The festival is back " and so are stage fright and self-loathing. But this year's event has been small and beautiful I normally find Edinburgh fringe an extremely trying time. Now it's an ex…
They may be smaller and quieter than they once were, but Scotland's capital has its summer arts events, and even some visitors, back The Edinburgh festivals are back " but not as we know the…
Sparkling actor whose long, eclectic career ranged from Shakespeare to Sherlock Una Stubbs, actor in Sherlock and Till Death Us Do Part, dies aged 84 Una Stubbs: a life in pictures Brigh…
Pleasance at EICC, EdinburghFocusing on four survivors of the massacre at a screening of The Dark Knight Rises, this stirs the emotions but doesn't grapple with the most pressing or difficul…
TV and film actor, who also starred in Worzel Gummidge, 'passed away quietly with her family around her' The actor Una Stubbs, best known for roles in the film Summer Holiday and the BBC ser…
Coole Park, GalwayLady Augusta Gregory's former home is an apt backdrop for this transposition of the play to 1880s Ireland Druid Theatre Company's outdoor setting of Thomas Kilroy's Chekhov…
Olivier theatre, LondonLesley Sharp stars in a tragedy that interrogates notions of military machismo and the performance of masculinity Kae Tempest's reworked Sophoclean tragedy is the stor…
Newhailes House, MusselburghGrid Iron has brilliantly transposed this Norwegian tale, of a man who leaves his family to live in a tent, to the grounds of a National Trust for Scotland proper…
As he hits the stage in Constellations, Tovey talks babies, what he'd say to the culture secretary and why he finally understands The History Boys Russell Tovey is trying to lick his elbow. …
Noël Coward theatre, LondonThe pop star makes her West End debut in a contemporary haunted-house chiller that smartly plays with all the old tropes and leaves the room electric with fear …
He's been called 'phenomenal' by Mark Rylance, acted alongside Vicky McClure, played Hamlet, and taken part in critically acclaimed shorts, but Tommy Jessop believes there's still much progr…
Prince of Wales theatre, LondonThe sharp Channel 4 comedy becomes a lumbering stage show sending up King Charles and a band of boo-worthy buffoons For fans of the TV series, watching The Win…
Rio Cinema, LondonLucia Keskin's sense of fun and breakout potential radiates from these sketches shown at the Blue Tick festival There are leaps required of artists in this week's Blue Tick…
Her Majesty's theatre, LondonA new cast refreshes Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, its pop melodies, maximalist designs and unconventional romantic lead standing the test of time The Phantom o…
Traverse theatre, EdinburghDementia and grief are among the difficult subjects explored in Frances Poet's dislocating play I don't think Frances Poet intends her play to be depressing. She h…
Mistaken for drug dealers? Monitored by police? A new play staged in a Bradford car park weaves stories of everyday racism, faith and petrolheads "I don't go out, I don't really go clubbing…
Globe Theatre, LondonImaginative directorial tweaks and an expert cast bring out the full effects of a text stuffed with double-meanings, gender-swapped disguises and dextrous language Post-…
Sarah Frankcom to depart as director of UK's leading drama school after less than two years in the role The head of one of the UK's leading drama schools is leaving her job at the same time …
Chris Rock, Jennifer Saunders and more have argued that 'wokeness' is stifling comedy. But the idea of the joke police is actually nonsense Is cancel culture destroying comedy? A lot of come…
Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonTimothy Sheader's production relocates the musical from New England to the north of England and dismantles the fatal romance at its heart It is no surpr…
NetflixWang studs his special with memorable one-liners that dissect his feminist pretensions, the fear of ageing and UK perceptions of east Asia From the other side of a global pandemic, he…
He's DJ'd naked, put a great dane on the catwalk " and now with an album, Shayne Oliver is on a mission to bring New York's queer underground to the world. Is the former Hood by Air designer…
Tynecastle Park, EdinburghThis musical play about a women's football league making boots for troops at the Somme is moving and polemical It was a day of celebration. The players from the No…
This August the Scottish capital is much quieter but performers and audiences at this modest jamboree are full of spirit On the wall in my kitchen is a calendar made by Edinburgh theatre cri…
Available onlineA park bench, inside a car and a room in your house are the three settings for Darkfield's play which lacks a killer payoff Theatre-makers are used to being in control of the…