Donmar Warehouse, LondonWhen an Egyptian orchestra accidentally tips up in a sleepy Israeli backwater, lives are changed in the quietest of ways 'Nothing is as beautiful as something you did…
Rodreguez King-Dorset takes the stage as three protagonists in a coruscating drama about the Windrush scandal Rodreguez King-Dorset's drama about racism and the Windrush scandal first took l…
American Airlines Theatre, New York A diverse re-envisioning of the 1969 historical musical offers up some great opportunities for a game cast but struggles to justify its existence The firs…
Former judge appointed to investigate claims prominent dance schools have rigged competitions The ostensibly quaint world of Irish dancing has been rocked by allegations of competition fixin…
Even the best-known ballets can baffle newcomers so what can choreographers do to avoid audiences getting lost? From Matthew Bourne's fairytales to staging Margaret Atwood and Peaky Blinders…
The soul singer plays Emmeline Pankhurst in Sylvia, a hip-hop musical returning to the Old Vic The story of the suffragettes is a "metaphor for so many things going on right now" including g…
Oxford PlayhouseThe third work in Joseph Toonga's trilogy presents moments of fevered action and powerful stillness in an eye-opening political performance 'Why can't you see me?!" cries the…
Dundee RepThis modern-day take on Cervantes' classic novel follows the ageing Donald who has had enough of daytime television, tea and biscuits Everyone who cares for Uncle Donald has the sa…
Marylebone theatre, LondonPeter Oswald's take on Friedrich Schiller's unfinished tragedy shows Russia's recurrent turn towards tyranny When Friedrich Schiller died aged 45 in 1805, he left n…
Wembley Arena, LondonThe standup returns to the UK with a set on morality, sex and religion that often excels but also stalls with casual misanthropy The last time Louis CK performed major U…
Charing Cross theatre, LondonTennessee Williams' script about a dying widow dictating her memoirs is dragged into the modern day as characters fidget with their phones on a sparse set Some p…
Lyttelton theatre, LondonA group of friends in 1930s New York pursue diverging dreams in a transfixing production of Pearl Cleage's play directed by Lynette Linton 'You're a genius with a dr…
Festival theatre, Edinburgh The circle of the 16th-century monarch is fraught with brittle alliances and racism in Rona Munro's new history play It's a cosmopolitan place, the court of James…
Misogynist gags? Ancient puns? Unethical bed tricks? Theatre-makers discuss how they tackle the Bard's trickier works Earlier this year, I spoke to the actor Natasha Magigi, a regular at Sha…
Italian actor and co-founder of the theatre company Complicité who was admired for the physicality of his performancesThe Italian actor Marcello Magni, who has died aged 63 of prostate canc…
Hampstead theatre, LondonGeorgina Burns' debut play about an overburdened counselling unit presents perceptive insights and no easy answers A therapist at an NHS counselling unit jokes darkl…
NetflixThe campaigning US satirist covers politics, parenthood and 'the jurisprudence of jokes' in a brash set delivered with major brio You can't accuse Hasan Minhaj of not packing enough i…
Manhattan Theater Club at the Samuel J Friedman Theater, New York Martyna Majok's sensitive drama about four characters on the margins is empathetically acted and unusually compassionate The…
The 83-year-old Lord of the Rings and X-Men star emerged from a giant golden egg to publicise his role in the Mother Goose panto " and given us just what we need in these troubling times The…
Available onlineWriter Jessica Walker sings strongly but this tale of family dysfunction and abuse doesn't hang together It is reassuring to see online shows being made beyond pandemic neces…
Soho theatre, London A brief but brazen set by the HBO series co-star shows a talent in full control of her own brand of scattershot comedy Emmy Award-nominated for playing a standup comedia…
Our roundup of stage shows to watch at home includes a Tony award-winning musical, international dance and a radical dramatisation of the crucifixion story Broadway stage sensation Audra McD…
The Place, LondonThe lights stay up and the audience is very much included in this warm, understated meditation on community restored I'm welcomed in with a warm hello and the offer of a cus…
Soho theatre, LondonA different Mrs Perón gets the mega-musical treatment in Sh!t Theatre's hilarious, sinister comedy about the ethics of populism and the heartbreak of loss As in: Evita…
Bridge; Old Vic, LondonSimon Russell Beale is doubly commanding as Ibsen's charismatic banker in a problem-raising revival, while a new anti-vax satire needs more than a shot of Helen Hunt's…