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Crucible Theatre, SheffieldClean Break theatre company and the Crucible join forces in Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's worthwhile if underpowered play featuring the music of the Slits
Typical Girls i…
Olivier; Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonLarry Kramer's 1985 response to the Aids crisis resonates with new force. And Dublin ghost stories unfurl slowly in a fine Conor McPherson reviva…
Sadler's Wells, London Jeffrey Cirio and Erina Takahashi dazzle for a sharp ENB, but this long-awaited new work is all message, no story
One quality I've always admired in Akram Khan is his …
Sherman theatre, CardiffNo details are spared in Rhiannon Boyle's frank and funny exploration of the sperm bank route to parenthood, starring the charismatic Bethan Ellis Owen
A Welsh idiom …
Caryl Churchill explores grief and loss with a study of a man facing different possible futures
During the time it took Keir Starmer to deliver his party conference speech this week, Caryl C…
The Killing Eve star will play a barrister who defends men of rape, until she is assaulted herself, in the UK premiere of Suzie Miller's Prima Facie
Jodie Comer is to make her West End stage…
Choreographer Kate Prince's latest production is a departure from ZooNation's usual feel-good shows. But Message in a Bottle is inspired by the incredible true stories
"People like to tell m…
The climactic chapter of Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell trilogy is now on stage in London. Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton went behind the scenes Continue reading...
Olivier theatre, LondonThe first London production of the Larry Kramer play since 1986 captures the fear and anger in the gay community of that decade " and its heartbreaking personal losses…
Soho theatre, LondonThe Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner playwright returns with a production about a drama student researching Black British history
Jasmine Lee-Jones made the fiercest…
The Oscar-nominated film director has made the jump into musical theatre with a portrait of the high priest of pop art, staged in Europe
In 1982, a 30-year-old Gus Van Sant was taking a str…
Leeds PlayhouseFor a tale of the undead, Imitating the Dog's inventive blend of live theatre and tech is bursting with life
Having tackled zombies in its most recent production, Night of the…
Horrified by the cruelty shown to children seeking asylum in Britain, the director has adapted Emily Brontë's book which has haunted her since her teens
My family were keen campers and ma…
Stage and screen actor admired for her versatility and comic timingIn the middle of her long association with the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester, one critic opined that "any production…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonIva Toguri's trial for treason, accused of broadcasting Japanese propaganda to American troops, forms the backbone of this production
This real-life story of Iva T…
The latest take on the Shakespearean tragedy will reunite the actor with his 007 producer Barbara Broccoli
Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga are set to star in a new adaptation of Macbeth on Broad…
Bloomsbury theatre, LondonThe comedian is on ebullient form in a gossipy touring show about entering one's seventh decade
You can understand why Jenny Eclair might focus her standup on the e…
The Australian dancer allows himself to be dominated on his own terms in a duet bursting with pride " and he's never felt more free
'I grew up being told my body was wrong," says Dan Daw. "A…
Crucible, SheffieldA group of female prisoners come together for a concert in Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's energetic and joyful play
You wait three years for a new Morgan Lloyd Malcolm play and t…
As the star dives into a giant glass of fizz for her first online extravaganza, she talks about this new golden age for burlesque, why the French Strictly gives her costume problems " and ho…
Comedy and music have always co-existed " but with artists from Dry Cleaning to Bo Burnham cleverly blurring the two, it's hard to tell where the jokes begin and end
Some of my favourite mus…
The controversial comic's new book is a surprising mix of memoir and self-help. Has having a baby softened his edges? He talks about depression, anxiety, punching down and his friend Sean Lo…
Playground theatre, LondonThe extraordinary life story of the Ballets Russes star is retold with intensity, imagination and balletic flourishes
Did you know Ravel's Bolero was originally cal…
For character comics such as Zach Zucker, Bilal Zafar and Jay Bennett, performing as other people is a way to both escape from " and confront " their personal lives
After an eventful 18 mont…
The writer of a drama about the Grenfell inquiry " and the £800,000 cost-cutting that made the refurbishment lethal " explains how this story is a microcosm for what's rotten in Britain t…
