Wilton's Music Hall, London Piers Torday's update of the children's classic brings Kenneth Grahame's animals to modern-day London Kenneth Grahame had terrifying nightmares about lying helple…
For an 'alternative festive show', Ben Duke and his dance company have created a witty version of the Greek myth in London's Linbury theatre Continue reading...
Everyman theatre, LiverpoolThe eponymous fairytale does not lend itself easily to panto " requiring some princely interference " but the cast is exuberant We are deep into act two when we fi…
Exclusive: Musical and children's play are among vast archive explored in upcoming film about comedic genius A musical and a children's play written by Spike Milligan are among unmade script…
Lyttelton theatre, LondonGiles Terera stars in a thrilling production with a radical climax that explores the domestic violence in Shakespeare's play In 1964, the National Theatre Company st…
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Ivo van Hove's epic, boisterous family fun and a dance fable for Christmas "I never think about the audience until the last days before we perf…
Theatre by the Lake, KeswickMary Norton's 1952 novel about tiny pillagers gets a sober stage remake that blends minor-key music with contemporary fears When Suella Braverman talked about an …
Leeds Playhouse The rags-to-riches roots of the Roald Dahl story are emphasised in this family show, but video effects blunt the rough magic There's something of the fairytale about Charlie …
Chickenshed theatre, LondonThis Jack finds the beanstalk in an arcade video game " and there's much more going on, with a young, 200-strong supporting ensemble This twist on Jack and the Bea…
Soho theatre, LondonEven when the grouchy wannabe game-show host's set is buffering he still delivers a winning formula of hi-tech comedy and twisty jokes In Danger Money, we find Mat Ewins …
The first Broadway show celebrating Korean culture hopes to show there's 'more to K-pop than just Gangnam Style' With her ice blond hair, kaleidoscopic costumes and melismatic high notes, th…
Noël Coward theatre, LondonThe 1968 debate between Gore Vidal and William F Buckley Jr is depicted with verve and feels uncomfortably up-to-date Could a grainy broadcast debate between tw…
Polka theatre, LondonCharles Way's farce has squabbling siblings, festive karaoke and a cranky rodent as a family tries to keep their pet shop afloat In children's theatre, little ideas can …
The character comedian and TV star on meeting angry fans, his first UK tour as megalomaniac magician Mr Swallow and taking inspiration from Torvill and Dean Who did you look up to when you w…
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonA streetwise Jack sells his cow for a tin of baked beans in this sugar rush of a show, which is underpinned with an anti-greed moral about the collective good Your e…
Unicorn theatre, LondonPlaywright Yasmin Joseph and director Ola Ince team up for a drama that captures the warmth of a family reconnecting in Jamaica Here's a new play with so many fun idea…
Deutsches Schauspielhaus, HamburgThe director's latest eco-theatre production gives us fragments of Chekhov's dialogue and a searing reading of our relationship with nature The orchard of Ch…
As You Like It comes to London's new venue @sohoplace this winter. The play's director and the theatre's owner discuss arts cuts, the industry's gender balance and the pandemic Arifa Akbar: …
TV made him a star, but activism turned him into a hero. Now 85 and still going strong, the actor remembers his friendships and feuds, and his shameful treatment in the second world war Geor…
The comedian-writer's One Woman Show takes hilarious issue with the Fleabag-style 'messy woman' trope. As it transfers to London's West End, she says she feels 'at odds' with its success Wha…
Many directors crave critique as much as they fear it. But what happens behind the scenes after a public panning? When an unfavourable review recently came out about her new play, Australia…
Shakespeare's most violent play to be staged with actors' candles being pummelled in scenes with bloodshed Eight years after a stomach-churning, splatter-fest production of Titus Andronicus …
Tron theatre, GlasgowJohnny McKnight's irreverent and very funny panto is full of local colour and packed with put-downs " though never at the expense of the original film Hollywood repeat…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe maverick choreographer makes his mark on The Rite of Spring in this elementally austere exercise in anxiety and loose-cannon footwork In 1913, The Rite of Spring br…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse; Wyndham's, London; Ustinov Studio, BathOliver Johnstone mesmerises as Henry V, Vardy and Rooney go head to head, and Dickie Beau lipsyncs a swarm of voices, from Hit…