The showrunner of Call My Agent! is back with a winning series about France's young comics and how their onstage routines and real lives intersect Is there a gap in the market for an ensembl…
The actor will share the role with Danish dancer Johan Christensen in a new production this summer Sir Ian McKellen is to play Hamlet for the third time in his career in a production this su…
Massy Opera, FranceThierrée plays an architect whose building won't behave and a director whose performers don't listen in a playful if disjointed production Who lives in a house like this?…
Festival's 75th anniversary will include stage reimagining of The Jungle Book following Mowgli's journey as a climate refugee An adaptation of The Jungle Book that reimagines the journey of …
Back by popular demand, Ed MacArthur and Kiell Smith-Bynoe are reworking their anarchic show about the rivalry between a toff and a TikToK rapper on the kids' party scene This doesn't usual…
The British musical comedians share what makes them laugh, including a strange number of videos involving tiny hands and Debbie Reynolds pretending to be a football Get our weekend culture …
Peacock theatre, LondonThe Leeds-based company come out fighting with family stories, purposeful dancing and a boxing-themed finale In 1981, Phoenix Dance Company was a group of three men in…
How does it feel to be bombed out of your home town? The author of Bad Roads writes about her desperate departure from Kyiv after Russia's invasion What should I have taken but didn't? I too…
The American writer known for The West Wing, Moneyball and The Social Network on adapting To Kill a Mockingbird for the stage in the 21st century Aaron Sorkin, 60, is that rare screenwriter …
Actor and comedian who invested her many stage and screen roles with incomparable zest and cheekThere have been few genuine clowns in theatre and television as good as Denise Coffey, who has…
As a teenager, the shadow culture secretary was always up for a party. Now she is expected to have a view on everything from the legacy of colonialism to the future of the licence fee. How i…
Dorfman, LondonJude Christian's funny and suspenseful adaptation for children draws them into the heart of Shakespeare's story Who hasn't occasionally wished Hamlet was a bit shorter? As we …
The comedy legend's cultural and commercial power have waned as he struggles to resist going lowbrow At this point in his gilded career, Chris Rock doesn't take an Oscars gig for the clout. …
Hudson Theatre, New York Sex and the City star plays well opposite her husband Matthew Broderick in an overlong triptych of bitter relationship tales A junior suite at the Plaza Hotel will r…
Perth theatreMagical illusions and mind-reading tricks add to the fizzy performances in a colourful production with clever parallels If you're looking for narcissism, Rob Drummond offers it …
How did this one-woman whirlwind go from dance school reject to Olivier-nominated choreographer of Cabaret? Via Bruce Lee, hip-hop and a kick up the butt It all started in a Luton youth club…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonThough innovative in delivery, this bizarre experimental production has gratuitous descriptions of sex and violence and fails to satisfy as a performance Psychod…
The Pumphouse, Dublin PortAn unflinching look at the role of women is at the forefront of this gripping drama that brings hidden histories to the surface Civil war brings devastation to one …
Distinguished ballet choreographer takes issue with views of his friend, dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov ' Russia-Ukraine war " latest updates Russian artists and performers must not stay silent …
Leeds PlayhouseWhile unrefined, this show based on Tess Seddon's failed attempt to stand for parliament, has a heart the size of at least one of the Ridings There is a neat irony here: had T…
Sherman Theatre, CardiffThe action may be absurd but the trauma and confusion of growing up are totally realistic Pwdin is 12 years old. He thinks he's fat ("You're not fat!" exclaim the adu…
Sadler's Wells, LondonDance Reflections festival continued, with offerings from foggy to soporific " but darling of radical dance Boris Charmatz did not disappoint You need a lot of patience…
Bridge; Harold Pinter theatre, LondonRalph Fiennes is firing on all cylinders in David Hare's new play about a New York highway builder; and Ruth Wilson is beguiling in an unsubtle staging o…
Of all the baddies Carvel has portrayed on stage and screen, this may be his most challenging yet. He reveals what lies beneath the bombast of The Donald "I don't really believe in evil, as …
Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonDavid Owen Norris and his son Barney reflect on the slipperiness of history in a show that elegantly defies categorisation Ticketing websites divide shows fo…