Yard theatre, LondonTwo vividly portrayed fencers shuffle towards a climactic battle in this smart, galvanising coming-of-age drama The verbal sparring is sharp and pointed in Gracie Gardne…
Areas will receive £40,000 grants to support the next step of their applications to succeed Coventry Armagh City, Bradford, County Durham and Stirling are among the eight places in the UK…
Soho theatre, LondonAmrou Al-Kadhi's drag alter ego, poised between self-absorption and self-irony, delivers a tart, funny and swaggering tale "Too gay for Iraq, too Iraq for gay." That's Am…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonSome 70 dancers reacquaint audiences with the BAC building in a sumptuous feast from James Cousins Company Though it features some 70 dancers, James Cousins' We …
York Theatre RoyalA scrambled script and an over-reliance on dry ice leave this version of Sleepy Hollow tired and empty Outside Sleepy Hollow, a sign implores visitors: "Don't pass by. Stay…
Sadler's Wells, LondonA zany array of characters gather in a 1930s pub for a poignant, chilling and understated portrait of love, lust and longing The Midnight Bell is Matthew Bourne's bleak…
Soho theatre, LondonMcGrath is smart and sardonic about the after-effects of British imperialism in Africa " even if she's just skimming the surface The Berlin Conference of 1884, the legacy…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonAncient Greek myths are retold with stripped-back simplicity and no little bloodshed in a hugely enjoyable show "Welcome in," calls Irfan Shamji as latecomers …
Gielgud theatre, LondonThe climactic play based on Hilary Mantel's magisterial trilogy has wit and grace but no great dramatic release It's a truism all too well known to Thomas Cromwell tha…
NetflixRather than explore the blind spots within modern gender and racial thinking, the comedian's latest special triples down on the phobia 'I'm going all the way," is Dave Chappelle's ref…
Wales Millennium Centre, CardiffThe true story of a family forced to flee the Taliban and seek lifesaving health treatment in the UK brings the search for home movingly to life This true sto…
Playwright says he hopes a female colleague's work can replace his celebrated drama The playwright Jeremy O Harris has pulled his popular work Slave Play from a forthcoming run in Los Angele…
Four years ago, she was involved in a horrific accident. Little did she know it would leave her uniquely prepared to play a noblewoman hit by a falling elephant in the RSC's new Christmas mu…
James Lapine's account of how he and Stephen Sondheim braved bad previews and cast members jumping ship to create a hit musical is fascinating This book is a retrospective peep behind the cu…
Young Vic, LondonGreg Hersov's sleek production focuses on familial grief, unfolds with the pace of a thriller and is full of fresh humour and chemistry We have been promised a "new kind of …
From first kisses to lockdown days, a cast of disabled and non-disabled performers lay their personal lives on the line in a moving new show, Human On a bare black stage, Jonny Leitch is rem…
The creative director of Leeds 2023 on seeing 'beyond the chapati pan' of her working-class background and how British theatre reflects diversity now Who were your influences and role models…
Abbey, DublinSarah Hanly embodies a range of characters in her punchy debut play that explores the pressures on teenagers "It's a holy show," Saoirse declares, as she comes round in hospital…
Igor Memic's award-winning drama Old Bridge, staged at the Bush theatre in London, charts teenage romance at a time 'when the world stopped spinning' The bridge in the middle of Mostar is th…
I have always dreamed of joining the circus and thought this could be the skill for me. Do I have the guts and grace to start spinning around? I love the circus. The first time I took my inf…
With three new versions on stage this month, the ancient Greek classic " and its reflections on authority and devotion " remains as compelling as ever This October sees a rash of productions…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterNtombizodwa Ndlovu is spellbinding in Katori Hall's intriguing drama about an imaginary meeting between King and a maid The Mountaintop is a bold shape-shifter of a…
Finborough theatre, LondonJordan Hall's play dips its toes into surviving global apocalypse but only explores romantic disaster This play will not teach you how to survive an apocalypse. Pi…
A peerless classical actor, Harriet Walter has recently hit new highs playing frosty matriarchsOur drinks have not arrived " hell, we've not even seen a menu " and the great Dame Harriet Wal…
Brighton DomeDance fills the gaps between routines in this dreamy, sometimes highly charged reflection on train travel Turning the act of, for example, swinging someone by their ankles from …