Northern Stage, NewcastleDespite clever stagecraft and the best efforts of four committed young actors, the drama and bite of Philip Correia's new adaptation is muffled The staging is witty.…
Park theatre, London Flora Montgomery is put through agony when her daughter questions her paternity, in this impactful play from Carey Crim How do you repent an action that has ripped up so…
Sadler's Wells, LondonUniversal themes of romance connect a young cast to their 70s revival, while Carlos Acosta stumbles in his casting There's a difficult balance in dance between being yo…
New Theatre, OxfordThere's a general sense of wasted potential in a show that has flashes of brilliance, yet feels light on vitality with an underwhelming score The Russian State Ballet of S…
The Place, LondonBlack-clad extras loom and the sound booms as impressive dancers look to illuminate the pyschologist's theories of humanity's secret faces Company Chameleon's The Shadow, di…
Windsor and Maidenhead council ditches proposal after outcry from residents and objections from ex-PM Windsor and Maidenhead council has ditched a plan to abolish arts funding after an outcr…
Winter Garden Theatre, New York The actor enthusiastically sings and dances through a big-budget version of the much-loved musical but the show around him isn't always on his level The newly…
Old Town Hall, Hemel HempsteadDonahoe tells the story of his partner, Josie Long's pregnancy, and how approaching parenthood revived memories of abuse It's called Forgiveness but that's not …
Almeida, London Kathryn Hunter and Marcello Magni are perfectly grotesque in this timely revival of Eugène Ionesco's absurdist classic This may be the perfect time to revive a play about th…
Crucible, SheffieldWith hula hoops and a giant cake, this show bashes the narrative with disco glitz but keeps tragedy at its centre That the props department had to source a giant birthday …
Theatre Royal PlymouthNigel Harman and Hannah Rose Caton star as Dan Brown's adventurers in a show that sometimes feels as if it is on fast-forward Dan Brown's compulsive, contentious story …
Orange Tree theatre, LondonA politically minded teenager helps her sibling tackle bullies in a compelling coming of age drama "Play the game," Asha's mum tells her. After the gifted teenager…
Is it a play? Or is it a film? There are two sides to director Hope Dickson Leach's ambitious staging of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson tale "Cinema is about change," says Hope Dickson L…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe company mix worldwide influences into Cuban dance and though not all these cocktails hit the mark, they make for an intoxicating evening Carlos Acosta doesn't curre…
Octagon, BoltonThe regional premiere of Vinay Patel's six-decade, three-continent story features a fantastic first professional performance from Saba Shiraz Early on in this three-act, two-i…
New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeLaurie Sansom's languid production of Shakespeare's pastoral comedy is all about appearances A colourful cast of characters dance round the maypole at th…
Kit Harington is the latest actor to take on the role in Shakespeare's history play. Look back at past portrayals by Michael Sheen, Mark Rylance, Laurence Olivier, Michelle Terry and many mo…
Holy Trinity Church, GuildfordFox is emotionally wrenching in Tom Littler's inventive and streamlined production, which explores the play's integral Christianity Shakespeare gives a variety …
Barn theatre, CirencesterLee O'Reilly and Sam Denia prove deft and daft in a mystery spoof that is crammed with ideas The question in this nimble murder-mystery spoof is not so much whodunni…
Many of those rightly criticising Carr's grotesque joke have been guilty of whipping up hate against this persecuted group Comedy is a barometer of popular attitudes. What people deem funny,…
Sieges, riots, serial killings, sex work … Alecky Blythe has put them all on stage. She reveals all about her latest project " an epic look at the comic ups and touching downs of teenagers…
Arthur Hughes says decision for 2022 production will allow lived experience to be 'shown properly' He is one of Shakespeare's most reviled characters, distinguished by his "deformed, unfinis…
Available onlineWeaver chairs as Suzi Ruffell and Paul Sinha field questions from the crowd, Nathan Caton riffs on lockdown with a new girlfriend and Jessica Fostekew talks no-nonsense paren…
Sajid Javid joins condemnation of comedian's remark about Holocaust deaths and suggests boycott Jimmy Carr's comment about the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities are "deeply disturbing", …
Pat Collins turns his gaze on Irish dance and theatre troupe Teac Damsa in this fragmentary but emotional documentary For fans of the terpsichorean arts, this documentary about the creation,…