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…
Her career has taken her from pop success to Strictly and the stage. She discusses the pain of racist comments, the joy of duetting with Beyoncé " and the enduring influence of her late mot…
Photographer Murdo MacLeod has been photographing rehearsals and preparations for this year's much-reduced programme of the Edinburgh festival, which opened on Saturday Continue reading...
From foul-mouthed ad spoofs to reading Fifty Shades to his gran, the 'front-facing camera comic' has become a legend in his own living room Even if he wanted to, Alistair Green can't redecor…
MultiStory, EdinburghA young singer loves clubbing, which clashes with her hopes of success at the Eisteddfod in Lisa Jên Brown's exuberant two-hander Globalisation leaves us in a quanda…
Summerhall, EdinburghMamoru Iriguchi and Afton Moran raid their dressing-up box to give us a cheery guide to the evolutionary history of reproduction, and what it says about gender fluidity …
Park theatre, LondonTori-Allen Martin's two-hander opens with the audience watching at home " then the second half is performed in person The concept is the strongest part of Tori Allen-Mart…
Traverse theatre, EdinburghThe Edinburgh festival's theatre programme begins with Enda Walsh's flamboyant and funny new play about a man receiving an inappropriate form of drama therapy in a…
Barbican; Young Vic, LondonA joyously shipshape revival of Cole Porter's classic proves the perfect getaway, while an elegant staging lifts Ben Okri's portentous foray into Ancient Egypt Bef…
Our photojournalist explores the famed outdoor venue in Cornwall as it welcomes back full houses "I knew of it from pictures I'd seen online and I thought it looked pretty, but when you arri…
The comedian, presenter and magician lifts the lid on the things that make him laugh the most In person? Tim Vine. It was so relentlessly funny, I ached afterwards from laughing so hard. Con…
Festival is part of world's largest annual arts season which has been forced to curtail events due to Covid The Edinburgh festival Fringe returns this weekend with a hybrid programme of near…
US performer says disease has been caught early and doctors are optimistic about the outcome Kathy Griffin has revealed that she is undergoing surgery for lung cancer and her doctors are opt…
He turned Art and The Play What I Wrote into smashes. Now he's handing out flyers for Charlie and Stan. But will pandemic-shy audiences come and see it? Reports of the death of the stereot…
Bad behaviour at shows no longer confined to characters as people refuse to pay for watching Ugly quarrels, outbreaks of unacceptable violence and a sense of anarchy have traditionally been …
The writer has turned a Greek tragedy about a marooned soldier into an all-women play for the Covid era. They reveal how its creation mirrored their own journey 'These stories can be intimid…
Sadler's Wells, LondonFrom Adam Cooper to Faye Tozer and Kevin Clifton, there are lovely performances in this revival, but it lacks a little vim It's 10 years since Jonathan Church's stage …
Iris theatre, LondonMichael Elcock's winning Arthur and Kate Donnachie's frustrated Merlin make a sparky team but the show can't decide whether it's playing to kids or adults On this drizzly…
Barbican, LondonBlissful songs and dance and spirited performances from a virtuoso cast make a preposterous plot into a delightful musical escape Descriptions of Cole Porter's Anything Goes …
Palace theatre, LondonThis confusing concoction of cabaret, holiday camp entertainment, panto and pub act fails to showcase its talented illusionists The first thing to say about Wonderville…
As he prepares to return to live theatre " in his wife's acclaimed play about male friendship " the actor reflects on a tumultuous 18 months, and on why he needs an audience In the short and…
A set-ruining act of boorishness, or a vital rite of passage for standups? Often it depends on who's doing the heckling In the Guide's weekly Solved! column, we look into a crucial pop-cultu…
Old Vic, LondonWarm, wily and gloriously playful, Emma Rice's adaptation of the 1987 film is another motel-and-ballad show triumph for the Old Vic It is, says director Emma Rice, a story to …
Leyton Jubilee Park, LondonThis young circus outfit are evidently skilled, but need to work out how to give their show an arc The good stuff first: a young touring circus pitching their tent…
Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Garden theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonPhillip Breen's RSC romp lacks a feel for Shakespeare's text and fails its female characters " but this new open-air venue is a w…