The principal ballerina on portraying Virginia Woolf, why she's so enthusiastic about ageing, and what she learned from the greats Born in Milan in 1963, Alessandra Ferri was a principal wit…
Brighton Dome and touringThe South African choreographer transforms The Rite of Spring using the music, rhythms and rituals of her Tswana background The South African choreographer Dada Masi…
The comedian shares her thoughts on Sunday roasts, winding down peacefully and doing whatever her daughter tells her Up early or lie-in? I'd love a lie-in, but for the past six years we've h…
Southwark Playhouse Elephant, LondonThere is comical swagger and escalating threat but Nicky Allpress's revival of Enda Walsh's play is strongest in its fragile moments What a choice for a t…
I was dressed as a series of comic book characters while the ugly sisters sang Holding Out for a Hero I was recently given an award at an event organised by the Americana Music Association U…
The Place, LondonRadeva delivers a gloriously uncomplicated and deeply felt performance that is a delight to watch There is a breed of performance, usually a solo show, that is not about pre…
The singer has temporarily traded in pop stardom for a challenging theatre role. He discusses why he wants to quit music at 50 and why he's no longer 'ashamed' of being single Just days befo…
Henry Naylor travelled to Afghanistan in 2003 to research his fringe farce Finding Bin Laden. His sobering new show takes stock of the country's fate since Was Henry Naylor's agent right whe…
Playground theatre, LondonWriter Richard Norton-Taylor and director Nicolas Kent's almost anti-theatrical play uses residents' testimonies and gives the bereaved a much-needed voice Staged a…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and Shakespeare's Globe, LondonAs this ambitious production switches between stages, and deaths pile up like dishes, neither the comedy nor the tragedy have room to b…
Partially based on verbatim texts from Boris Johnson's former chief adviser, a new play which lists no dramatist veers from Ted talk to pantomime At this play about Dominic Cummings, the not…
Actor best known for her stage work and acclaimed for her portrayal of Mary Barnes in the title role of David Edgar's 1978 play Patti Love, who has died aged 75, was an actor of supreme tale…
Almeida, LondonLulu Raczka's new play, directed by Rupert Goold, is beautifully designed but the plot " and the point " is puzzling. Maybe the joke's on us? This confounding play is nothing …
Ustinov Studio, BathRyan Craig's play stars Eve Ponsonby and Kris Marshall as a couple tearing themselves apart over cancel culture and other hot-button topics Think male-female two-hander i…
Royal Exchange theatre, ManchesterDavid Eldridge's insightful play about a pair of singletons sizing each other up is relocated for a funny and moving revival New light was cast on David Eld…
Tracy-Ann Oberman's Shylock, who has been relocated to 1930s Britain, is inspired by her tough great grandma " while Henry Goodman felt shame after losing himself in Shakespeare's most notor…
The actor is to get the lifetime achievement honour and the choreographer the special award at this year's theatre prizes in April Sir Derek Jacobi and Dame Arlene Phillips are to be honoure…
Dorfman theatre, LondonGary Owen's tale of star-crossed, working-class lovers in modern Cardiff offers existential questions and awkward encounters Writer-director team Gary Owen and Rachel …
Actor accuses government of 'further dividing communities' as 138-year-old theatre faces closure after losing £1.8m grant The actor Maxine Peake has accused the government of "further d…
A former student at the School of American Ballet dissects an art form that too often plays host to obsession and bullying When Alice Robb was little, she wanted more than anything to be a b…
Managers need to have the confidence to eject customers, and trust their staff. Two strikes, and the rowdies should be out I have been working front-of-house jobs in theatres more or less si…
Once the butt of others' standup routines, comics from the lowest social strata are turning the tables, with humour as their weapon On a wooden chair on a makeshift stage at Cat Café Studio…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonWhile Diana Nneka Atuona's deft script could do with a final polish, its heart, humour and spirit sing in the hands of a luminous cast The Donmar's last production, W…
Hampstead theatre, LondonTwo women disinter a trauma from their past in Michael John O'Neill's allegorical play set in an evangelical church Two sisters circle each other in the antechamber …
Using local creatives and actors, director Katie Mitchell's A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction is a narrative response to the climate crisis and an experiment in sustainability Ka…