Lansbury won an Oscar nomination for her first role in the 1944 film Gaslight, and gained international acclaim as Murder, She Wrote's Jessica Fletcher The actor Angela Lansbury, best known …
The hotly tipped comic was the talk of Edinburgh with his blistering hour of hilariously hollow egomania " and audiences haven't a clue whether to pity or deplore him UK standup has a new su…
Various venues, DublinGood Sex explores live performance and intimacy; Colic considers domestic disquiet; and All Hardest of Woman immerses the audience in the corridors of a maternity hospi…
As David Tennant returns to the West End in CP Taylor's play Good, revisit some of his performances from the last 25 years, as captured by the Guardian's theatre photographer Continue readin…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonJenna Fincken's one-woman play, inspired by real stories, gets inside the head of a young woman in a toxic relationship Jenna Fincken's one-woman play anatomises a…
The former Sporty Spice will open the theatre's spring season in a contemporary dance collaboration with experimental choreographer Jules Cunningham Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm is set to tak…
Scenes that skip between universes, 100 eyeballs emerging from the floorboards, whole plays set on a slope … The scripts for Constellations, Wonder Boy and other hits have provided instruc…
Half Moon theatre, LondonElayne Ogbeta's play explores intergenerational love as a man struggles to tell his granddaughter that he is leaving Britain I have not told my nieces what Grandad A…
The comedian loves Kiss at karaoke and Motörhead in bed, but he's strictly MOR in the back of an Uber " not that he would ever tell you The first song I remember hearing We used to sing Yel…
Monty Python star says he will talk on TV channel about 'important information that gets censored' John Cleese has signed up to become a presenter on the rightwing television channel GB News…
The comedian and podcaster on the charms of British sitcoms, starting her own club night and hot new talent on the circuit What drew you to British comedy?Probably Skins or The Inbetweeners.…
Duke of York's Theatre, LondonRobert Icke's combative 2019 play about medical ethics, identity politics and antisemitism returns to the West End to divide and challenge audiences The return …
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonThe Dutch dance artist brings a steely fearlessness to her piece about the hypersexualised depiction of black women in late 90s and early 00s hip-hop videos The …
Lyttelton; Olivier; Royal Docks, LondonThirties Harlem is vibrantly alive at the National, while mob rule meets Little House on the Prairie in an assured revival of The Crucible. Elsewhere, …
Theatr Clywd, MoldThis co-production with Chichester Festival theatre nails the atmosphere and the performances, if not Enid Blyton's knack for a good plot Here be: a dastardly villain disgu…
Royal Opera House, LondonKenneth MacMillan's bleak psychological period piece is a gift for the Royal Ballet's dancers, who take turns in performances of gripping, in-the-moment power When K…
Rose theatre, LondonA striking score and expressive singing carry Christopher Haydon's production of the wartime classic First there's the prologue. Then the play-within-a-play. Finally, a s…
Leeds PlayhouseAmanda Huxtable directs the regional premiere of Natasha Gordon's multigenerational play filled with conflict and grief Natasha Gordon's multigenerational family drama capture…
Finborough theatre, LondonGeorg Kaiser's century-old call for a societal reset may not always hit the mark, but it is given an invigorated panache by Collide theatre company What a day, as K…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonThe American comedian goes straight for the jugular in a fearlessly off-colour and skilfully constructed show 'Oh, your queen died," says Michelle Wolf, faux-…
Barbican, LondonThere are good ideas in this collection of pieces from William Kentridge's experimental performance studio but they lack depth and development South African artist William Ke…
Kicked out of conservatoire during her hard-partying years, Doherty has gone on to become one of the most exciting choreographers of her generation. Now she's teaming up with Jamie xx for a…
The star-crossed lovers and feuding families return to the stage in a new production of John Cranko's version of the Shakespeare tragedy. The ballet opens 7 October at the state theatre in M…
Mercury theatre, ColchesterAn uneven new play from Mischief Theatre skews darker than their hit comedies, with jarring tragedy amid the clowning The Play That Goes Wrong's Mischief Theatre h…
Derby theatreNeil Bartlett's version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic has female leads laying bare the rot at the heart of a beastly boys' club We all love a chorus line. We love the coor…