Musical theatre stars Jenna Russell, Daniel Evans and Janie Dee remember working with their hero, and the unique demands and rewards of his songs Sam Mendes: 'He was passionate, utterly open…
From their exhilarating collaborations to a supper for two that ended in tears, the director shares his most personal memories of the musicals legend who took theatre to extraordinary new he…
Tracy-Ann Oberman, Donna Air and Annie Lennox will perform in the one-off fundraising West End drama Women's experiences of domestic and sexual violence will be dramatised in a West End thea…
Lyricist of West Side Story who went on to write music and lyrics for acclaimed works including Sweeney Todd and Into the WoodsStephen Sondheim, who has died aged 91, was a leading light of …
He skewered Matt Hancock with his brilliant viral video 'It wasn't me', and he's behind a host of other highly contagious parodies. Munya Chawawa tells Sirin Kale why this is the moment he's…
The actor on breaking his vow never to ski again for his new stage role, a brush with death in the Namibian desert, and how he remembers his father, Roy Rory Kinnear, 43, known for his origi…
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonSatire has a disconcerting consequence in Vikki Stone's punchy and superbly sung version of the traditional panto I'm sure there have been Peppa Pig World jokes in p…
Perth theatreButtons unleashes some magical social chicanery in this enjoyable egalitarian twist on the rags-to-riches tale The modern adapter of Cinderella is faced with two questions. How …
Lyttelton; Garrick; Criterion, LondonRising tides and clunking dialogue overwhelm Moira Buffini's new play; Beverley Knight and co excel in the latest jukebox musical. Plus, the joys of kara…
The dancing brothers recreate an old photograph and reflect on Strictly, Love Island and living together Born in Stoke-on-Trent, AJ and Curtis Pritchard have established themselves as the ha…
Internationaal Theater AmsterdamIsabelle Huppert stars in a shrewd staging of Tennessee Williams' autobiographical memory play, to be livestreamed from the ITA Is this a latecomer weaving th…
In these extracts from interviews published in the Guardian and the Observer, the musicals maestro " who has died aged 91 " talks about rhyme, reviews and risk People say I always write abou…
The American composer and lyricist, who has died aged 91, shaped the musical artform with his wise, witty and extravagantly clever work Stephen Sondheim achieved such acclaim " for deepening…
Scoring his first big hit with West Side Story at 27, the US composer and lyricist raised the art form's status with moving and funny masterpieces including Follies and Company Stephen Sondh…
Finborough theatre, LondonDavid Ireland's provocative, surreal, intensely brutal farce finds a former loyalist paramilitary seeking mediation from Eamonn Holmes for a dispute with his neighb…
Omnibus theatre, LondonShocking truths are revealed when a middle-aged gay couple bring home a man half their age for a threesome 'Monogamy is complicated," says Michael, one half of a gay c…
Pinpoint parodies of 'weird church ladies and soccer moms' made the Ohio comic famous during the pandemic " even if progressives mistake her for the real thing Megan Stalter put a video onli…
Garrick theatre, LondonBeverley Knight excels as trailblazing manager Faye Treadwell in a musical that skips hastily through history and lacks emotional drama The idea behind this musical i…
Plays such as Maryland, written in the wake of the killings of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa, are rallying points for protest If you're a survivor of male violence, reading Lucy Kirkwood's …
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe shows's Gilgamesh-inspired plot may be near-impossible to follow " but its dazzling performers are hard to resist Purely in terms of the dancing, the physical maste…
Unicorn theatre, LondonClary's joke-filled books make for a vibrant stage show, replete with slapstick laughs, daft songs and a wholesome message It just wouldn't be Christmas without anoth…
Alphabetti theatre, NewcastleWith the irony of a young Victoria Wood, Hannah Sowerby presents a love-hate relationship with Penrith in an inventive one-woman show We talk of Damon Runyon's …
Actor, playwright, poet, teacher and lifelong friend of Harold PinterThe actor Henry Woolf, who has died aged 91 after a series of heart operations, was also a poet, playwright and teacher, …
Some are hoping to invite parents to attend while others will livestream or record their Christmas shows Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Christmas nativit…
Exclusive: Audience member at Almeida theatre says PM was not wearing mask during Macbeth performance Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson once again…