The Nottingham-born playwright wrote and starred in The Glad Game, a one-woman show about her diagnosis with incurable cancer The actor and writer Phoebe Frances Brown, who created an acclai…
He's been portrayed as a lascivious lothario, a likable scamp and even a female librarian. But who was the real Casanova? As the world's most infamous lover returns to the stage, our writer …
Parts to be staged in Stoke, Doncaster, Trowbridge and Sunderland in 2023 using local writers and amateur casts before finale in London A retelling of The Odyssey, Homer's epic story of endu…
The story of the real-life escape from Stalag Luft III in 1944 is to be told at the London venue used as an internment camp for 'enemy aliens' during the first world war The story behind the…
The Family Sex Show organisers receive abuse over UK production aimed at children as young as five A theatre show that promised to reimagine sex education by discussing the issue in a frank …
The actor, who has starred in everything from sitcoms to Shakespeare, talks about his family rows over Brexit, having his phone hacked " and why he did not want to be like Laurence Olivier R…
For more than a decade, Let's Dance International Frontiers has brought fantastic talent to the stage in Leicester. Its founder looks back " and ahead 'You see people diversifying the curric…
Dispute at Actors' Benevolent Fund pitted Penelope Keith and other trustees against general secretary A charity that supports actors who are experiencing hardship due to old age, injury or i…
GES-2 was meant to be Moscow's answer to Tate Modern, but the invasion of Ukraine has cast a pall over the project Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates On a recent Saturday in April, Muscovite…
Available onlineThe canine curse is given a comic makeover, sapping the story of its terror but bringing laughs and charming energy from the cast of three Arthur Conan Doyle's sinister tale …
How did the novelist adapt her bestseller The Taxidermist's Daughter for the stage? By stripping out the gore, ratcheting up the revenge " and asking her actor son for tips 'I've very much e…
A series of portraits of the cast of Wintershall's production The Passion of Jesus. The reenactment of Jesus's crucifixion and resurrection is performed in Trafalgar Square on Good Friday Co…
The Strictly Come Dancing star has left the show that made her name in the UK but her creative, competitive spirit loves a challenge " with three projects on the go, she's not standing still…
The playwright also stars in his latest Broadway production, a dark-hued drama about a town council meeting Is there anything more American than a town council meeting? It's apple pie, baseb…
Nottingham PlayhouseCaroline Bird's drama about the Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson gives us the bullet points of an extraordinary life but slips into melodrama The Red Ellen of the title was Elle…
Bush theatre, LondonThe performer of this one-woman play steers through multiple characters with charm, but is held back by a story that is less than the sum of its parts Princess Dinubolu o…
Sadler's Wells, LondonAnne Teresa De Keersmaeker's tribute to five inspirational Rosas captivates " until it outstays its welcome Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is not a choreographer who believ…
Various venues, Coventry; Old Vic; Royal Court, LondonA site-specific quest gets to the heart of George Eliot's novel; Mike Bartlett makes a Shakespearean tragedy of Trump; and six young bla…
Playwright Mike Bartlett prophesies a Donald Trump v Kamala Harris showdown against a backdrop of rolling violence Mike Bartlett's new stage work, The 47th, explores a Donald Trump v Kamala …
This heartwarming documentary about local villagers touring rural Turkey is full of transformative encounters and communal enjoyment In the opening scenes of Pelin Esmer's heartwarming docum…
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonMike Bartlett's rambunctious capers with types including Lady Susan Climber and Matt Eton MP are great fun if not exactly stinging satire In Mike Bartlett's rambunct…
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughChris Bush's gripping new adaptation " the centrepiece of a Brontë festival " adds an interesting psychological twist Not content with staging Chris Bus…
Opera House, WuppertalDancers and singers share the lead roles in Tanztheater Wuppertal's lucid version of the myth, set to Gluck's score Rancorous couples who can't stand the sight of each …
Circle on the Square Theatre, New York Laurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell bring star power to this umpteenth revival but there's a staleness they struggle to overcome How funny to think tha…
Playhouse to stage Beyond Belief in 2023 to 'say a proper goodbye' to late SDLP leader who helped persuade IRA to give up arms A musical drama about the life of John Hume, one of the main fo…