Given how often comi…
Prince Edward theatre, LondonThis plodding account of the Motown band's highs and lows is more than a little soulless A musical about the Temptations was always going to have a phenomenal so…
Museum of Shakespeare in Shoreditch to open in 2024 on site of playhouse that staged earliest performances A London museum installation that uses the latest AI technology will allow theatre …
Sadler's Wells, LondonFigures in Extinction [1.0], a Crystal Pite and Simon McBurney collaboration, is the climax to a triple bill featuring excellent technique and film noir atmosphere The …
Almeida theatre, LondonA young white woman and her Black housekeeper flee across the American south amid the historic struggle, buoyed by astonishingly powerful music First seen off-Broadway…
On Broadway, there wasn't an empty seat in the house " and we finally saw how compelling stories of victimhood can be It comes around intermittently every few years; a show on Broadway that …
Royal Court theatre, LondonTatenda Shamiso sings delighted duets with the person he once was and considers the logistical hurdles he has jumped to access treatment Warmly lit on a cluttered …
After being told her work was 'uncastable', Indigenous playwright Larissa FastHorse set out to create a show featuring zero minority actors and wrote a scathing satire The Thanksgiving Play …
Russian law restricts 'demonstration' of LGBT behaviour, preventing portrayal of dancer's homosexual relationships Moscow's Bolshoi theatre has dropped a contemporary ballet about the Russia…
The actor looks back over a four-decade career balancing 'serious' drama and improv comedy, describes the making of her wholly improvised new film, and explains why we don't see her on TV so…