The Christophers — Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel have superb chemistry in art-fake comedy
Steven Soderbergh’s film follows a fabled painter and the art restorer determined to forge his works
Steven Soderbergh’s film follows a fabled painter and the art restorer determined to forge his works
From Chagall at the Met to Kentridge at Glyndebourne, painters, sculptors and animators have been thrilled by the total art form
The actor returns to London’s Royal Court for a Beckett-themed night that also includes new work ‘Godot’s To-Do List’
This sonically rich project examines the unresolved tensions that remain at the heart of American life
Part memoir, part feminist manifesto, Lauren Elkin’s clever cultural history hails the artists who have broken free from conventions to make their voices heard
With a pungent, propulsive score and gutsy singing, this world premiere at the Bayerische Staatsoper deserves to be heard widely
Meet the people adding edge to a frictionless world
With timely themes for age of AI, their film ‘The Christophers’ portrays clashing artists who form a close bond — much as the stars did on set
The singer-songwriter celebrates the city’s best beers, bridges and pork belly
From period instruments to adapted singing styles, a project in Dresden attempts to recreate a historically faithful ‘Ring’ cycle
But an enticing backdrop can’t hide the fact that the risks are real and sizeable
The American child prodigy honed her skills under the tutelage of Sergei Rachmaninov
Seeing the New York drag troupe, now touring the UK, means you may never see the classical repertoire the same way again
Emily Lim’s joyous interpretation of the play celebrates the bond between actors and the audience
From ‘The Rose’, the latest collection by the award-winning New York-based poet and playwright
The ‘Severance’ star plays a writer holed up in an off-season hotel in this self-mocking but genuinely macabre tale
Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci are together again for a flashy but less zinging reunion
Two sets of parents meet for an attempt at restorative justice in Fran Kranz’s deeply human play at London’s Donmar Warehouse
The star plays an oblivious dad baffled by the modern age in this tender college campus series on Sky/HBO
A century after its invention, the form seems to have lost its nerve — but in Venice, two bold artists are preparing to test audiences’ limits
The play at Stratford-upon-Avon’s The Other Place combines family drama with a country’s struggle for independence
The institution has tapped into its endowment and put its Chagall murals up for sale. Now the cancelling of Saudi investment has deepened its existential crisis
Following a well-meaning mayor of a haunted island town in New England, the show is as funny as it is terrifying
Karola Obermüller and Peter Gilbert co-composed the music for the show at Germany’s Schwetzingen SWR Festival
Centring on manager Brian Epstein and his relationship with John Lennon, a great idea is hampered by an overloaded script at London’s Kiln Theatre