The moment I stepped into English National Ballet's studio, I stopped being just a patient. Among fellow spirits, I have rediscovered my sense of joy and agency Fourteen years ago, a neurolo…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-Upon-AvonCo-artistic director Tamara Harvey stages a well-acted production that never hits as hard as it should The bellicose patriotism in this, the las…
Intimate monologue or performance art? The singer's recent gigs give a tantalising idea of what a stage adaptation of her album might look like 'This conversation's too big for a phone call,…
The comedian on learning from Stewart Lee, forging gags from chats with friends and his niche joke about Magic FM Who did you look up to when you were starting out as a comedian?I wanted to …
Duke of York's theatre, LondonFifty years since David Hare's play was first staged, Rebecca Lucy Taylor is inspired casting as a singer who refuses to go out without a bang David Hare's 1975…
Charing Cross theatre, London Carmel Owen's ambitious musical follows the impressionist's regrets back to his early adventures in art and his first marriage As its title suggests, this music…
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonTracy-Ann Oberman stars in this absorbing and timely revival of Ryan Craig's 2011 comic tragedy, set over one fraught evening A death in the family is always …
The comic on cleaning up her language for family audiences, writing her debut novel and praying before taking the stage How did you get into comedy?After my second divorce, I was online look…
Live theatre, Newcastle When Maeve becomes a sexagenarian she rethinks her identity " and her 40-year marriage " in this surprisingly breezy drama You can imagine a Victorian melodrama in wh…
The director's first play " an 1830s 'rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise' " is planned for early 2027 opening in London Since Quentin Tarantino announced last year that he had wri…
Leeds Grand theatre Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's choreography keeps a tight hold on the narrative and the erotically charged pas de deux between the lovers packs real heat Northern Ballet's new s…
Fresh from Stranger Things and Hamnet, the pair are surprised to find themselves playing Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers in the West End. They talk chemistry, dating apps " and what they'v…
King's Head theatre, LondonMasculinity is not in a good way in this trio of short plays " the first of 10 presented in two venues " which deal in violence, misanthropy and murder Neil LaBute…
Sadler's Wells East, LondonRussell Maliphant Dance Company's arresting evening of three solos includes a spiritual offering performed by the choreographer himself Watching Daniel Proietto da…
Palais Garnier, ParisJessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple's Arena spills off the stage while Morau's equally audacious Étude has balletic body snatchers What a joy to find Jessica W…
A letter from 15 critics to the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh condemns 'divisive move' that saw non-Scottish publications excluded from reviewing the musical's press night Theatre critics in Sco…
The spectacular stage version of Studio Ghibli's much-loved film has spent a year at the Gillian Lynne theatre in London. To celebrate, photographer Tristram Kenton was granted backstage acc…
In an industry obsessed with 'perfect' feet, fallen arches can be seen as a barrier to success. But that's a damaging myth that has excluded many from the joy of ballet Picking up my ballet …
The writer, actor and singer won an award for her role in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. Then everything went silent. As the rising star returns in her very own musical, she hi…
Hampstead theatre, LondonUS businessman-turned-playwright Aaron Loeb combines medical tech concepts with knotty dilemmas and Mamet-esque dialogue An earnest research scientist turns up at a …
Margaret Hodge, who led report into arts funder, tells DCMS committee that grant recipients have lost confidence in the body Arts Council England requires a "radical" overhaul so it can to r…
The stars of Sex Education and The Morning Show will appear in a new West End production of Edward Albee's classic, directed by Marianne Elliott Gillian Anderson is to return to the West End…
A short play is the perfect snack to incorporate into your life. A long play is a feast " and a feat of endurance Last week, I spent an hour in a makeshift theatre in the middle of a park, w…
Olivier theatre, LondonWriters Nina and Moses Raine add comedy and raunch to Maxim Gorky's satire of the holidaying elite In 1898, Maxim Gorky wrote a fan letter to Anton Chekhov. Gorky was …
Hudson Theatre, New York The hit one-man show about depression suffers from plain and often corny writing yet is saved by an exuberant turn from the Tony-winning Harry Potter star Every Bri…