Available onlineThe American standup takes aim at anti-vaxxers and rightwingers but his contempt also erodes the fun As high-wire openings to a standup show go, this will take some beating. …
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's new play is a story of sisters, pain and the gruelling long-distance swim to cross the Channel Grief, says playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, is an endurance test. "It f…
Northern Stage, NewcastleTroubled young man Simon Griffin is invisible to society even before the vanishing act, while his therapist has the opposite problem The legacy of The Invisible Man …
De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea The twisty little lexical tricks just keep coming as Jones explores the infinite flexibilities of the English language You thought of him as a big-haired,…
Guildhall, DerryDrama, music and movement are combined to potent effect in this new play depicting the tragic events of 30 January 1972 Iconic photographs give this new musical play its titl…
Old Vic; Royal Court, LondonLennie James and Paapa Essiedu illuminate Caryl Churchill's great cloning play, while a fine cast lift Alistair McDowall's wordy new dystopia It is proving to be …
Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonThe 13-strong cast dive with gusto into the gap between seeing and looking, us and them, and you and me "What do you see when you look at me?" chant The PappyShow…
Tom Morris explains why he had to antagonise some of its donors in his effort to drive change Bristol Old Vic's outgoing artistic director Tom Morris has defended his decision to publicly hi…
The Starstruck ​creator and ​​star reveals her passion for ​Joan Collins,​ J-pop and all-you-can-eat vegetarian buffets Born in Auckland, New Zealand in 19…
Neil Simon Theatre, New York The new Broadway jukebox musical on the life and pop catalog of Michael Jackson is a romp that only glances at the elephant in the room MJ, a megawatt new jukebo…
The playwright found acclaim with works about the devastation caused by austerity. He returns with a drama exploring the realities of ageing There is one no-no in an Alexander Zeldin rehears…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonAlthough Sean Holmes's production has some nice touches, it fails to plumb the play's existential depths and lacks emotional intensity George Fouracres, best k…
Sadler's Wells, LondonTender, brutal and humorous, the choreographer's 1978 piece about gender wars and sexual mores still feels acutely contemporary It was 40 years ago that choreographer P…
The Irish standup faced the Covid situation newly single, dealing with OCD and with her livelihood in tatters. Now she's back on tour, making comedy from mental health and heartbreak You tho…
Actor in the high-spirited Footlights revue Cambridge Circus in the 1960s who was a founding cast member of Emmerdale FarmThe actor Jo Kendall, who has died aged 81, was catapulted to fame a…
Drag queens enjoy mainstream success, yet their masculine-dress allies remain an exciting subculture. With so many artists now making waves, that may be about to change In an east London pub…
He came blazing out of Glasgow like a rocket, scoring hits and acclaim. As he returns to the stage in a hard-rapping, homoerotic Cyrano de Bergerac, the star talks about partygate, snout siz…
Old Vic theatre, LondonThe powerhouse duo's effortless chemistry and emotional realism brings Caryl Churchill's cloning tragedy blazing into new life 'They've taken your cells," says a fathe…
Gaiety theatre, DublinThe actor adapts his impressionistic memoir for the stage, giving life to the characters he observed as a boy in the 'theatre of the street' Gabriel Byrne's 2020 book W…
The 47th by Mike Bartlett stars Bertie Carvel as the ex-president making attempt to regain the White House The author of an acclaimed play about the future of the monarchy has taken on the "…
Watermill theatre, NewburyFast-paced portrait of Spike Milligan hurls us between the comic's anarchic Goon Show sketches, cartoonish clashes with the BBC and the trauma of war Spike Milligan…
Ballet dancer with a distinctive Russian style who was noted for her musicality and acting abilityGalina Samsova, who has died aged 84, was a ballerina with a distinctive Russian style, who …
New passion for reviving country's monuments is returning Little Theatre of Epidavros to heart of community For nearly two millennia, the Little Theatre of Epidavros lay underground. Its eng…
The French prodigy, who won an Oscar for The Father, talks about The Forest, his labyrinthine new drama following a man whose life unravels after an affair Florian Zeller has made a speciali…
New Diorama theatre, LondonA young woman escapes her present through reveries of her grandparents' wartime romance in Kandinsky theatre's playful, probing work The Winston Machine is a typic…