Pavilion, DublinDruid theatre's cast go all out for the ridiculous in this rarely performed triple bill, delivered with music hall flair Druid theatre company's triple bill by Seán O'Case…
Sir John Mills theatre, IpswichThere's a lot of heart and plenty of hammy humour in this uneven double-O spoof from Eastern Angles A Christmas show about James Bond? Well, not quite. In East…
The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse theatre, LondonRedmayne and Jessie Buckley 'Willkommen' us into this Weimar-era Berlin nightclub for an evening of flamboyance, menace and magnetism This re…
As a starstruck teenager, the Nutcracker choreographer was a keen autograph hunter. And the thrill of the stage has never left him It's tempting to see a Hollywood trajectory, a yuletide mir…
Curve, LeicesterThe 70s musical centred on a group of Broadway musical auditionees is all about the ensemble in Nikolai Foster's winning revival It's not difficult to see why Nikolai Foster …
Demand is growing to allow flexible working for cast as well as crew in the theatre industry If disaster strikes in the theatre, an understudy replaces a leading actor, sometimes even during…
Bridge; Wyndham's; Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonThe familiar and the fantastic are as one in the Bridge's Philip Pullman spectacular; more puppet magic powers Life of Pi; and a coolly conv…
Despite the abuse and anger, the comedian spent hours a day online. But then his daughter Dolly became dangerously drawn in. Was it time for a rethink? Over the past 30 years, I have read an…
The woes of Britain's government offer a rich seam of comedy and it's being mined in theatres and on TVs across the country "Aren't we all having fun? What about you in the back row? Yes, we…
Berlin's Kit Kat Club opens in the West End " at London's Playhouse theatre " for a revival of Kander and Ebb's classic musical. Take a first peep Continue reading...
Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera HouseThe Australian comedian has opted for a feel-good show, but without any easy sentimentality What better way to symbolise your favourable turn in f…
After 44 years as Australia's national circus, members voted to reject the reform proposed by its funding partners " reluctantly choosing to close shop instead Details of the shock decision …
Young Vic, LondonDavid Harewood and Charles Edwards go head-to-head as William F Buckley Jr and Gore Vidal respectively in an enthralling play based on a 1968 TV debate James Graham speciali…
Old Fire Station, OxfordCompassion and community lie at the heart of this hilarious one-woman show about curtain-twitching neighbours Mike Bartlett wrote Mrs Delgado during lockdown, after a…
Soul singer posts tweet lambasting people she says disrupted The Drifters Girl show in London The soul singer Beverley Knight has lambasted raucous theatregoers who she said disrupted a perf…
Dorfman theatre, LondonA play-within-a-play provides an ingenious platform for drama in Alice Childress's still-pertinent 1955 unpicking of American racism Race is "an explosive subject", sa…
Abbey theatre, DublinGillen, Niamh Cusack and Nigel Lindsay deliver haunting monologues in director Joe Dowling's production Frank Hardy, faith healer, was too brainy to be a true artist, hi…
From Glyndebourne to the Globe, actor, opera singer and drag star Le Gateau Chocolat is a UK stage fixture " although not everywhere has been so welcoming In a big, bright rehearsal room at …
Brighton DomeThe comedy writers behind one of the BBC's most successful series perform an entertaining, behind-the-scenes double act 'If you're going to cry, cry tears of laughter," they si…
Scholar Molly Yarn identifies more than 60 women who have contributed to the history of the Bard's works, and believes there are still more to find Reviewing Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke's…
Royal Exchange theatre, ManchesterDavid Grieg's rowdy, informal yarn makes a pleasingly oddball antidote to the classic Christmas show Devils may not seem very festive but David Greig's tale…
Bush theatre, LondonElla Road's remarkable play, directed by Monique Touko, is a tender and intimate story of teenage friendship and athletics A pair of talented teenage runners are dangling…
Little Angel theatre, LondonThis gripping adaptation of Piers Torday's book will have your children excited, a little scared and bursting with big questions It's Christmas Eve and young Mous…
York Theatre RoyalPaul Hendy's cast deliver a dependable mix of song and dance, spectacle and silliness, as well as a brilliant, bin-toting Buttons For decades, the Theatre Royal panto has b…
Curve, LeicesterA gifted company has the chops to do the 1975 New York musical proud, saluting an imperilled industry with an irresistible revival 'I'm a dancer: a dancer dances," says Cassi…