Back to Back, an ensemble of disabled actors, wins DK2.5m Ibsen prize for their 'exciting, unsettling and thought-provoking' work Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to o…
My friend and colleague Mark Beeson, who has died aged 67 of amyloidosis, was an ecologist, playwright, poet and theatre director based in Devon. MED Theatre was the rural community theatre …
The comedian on shamanic ceremonies, vegan diets and the catharsis of performance You can imagine how the prospect of turning 40 was particularly problematic for Simon Amstell. The film-make…
Royal Opera House, London Seminal works from the 1970s are revived by choreographer's niece and focus on the simple beauty of minimalist movements In the 1970s, Lucinda Childs was part of Ne…
Bristol Old VicA schoolboy overcomes his stammer in an energising paean to the power of language marked by fine performances Writer Ross Willis has a terrific feel for words, their sounds, t…
Barbican; Ambassadors theatre, LondonThe exiled Belarus Free Theatre offers a frightening, timely vision of a divided Europe, and Taron Egerton brings emotive power to Mike Bartlett's explor…
Tate Modern; Sadler's Wells, LondonDance Reflections festival showcases a fresh take on Trisha Brown's seminal work; while two of its contemporary offerings are frustratingly oblique It must…
Even as a child, the comedian knew her brain was atypical. But it was only in her late 20s that her anxiety, depression and meltdowns finally made sense You don't have to be an expert to kno…
Abbey, DublinThe political intrigues muddy the drama of conscience but this is a sleek futuristic staging of Sophocles' tragedy, adapted by Darren Murphy A defiant young woman imprisoned in …
Available onlineThis is a gripping drama about the inner struggles and temptation endured by a recovering alcoholic during a dark night of the soul at his father's wake Marcus Brigstocke's d…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonInspired by the pain that is audible behind the machismo of the rapper's music, Malik Nashad Sharpe has created an intriguing show Was Tupac Shakur depressed? Th…
Unicorn theatre, LondonBewitching video and ingenious sets combine in a staging that turns the 18th-century adventure into an escape for a troubled student This radical reimagining of Jonath…
The classy actor could play both establishment and villainous characters with aplomb. He was naturally charming and hugely admired by great men of theatre like Harold Pinter Peter Bowles die…
As the conflict in Ukraine intensifies, Russia's dance corps are under scrutiny. But ballet has long been the "secret weapon" in Russia's diplomatic arsenal When the independent Russian TV s…
Soho theatre, London In a serious-minded comedy show, with a splash of frivolity, the standup considers politics, class and racism What do we have to do to be accepted? When will we have don…
Royal Opera House, LondonFrancesca Hayward brings intelligence and sensuality to her debut in the dual role of an uneven but stylish production As highly anticipated debuts go, this one had …
Octagon theatre, BoltonThis is a bold and adventurous version of Barry Hines's story about a boy finding respite in nature Nishla Smith silences the theatre. She appears from on high and squ…
Orange Tree theatre, RichmondFranz Xaver Kroetz's play is a sharp exploration of the way finances wriggle their way into the existing rifts of everyday life What quiet, splintering performan…
Actor played Richard DeVere in BBC comedy series alongside Penelope Keith from 1979 to 1981 To The Manor Born star Peter Bowles has died from cancer at the age of 85. Bowles was best known …
Ukraine authorities say hundreds of people were hiding in theatre and that convoy of cars leaving besieged city was also shelled Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Ukrainian officials have a…
Premiere of Theresa Rebeck's play will reunite the film and theatre stars who appeared in The Equalizer The American blockbuster stars David Harbour and Bill Pullman are to share the stage i…
Coventry audiences will take their own journeys through the production as 150th anniversary celebrated In a bustling auction house in Coventry warring bidders are raising their hands. Sudden…
Sherman theatre, CardiffThis stylish play packs a lot in and has strong performances but its darker nuances are smothered by whimsy Performed and captioned in Welsh, English and some French,…
Criticised for moral ambiguity on its premiere, the 1965 drama " about a woman in a masculine world of aggression and pretence " is back to provoke and disturb Call a play a "modern classic"…
The first Russian to leave the company over her country's invasion of its neighbour will join the Dutch National Ballet Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates The prima ballerina Olga Smirnova, …