Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonStar dancer Natalia Osipova oozes drama in contemporary version of Bizet exploring backstage jealousy and on-stage attraction Natalia Osipova has danced many pass…
The Globe, LondonThe sexy makeover with dildos and inflatable testicles doesn't work and the text additions only highlight the disjointedness It is rare to see this history play get an out…
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, BrightonCharlotte Spencer's examination of memory and the body is strongest when it focuses on specifics For the past 10 years, the choreographer C…
The actor and playwright on bullies, the secret of her best kiss and watching her future husband on stage as a teenager Born in Hull, Lolita Chakrabarti, 52, studied at Rada. Her television …
Amazon Prime VideoThe comedian plays it safe with his subject matter, but delivers his show with affable warmth and animation "Why can't I just be normal?" laments the comic and voice of Lov…
A provocative new film at Cannes featuring Ian McKellen attempts to de-romanticise the Dane but lags behind what theatre productions have been telling us for decades TS Eliot called Hamlet "…
Soho theatre, LondonThe SNL cast member has some impressive off-the-cuff riffs with the audience but never crafts an answer to his own question If you saw Saturday Night Live cast member Chr…
Minerva theatre, ChichesterMark Gatiss directs Reece Shearsmith in Moffat's cringe-tastic play that more than stands up next to the trio's celebrated TV work Inside number nine on a west Lon…
As his version of Like Water for Chocolate opens at the Royal Opera House, the choreographer talks about how the ballet world is changing " and why he took on the Michael Jackson musical One…
Kiln theatre, LondonFamily dynamics and toxic masculinity are explored in Marina Carr's riveting version of the story of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra The story of Clytemnestra is not quite as …
Theatr ClwydFifty years of a tender idyll are reimagined with dignity, grace " and the odd meta moment At the time of her death in 1829, at the grand age of 90, Eleanor Butler had been livin…
From spanking to swordfighting, why does the Dane have to keep stripping off? As he appears alongside Christopher Walken in Outlaws, the actor talks about dodgy directors, the joy of physica…
Playwright Howard Brenton asks why ancient Athens turned on its famous citizen, and how such an uncompromising free-thinker might fare in our own 'age of rage' Did Socrates "cancel" himself?…
Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonAn overhaul of the original's gender politics, plenty of Gen-Z touchpoints and a big dollop of kitsch make this musical an irresistible cocktail Here c…
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, BrightonChoreographer Charlotte Spencer probes our experience of the world via our bodies, skin and hands It was a post-lockdown cliche to say we w…
Hull Truck theatreUpdated for the era of remote learning, Godber's 1987 work is still joyously energetic and bitter about systemic inequalities The most topical joke of the night is about pa…
The circus star turns singer in his new show, Room, which is designed to embrace chaos. He talks about the mystery of theatre and his movie missions In James Thierrée's beguiling stage show…
Comedian criticised for 'dangerous' special, in which he says he supports trans rights while joking about the genitalia of trans women and HIV Ricky Gervais' new Netflix special SuperNature …
A three-and-a-half-hour version of the show has opened in Australia and the US. While a lot has been cut, there are also new tricks " and tweaks to a crucial relationship Get our weekend cu…
Decolonising the curriculum doesn't mean losing traditional texts, but studying the power imbalances my pupils already experience Apparently Shakespeare is the latest victim of the culture w…
Everyman, LiverpoolChloë Moss's play about a female officer who joins an all-male crew on a cargo ship skims the surface of its issues If you wanted to map the contours of the patriarchy,…
Arcola, LondonA tender series of vignettes explore family dynamics in Norris's personal play, but it needs some grit in the oyster Barney Norris has written a personal play about family life…
Theatre Royal, BrightonAustralian circus group Circa debuts a beautifully detailed interpretation of The Rite of Spring Since Nijinsky's riot-inducing premiere of Le Sacre du Printemps (The …
Ã’ran Mór, GlasgowAn actor considers a move from Northern Ireland to London in this witty two-hander by Cyprus Avenue's David Ireland Matthew is nervously running through his lines as …
The comedian, presenter and author on pre-show rituals, poor advice and the thrill of a hydraulic log-splitter Who inspires you?My wife, Debbie. She is a remarkable woman. Wise and witty. I …