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Unicorn theatre, LondonInspired by the classic novel, this play for children leads its young heroine through surreal encounters with bureaucracy " and a giant rabbit
Kafka never let Josef K …
The British entertainer said to be a favourite of King Charles, whose credits ranged from Merchant Ivory and opera to The Vicar of Dibley, has died
Kit Hesketh-Harvey, the British composer a…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonHeirs and spares fight under a sleazeball Roman emperor and candles take a hammering in a brilliantly provocative show with an all-female ensemble
What do you …
Lyric theatre, LondonThe singer is convincing in the role (first played by Lily Allen) of a mother who hears spooky noises at night in Danny Robins' well-oiled, blackly comic chiller
Since i…
Barbican, LondonA Beckettian sense of dread pervades Dorothy James and Andy Manjuck's show about a wistful middle-aged man's attempts to keep the darkness at bay
It's Bill's birthday. The bu…
Harold Pinter theatre, LondonJosie Rourke's West End revival of Sam Steiner's fringe hit really lifts when the show's starry duo drop their romcom routine
Does a revival of Sam Steiner's 201…
The US comedian on heckling, why she gravitates towards silly people and the best and worst advice she's ever been given
Who did you look up to when you started out?In the open mic comedy sc…
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Billy Crystal's musical about a fading comedian, a female Faustus and a revival of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate
Hamed and Hessam Amiri's story a…
All events from late March cancelled at the theatre, which is in a priority location for the government's Levelling Up fund
Oldham Coliseum has cancelled all of its forthcoming events from l…
Soho theatre, LondonThis intergalactic show about sexuality and religious homophobia boasts a charismatic star in Willy Hudson but tips into chaos
Willy Hudson's "queer sci-fi epic" has an i…
Soho theatre, LondonThe Ohio comic takes us on her narcissistic 'therapy journey' including ridiculous songs, played with a wickedly straight bat
Patti Harrison's last London show, she tell…
From costume and lighting designers to composers and producers, here are some of the dynamos bringing breathtaking dance shows to the stage
The performers may be in the spotlight and the cho…
The gravel-throated legend gave his blessing to a show set to his greatest songs, but died before rehearsals began. As Dance Me hits the UK, its performers describe feeling his presence on s…
Lyric Hammersmith; Criterion; Park theatre, LondonBrute force speaks volumes in Frantic Assembly's breathtaking Othello; Steven Moffat and co flirt with farce; and the story of Windrush boxe…
The 'Butcher of Broadway' and others get a taste of their own acerbic medicine
The custard pie is the traditional slapstick method of pricking the pomposity of the powerful, and for the cove…
Royal Opera House; Sadler's Wells, LondonBig personalities shine out in the Cuban company's celebratory show. And Mel C holds her own in Cunningham's opaque new work
In ballet, the dancers a…
Having starred in some of Britain's biggest TV shows, the pair are taking to the stage for Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, a minimalist two-hander where words are strictly rationed. And …
Petty France, LondonTaking part in a trial shift to help coma patients wake up, the tension grows as it slowly becomes clear why you're really mining strangers' secrets
A deliciously uneasy …
Barbican, LondonThese four vignettes offer flashes of brilliance and smart stagecraft but feel too disconnected to truly hit home
Is it too soon to see the funny side of the pandemic? A hosp…
Actor says recent conversations about role of monarchy 'opened his eyes' to suffering of Indigenous people around the world
We tend to receive things on our birthdays, but on his 58th Alan C…
Live theatre version of 1980s TV satire features Tom Cruise and other showbiz stars trying to save 'broken Britain'
Writing a political satire for the stage in today's tumultuous times is no…
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonThe standup comedian may have lost some of the gloss on his reputation after nearly destroying himself with drugs, but his good cheer remains in place
'If you've se…
Royal Court, LondonA plot to kill RuPaul for dragging drag into the mainstream, followed by song and dance numbers, fires up an exhilarating show with breathtaking costumes, radical politics…
Jacksons Lane, London Glass's latest collaboration cites female power but suggests the opposite, and comes as London's influential mime festival prepares to disperse
After 47 appearances, th…
My mother, Shirley Dynevor-White, who has died aged 89, was an actor in Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop company in London during the 1950s.
Between 1953 and 1959 she took part in many pro…
