The former Casualty actor wrote Driftwood – a family drama set against the backdrop of Trinidadian independence – as a private act after reconnecting with her roots. It was like solving …
The parents of a school shooter meet those of a victim in the film Mass, which is now a play. It explores the bitter proposition – and extraordinary sacrifice – of restorative justiceThe…
Studio 54, New YorkThe 1973 cult favorite is back with a stacked cast, including Juliette Lewis, Luke Evans and Rachel Dratch, but only flashes of genuine funRichard O’Brien’s The Rocky …
New Wolsey theatre, Ipswich Vikki Stone’s freely adapted version of the once notorious seafaring broadcaster’s history is a terrrific premise for delivering a…
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonDeft production follows six friends as they morph from truth-blurting children into weary midlifers in effortless and capable performancesRead Virginia Woolf’s…
Scottish actor who played Golly Mackenzie in TV’s Monarch of the Glen and Andy Semple in Take the High RoadAlexander Morton, who has died of heart failure aged 81, was a stalwart of Scotti…
Churchill theatre, Bromley James M Cain’s hard-bitten novella gained bleak power on screen but this version, giving Mischa Barton her UK stage debut, loses its flinty edgeThe West End’s …
The Oscar-nominee on Hollywood burnout, Black resilience and her Broadway debut in August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and GoneOn a Wednesday evening in midtown New York, generations X thr…
The play about Mozart’s jealous rival – a co-production with the Welsh National Theatre set up by the actor last year – will open in Cardiff before a 16-week run in London’s West End…
Majestic theatre, New YorkA standout turn from Jessica Vosk, taking on the Bette Midler role, isn’t enough to turn a much-loved movie into a legitimate stage showGarry Marshall’s 1988 fi…
Swan theatre, Stratford-Upon-AvonGatiss is part Hitler, part Scrooge, part Trump in Seán Linnen’s circus-like production for the RSCBertolt Brecht’s comic grotesque parable for Hitler�…
Fauci was joined by actor Jesse Eisenberg and top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer in reading for DC Climate WeekWhen Anthony Fauci put on a pair of sunglasses, the hall erupted in cheers and a…
Antony and Cleopatra? Exhausting. Lear? Magnificent but flawed. Hamlet? Limitless. For Shakespeare’s birthday, the Guardian’s former theatre critic ranks all the plays***35 Continue read…
Adaptation of Stephen Merchant’s 2019 film about WWE champ Saraya-Jade Bevis ‘will be an absolute blast’, says one of the film’s stars, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ JohnsonStephen Merchant�…
Samuel J Friedman Theatre, New YorkRabbit Hole writer David Lindsay-Abaire takes on a list of modern American conflicts in a fun, if ultimately underdeveloped, comedy dramaPlaywright David L…
Royal Court theatre, London Yousef Sweid shows wit and charm as he tackles his divorce and custody battle, while the larger struggle closes in around himThis is not a political show, Yousef …
An interest in spiritualism drew the escapologist and the Sherlock Holmes author together but, as actor-playwright Haig’s drama Magic shows, also threw them into conflictIt’s the questio…
George Hall, who has died aged 101, was an extraordinary life force – a composer, performer, teacher, director and raconteur, with an encyclopedic knowledge of cabaret and musical theatre.…
Nederlander Theatre, New YorkApple’s spoofy musical comedy series makes a natural leap to the stage but often struggles to bring much that feels new to the materialThere are countless exam…
Melbourne international comedy festivalThis show is an extended metaphor about modern capitalism told through a young boy's battle with a sentient shopping mall. If that sounds weird, that's…
The gently offbeat comedian is a beloved presence on Australian TV, but he's now relocated to New York and made his first Hollywood film. He reflects on 'a big time of growing up' Get our we…
Royal Opera House, LondonIncredible physical facility is married to expressive lyricism in this triple bill by the Royal Ballet's ever adventurous resident choreographer. You never know what…
Dazzling performer, brilliant writer, maddening perfectionist, Easter Egg hunt maestro … on the 10th anniversary of Wood's death, those who knew her best celebrate the shy introvert who re…
Abbey, DublinAn unnamed narrator recollects a 1970s childhood of institutional brutality and sectarianism in this allusive memory play Language is twisted and slippery in Frank McGuinness di…
Todd Haimes Theatre, New YorkRose Byrne and Kelli O'Hara are comic gems in a pitch-perfect revival that sparkles like champagne Fallen Angels has appeared only twice on Broadway since its st…