Park theatre, LondonTwo friends put together an Abba tribute band and explore ideas of male friendship, homophobia and family in Ian Hallard's witty play Abba superfans might recognise this …
Sadler's Wells, LondonA 19th-century South African choir's journey to the west is dramatised in this powerful show, Maqoma's last as a performer In 1891, a group of singers named the African…
York Theatre Royal, and touringJessica Kaur captivates as a talented teenage runner trying to escape her father's expectations and violence in a vivid, if overlong production Run, Rebel is t…
Bridge; Menier Chocolate Factory; Southwark Playhouse, LondonThe audience is swept along with the action in Nicholas Hytner's thrillingly immersive new Guys and Dolls; Nancy Carroll and Anne…
Sadler's Wells, LondonPatel and Peck push the classical forms of bharatanatyam and ballet in joyous and inventive new directions How do you honour classical dance technique while making it s…
After his amazing success in Happy Valley, James Norton is taking on another dark role, this time on stage. He talks about his lucky streak, fear of failure, grappling with fame and why cold…
The acclaimed actor " who is to receive a lifetime achievement award at this year's Olivier Awards " says the demise of repertory theatre is putting paid to the vocal prowess The demise of r…
The Olivier-winning theatre director on Paul Mescal's star turn in Streetcar, an ideal Saturday in south London and the best composer he'd never heard of Belgian theatre director Ivo van Hov…
Verbal clashes from history are being thrillingly restaged for modern audiences. Do these grand battles prove we've lost the art of disagreement? And could watching them anew change the poli…
Not Dead Yet addresses the return of Godley's ovarian cancer. But mostly it is a celebratory farewell from a performer who has welcomed the crowd into her remarkable life Not Dead Yet is Jan…
Young Vic, LondonSet on a volcanic island, this play goes through dormant spells but its themes of colonial conquest are enriched by dazzling design and atmosphere Here is a keen study of is…
A school in the country's capital is celebrating St Patrick's Day after Irish dancers brought a touch of the Emerald Isle to east Africa Facial expression is key, says young dancer Winnie Za…
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonAnne Reid shines in this delicately written drama about a woman with dementia living with a robot re-creation of her late husband as a young man Jordan Harris…
Crucible, Sheffield Anthony Lau brings rich cultural authenticity to the stinging China-set capitalist critique " as well as slides and giant frogs The success of Everything Everywhere All A…
Bernard B Jacobs Theatre, New York The Broadway transfer of the first major New York revival for the 1998 musical features luminous turns from Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond Parade, the 1998 …
Loss of £1.8m grant ends run for 138-year-old theatre that helped launch careers of many northern English actors Arts bodies have decried the "devastating" news that one of Britain's olde…
Nottingham PlayhouseSamson Hawkins's debut is part Jerusalem part This Country, bringing big laughs while asking serious questions about identity nostalgia and modernity Is it too soon to jo…
Belgrade theatre, CoventryMojisola Adebayo's play connects Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were used in decades of vital scientific research, with the Black Lives Matter movement 'I am a farm,"…
Could the celebrated standup knock out an album of his own tunes? Yes, he says, with the aid of a dusty old drum kit, 40 musicians " and a novelty animal costume It started off, as many grea…
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonAs the race to produce the first atomic bomb nears its terrible conclusion in 1945, six members of Germany's nuclear weapons programme are detained at a stately …
Bridge theatre, LondonThis immersive production of the New York musical has a bold design, superb singing and chemistry between its stars Frank Loesser's 1950 musical comedy about sin and ro…
We ruin, waste and trivialise human life by ignoring that, writes Michael Bulley Charlotte Higgins is right to see Medea, in Euripides's tragedy, as heroic (Greek tragedies like Medea are a…
Distracting behaviour, from eating noisily to using mobile phones, is a vexed issue. But the chorus of disapproval often suggests elitism and overlooks theatre's history The recent debate ov…
A Janelle Monáe residency, work by Yayoi Kusama and Ryuichi Sakamoto and a collaboration between footballer Juan Mata and artist Tino Sehgal kick off at this summer's event A group show …
Some lied. Some hid it. And few even mined it for jokes. Becoming a mum used to be near-fatal to a comedian's career. But now, in a Mother's Day special, we meet the new wave taking on taboo…