They've supercharged Shakespeare, staged impossible novels and stunned with scandalous cinema adaptations. Internationaal Theater Amsterdam reveal their radical secrets Ivo van Hove, directo…
Available onlineCentred around a proposed Holocaust memorial, this debut from playwright Teunkie Van Der Sluijs probes the intersections of Black and Jewish identity with an eloquent flair T…
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes highlights from the world's biggest arts jamboree and startling fresh takes on Charlotte Brontë and Henrik Ibsen "I was struck by her spirit…
Globe theatre, LondonSean Holmes's gleefully comic take is a riot of holiday colour and fun, featuring luminous lilos, stag do bantz and a playful Prospero in eyewateringly tight trunks Come…
In our celebrity Dining across the divide special, the comedians cover everything from cancel culture to Jeremy Corbyn Rufus, 43, London Occupation Actor, comedian and presenter Continue rea…
The Australian TV comic dreams about a perfect family Sunday back home on the beachEarly morning or lie-in? I have two young daughters, so I don't really get the choice. My eight-year-old go…
Watermill, NewburyTom Jackson Greaves thrillingly fuses movement with music in his revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Louisiana-set take on the classic 60s film Many will remember Whistle Down…
Nica Burns, driving force of the festival's comedy prize, talks about the winners and losers in 40 years of the hugely influential event Comedians have a reputation for being tough: the stre…
Young Vic; Regent's Park Open Air; Gillian Lynne, LondonGlobalisation's effect on an Indian factory makes for touching drama; Douglas Hodge's new Dodie Smith musical is spot on; and a new-lo…
Teatro alle Tese, VeniceSilver Lion winner RocÃo Molina unleashes raw energy, while Golden Lion winner Saburo Teshigawara turns his gaze inward, at Wayne McGregor's Venice Dance Biennale …
Comedian doesn't directly address apology onstage but says: 'Even me getting smacked by Suge Smith ... I went to work the next day' Comedian Chris Rock did not directly address Will Smith's …
American Prophet, focusing on the abolitionist, orator and polymath, is the latest marker of a Douglass renaissance in popular culture For Kenneth Morris, sitting in a darkened theatre among…
Bold Tendencies, LondonA new programme designed for this brute concrete space brings Sharon Eyal's unsettling vision into full focus The first time I saw the work of L-E-V, I was floored. Th…
I'm not saying that all my peers set out to make fun of fat people. But that doesn't make their shows safe spaces I was spying anonymously in a Facebook fan group for a well-known comedy pod…
Separate adaptations in Chester and Pitlochry see one faithful to the original, while the other is boldly set 50 years later and on a different continent It has turned into a summer of Littl…
Gillian Lynne theatre, LondonThis exhilarating production of CS Lewis's timeless tale delivers spellbinding spectacle, wartime drama and perfect puppetry This captivating production takes th…
The British choreographer's programme includes beguiling digital dance created by Tobias Gremmler, a reckoning with desire from RocÃo Molina and seven visions of vice Leonora Carrington i…
The artist remembers filming the actor, who died this week, in a work bringing together three great stage Hamlets " a valedictory performance that moved his son to tears I learned that David…
Eventim Apollo, LondonKnight and Saunders are full-throated and bristling in the hit musical-from-a-film, with a sprawling cast and hip flasks aplenty The plot of the 1992 comedy Sister Act …
London venue with long history of offering training and networking has become Seven Dials Playhouse For more than 40 years it was a place where actors " from legendary stars to those struggl…
The self-described 'wobbly' comedian is returning to her first love, acting, with a hard-hitting play about the collision of disability and austerity Francesca Martinez was three years old w…
Gate theatre, DublinOwen Roe is riveting in Sebastian Barry's deconstruction of a family set against the tensions of Irish independence Sebastian Barry's shimmeringly poetic memory play is a…
Three years ago, the caustic comic had a fatal aortic dissection mid-show. Now a new documentary about the self-proclaimed 'most banned act in Britain' reveals a saga of booze and outrage Wh…
Minerva theatre, ChichesterTwo decades since the debut of Roy Williams's play set in a pub during an England v Germany World Cup qualifier, the script is as hot as ever Twenty years since it…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonMusical set on the prehistoric ocean floor and starring singing yeast particles is a swampy mess This 2007 comedy musical features all-singing, all-dancing particl…