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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…
Soho theatre, LondonThe Irish-Italian comic, nominated for best newcomer at the Edinburgh fringe, delivers his show with a light touch and ample self-irony
It is exciting to encounter a youn…
Move leaves British Museum and Science Museum isolated as arts institutions with fossil fuel sponsors
Campaigners have hailed a "seismic shift" in arts funding after the Royal Opera House co…
Theatre503, LondonWhen two boys kiss at primary school, there's a furore on the parents' WhatsApp group and an intervention from fabulous supernatural forces
Two couples thrash out their dif…
Free to roam through the post-apocalyptic game, one intrepid group has taken to performing the Bard. They have found an intent new audience, as well as the odd mutant scorpion
One crisp spri…
Critically acclaimed and now boasting an Oscar nominee, the Almeida's Tennessee Williams production will move to the Phoenix theatre in spring
The Almeida theatre's sold out production of A …
Park theatre, LondonGwithian Evans and Jon Osbaldeston star in a power struggle that keeps you guessing " but it's not enough to get under your skin
Nicolas Billon's 2004 play sets itself up…
Linbury theatre, LondonFrom hints of jazz and vaudeville to a magical Nijinsky-inspired duet, it's a pleasure to watch these dancers perform
The title of this mixed bill is spot on when it c…
Sundance film festival: mockumentary set at an upstate musical theater camp feels like an extended inside joke
For all the grand gestures of musical theater, there's an odd flatness to Theat…
She has created routines for Florence Welch and RosalÃa, and once turned Coldplay into chimps. Next comes a swansong for her rootin'-tootin' show upending masculine stereotypes
"People of…
Plastic, a production by Japanese company K-Ballet, draws attention to a global pollution crisis with its unusual set and wardrobe design. Resembling space-age creatures with PET bottles str…
Riverside Studios, LondonJemma Kahn's show begins with a striptease, then ponders existential questions before ending with an orgiastic dinner party
This peculiar and alluring act begins as …
The comedian on doing standup in prison, his first open mic with Paul Merton and taking I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue on tour
How did you get into standup?I went to the Comedy Store in Leiceste…
Dramatist and screenwriter whose best-known stage play, Alpha Beta, is a scorching study of marriage and morality
As a passionate lover of football, in particular of Liverpool FC, Ted Whiteh…
The Place, LondonGandini Juggling's amiable, multifaceted show delves into the history of the art form while keeping several other balls in the air
The story of a juggling pig; another about…
Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal BathThe Hollywood star is on top form opposite Dougray Scott in Edward Albee's classic tale of a marriage gone sour
Edward Albee's first short play, The Zoo Sto…
Almeida; Donmar Warehouse, LondonPaul Mescal, Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan captivate in Rebecca Frecknall's headlong take on Tennessee Williams. And Lillian Hellman's 1941 call to arms reso…
Royal Opera House, LondonIt's unapologetically retro, and there's no story, but the Royal Ballet's latest revival of Petipa's intricate masterpiece casts its spell
When choreographers want t…
The innovative Australian director who gained acclaim for his version of Yerma starring Billie Piper is now reframing Phaedra as a postmenopausal love story with Janet McTeer
Simon Stone doe…
The actor on a double dose of Greek tragedy, the real-life drama of basketball, and a perfect day in Antigua
The actor Nikki Amuka-Bird, 46, was born in Nigeria and raised in Lagos, Antigua …
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonMisha Levkov's dystopian debut examines migration, climate and community action but the drama is lost amid bland philosophical arguments
It is 2025 and the world…
Despite Nick Cave's broadside against computer-generated lyrics, they're here to stay. Artists need to be educated and protected
Faced with an attempt by a new chatbot to imitate his own lyr…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe former Spice Girl joins Jules Cunningham and Harry Alexander in a leftfield trio on a quiet, contemplative mission
You couldn't get further from Spice Up Your Life …
King's Head theatre, LondonChloe Rice and Natasha Roland deliver a playful two-hander about the wild west, power structures and the costs of theatre
Like Dolly Parton sang in 9 to 5: it's en…
Soho theatre, LondonThe sketch trio throw a lot into their screwball adventure, from pagan festivals to alien apocalypse, but every gag pays off
With the Delightful Sausage's recent show, p…
