New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeSeven actors portray the charming friend to archbishops and circus stars in this freewheeling show The improbable story of Neil Baldwin gets more improba…
As the Lincoln Center's award-winning show heads to the London Coliseum, look back at stage productions of the musical about a linguistics professor who tries to transform a Cockney flower s…
Ambassadors theatre, LondonJade Anouka's character causes an existential earthquake in Marianne Elliott's stylised revival of Mike Bartlett's comedy about sexual identity The world has at la…
Two decades since she launched her company Lucy Guerin Inc, Guerin is known for her dazzling and strange work. She talks about her new Melbourne show and considers her legacy Australian chor…
Theatre workshops and art classes have sprung up to offer temporary respite from war as doctors warn of widespread trauma Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Two days after Russian forces ent…
We're told comedy is becoming much more diverse. So why does the very busy Channel 4 star sometimes feel like she's the only disabled comedian in the country? I'm writing this article from a…
NetflixIn the TV version of her hit Edinburgh show, the standup's charisma, songs and self-absorbed swagger are still sparkling When Catherine Cohen's The Twist …? She's Gorgeous played th…
As he prepares to bring his new live show to the UK, Glass " host of the hit radio series " talks about fairness, 'podcast voice' and why Steve Martin has got it all wrong Ira Glass is a few…
Theatre Royal, St HelensThe actor and raconteur is in his element in Asa Murphy's jolly Irish bar-themed patchwork production Is that a look of delight or terror in the eyes of the cast when…
The eponymous do of Mike Leigh's 1977 play is reimagined in Abi's House Party, a youth production at the Watford Palace theatre. But what would Bev think? The drama in Abigail's Party focuse…
Park theatre, LondonRon Hutchinson's play picks up intriguing themes about fake news and psychology but fails to explore them in depth "What if the Titanic never hit an iceberg? What if it s…
Motionhouse artistic director Kevin Finnan reveals the challenges in preparing a spectacular start to a festival '"In the 60s, choreographer Yvonne Rainer came out with this whole manifesto:…
Owen Horsley's new production of Henry VI, Parts 2 and 3, uses a cast of 120, including professionals and community participants, with some of them filming the action on stage I discovered r…
Everyman, LiverpoolWith merciless invective and scatter-gun put-downs, Jonathan Larkin's comedy is black to the point of cruelty in a bleak but uplifting play about after-hours queer culture…
Actor whose collection of stage and screen establishment figures included three TV foreign secretariesFor someone who succeeded to a baronetcy in 1971, the actor Jeremy Child, who has died a…
The American choreographer on setting classical dance steps to James Blake, his friendship with Nureyev, and why he hugs trees One of the world's greatest dance-makers, William Forsythe, 72,…
Royal Exchange, Manchester; Almeida; Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonStef Smith's Ibsen update can't quite match the original for its sense of dread; the mystery play gets a Covid-era reboot…
Leeds PlayhouseEfforts to make Shakespeare accessible to all rub against confused staging and wayward delivery in Amy Leach's ambitious production Cacophonous crashes signal the opening. Sea…
Sadler's Wells, LondonWhile Andreou clearly pursues a path and a purpose with her 2018 work, Rizzo's directionless fantasy world is a rambling trip Minimalism has many guises. If the opening…
Barbican, LondonFairytale imagery is mixed with absurdist humour in this prescient political thriller in which Russia has become a dictatorial superstate Given the political history of the B…
Sadler's Wells, LondonA Lucinda Childs postmodern gem sparkles anew, while two extraordinary dancers explore what unites people and tears them apart When George Balanchine created his three-…
A theatre adaptation of the TV film Marvellous, which starred Toby Jones, finds new insights into what makes this football mascot, clown and friend of archbishops special Today there will be…
A new play centres on my court case against Theresa May, and my treatment by the Daily Mail. Watching it was painful Gina Miller is a transparency campaigner who has won two supreme court ca…
Ian Smith's moving tribute to the late Colin Cowdrey is a gentle reminder of the abiding link between the stumps and the stage Cricket and theatre have long been intimate bedfellows. Stroll …
Bristol Old VicWith brilliant performances, eye-popping visuals and a gloriously profane script by Ross Willis, this is an unforgettable tale of adolescence Here is an audaciously inventive,…