Hampstead theatre, LondonRuby Thomas peels back the emotional layers in a group-therapy drama that fizzes towards a devastating finale A family of four and a therapist tiptoe around one anot…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonThe comic who hit it big as Uncle Roger is a zesty stage presence but coasts into a comfort zone of easy cross-cultural wisecracks Nigel Ng's comedy career sk…
Wilton's Music Hall, LondonThe choreographer draws on Tarantino, the White Stripes and grizzly folklore in an evocative and brilliantly scuzzy show Mark Bruce has always been driven by music…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonWriter Thomas Melle delivers a lecture via his android counterpart in an unsettling show that poses big questions It's the fingers that get to me. Bitten and wea…
Young Vic, LondonPaul Bettany and Jeremy Pope excel as the art world legends in Anthony McCarten's account of a fractious friendship Anthony McCarten's new play is an odd bromance between tw…
Turbine theatre, LondonEven if it doesn't always reach its potential, this bright, entertaining comedy-musical deserves credit for tackling an urgent issue The US high school musical has bec…
Cycle of short plays will celebrate roles often underappreciated by those in positions of power Key workers will be literally centre stage in a new cycle of nine short plays celebrating role…
The two-times Tony nominee is about to portray Jean-Michel Basquiat alongside Paul Bettany's Warhol. 'We're digging deep and getting to the heart of their relationship,' he says When Andy Wa…
Theatre Royal, BathThere are nice slapstick set-pieces but this two-hander loses any sense of marital crisis and has perfunctory sitcom gags If Terry and June had wrestled with ennui, the re…
The Place, LondonBen Duke directs a triumphant theatre-dance interpretation of the Dickens classic that offsets complexity with out-loud laughs Choreographer Ben Duke and his company Lost Do…
Rafael, star of The Ferryman, has been paying taxes since the age of one, while Adiya received glowing reviews for her portrayal of Lyra in The Book of Dust. Say coochy-coo to the babies tre…
Bush theatre, LondonTackling gentrification, change and ambition, Tyrell Williams's writing creates a convincing bond in a play that is fierce, affectionate and effortlessly funny Actors Ked…
Studio theatre, SheffieldJohn Rwothomack, performing his own one-man play, depicts a Ugandan boy terrorised into fighting for the Lord's Resistance Army with visceral power 'Will you favour …
Soho theatre, LondonA charismatic trio of emcees use music, comedy and interviews in a political show that is flamboyant and brimming with joy A play that opens with a woman downing vodka fr…
His liberal-baiting plays have caused punch-ups in the aisles and he hasn't finished yet. As The Woods " his incendiary take on sexual politics " returns, the writer cuts loose 'I have no id…
Charles Bennett's melodramatic suspense drama became a hit 1929 film for Hitch. Now it's back on stage " minus the first act and with a surprising ending Perhaps it was the corner-shop setti…
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonLikable leads who act with great verve are let down by a weak story that can't hold the weight of its themes Given the scale of the environmental challenges faci…
Playing junior doctor Shruti is a far cry from the standup's 'really silly' sketch comedy but her improv background helped her find moments of levity in Adam Kay's NHS drama When Ambika Mod …
The award-winning writer of Shook grew up on an estate and did not see his world represented on stage. When he acknowledged his shame about his background, he found his voice In 2019, Samuel…
'It was a steep learning curve, from shouting abuse at a Tory MEP to chasing international arms dealers' I remember the producer Geoff Anderson and I having a conversation about making a rad…
Exclusive: Document reveals playwright's attention to detail while US book recalls his precision on pauses Harold Pinter was a perfectionist when it came to the theatre, even down to how an …
Cast says drama about Theresa May and Gina Miller is 'reflection of our times' It feels like a lifetime since Theresa May and Gina Miller were called "bloody difficult women" during Britain'…
NetflixThe terrific standup with the common touch remains an engaging everyman even as the material works in his adventures in showbiz Mo Gilligan performed no fewer than 10 nights at the 3,…
The veteran actor on dancing with Helen Mirren, starring in Roger Michell's final film, and why he turned down the role of Del Boy… and an OBE Actor Jim Broadbent, 72, was born in Lincolns…
Frank Farrell had loved magic since he was a child. But it was only after retiring that he began to perform professionally. Now he is living exactly the life he wants to live When Frank Farr…