Royal Ballet choreographer Wayne McGregor had no access to elite ballet schools growing up. But he did have John Travolta and disco to spark a lifelong obsession. Now he wants to make dancer…
The standup and actor on her debut novel about a woman trying to conceive, anxiety in the digital age, and the chances of a Peep Show reunion Isy Suttie just returned from what she likens to…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonDirector Ola Ince's take on Shakespeare's tragedy is clever, energetic and doesn't have a single smooch This is not the first major production of Romeo and Juliet …
Pitlochry Festival theatreLockdown loneliness, eco-crisis and land ownership are explored with varying degrees of subtlety in an uplifting show The National Trust should see about hiring Col…
Pitlochry Festival theatreBrian Ferguson performs with mesmerising verve in this poignant, desperately funny portrait of existential misery 'I am alone," says the narrator of Dostoevsky's 18…
Jermyn Street theatre, London There are squabbles, strained smiles and domestic mishaps in Keith Waterhouse's spin on the Grossmiths' classic Mr Pooter declares himself disgusted by "amateur…
Kiln theatre, LondonA US bank employee is captured in Pakistan in Indhu Rubasingham's pacy revival of Ayad Akhtar's chillingly ingenious play A frequent critique of financial markets " where…
Isabelle Huppert stars in a stripped back Cherry Orchard and Von Trier's Dogville gets a magical reimagining at the theatre spectacular The Avignon festival, returning from a pandemic interl…
Barbican, LondonThe walkways and pools of the London arts centre shimmer with possibility in this promenade adaptation of a radio play There's nothing like a stroll to get the synapses whirr…
The duo's shows boast catchy songs but pose problems for directors. As South Pacific and Carousel return this summer, our writer looks back on enchanted evenings with the odd couple's musica…
Exchange Auditorium, Manchester CentralThe novelist's article about her father's death was expanded into a book and has now become a play but it feels limited Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's fath…
Nottingham PlayhouseJenna Russell captures the tragedy in this rags-to-rags story but the power of the songs can't hide the play's weaknesses From the moment Jane Lapotaire stepped out as "t…
The groundbreaking director's new project, Arcadia, fills tents with poetry and music in Manchester. She talks about Covid and Brexit, becoming a mother and taking over Bath's Ustinov A flic…
Natalie Pilkington, performing in Leeds show of Tudor musical Six, accepts proposal from boyfriend who jumped on stage to pop the question The musical Six, in which the wives of Henry VIII a…
Our night in the shadow of Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh was hot, satisfying and as cheery as you could ever hope for A couple of years ago, before the world shut down, the Guardian sent me to …
The trilingual performer was rapidly gaining ground " and then Covid hit. A new documentary follows her time in quarantine, where compassion bridged cultural divides Israeli satirist Noam Sh…
Laura Elsworthy and Jordan Metcalfe, who wed in Stratford upon Avon in 2018, are playing the star-crossed lovers in their home town of Hull This is a tale of two households, both alike in di…
After lockdown made collective mourning impossible, two new productions are remembering lost loved ones " and making a case for theatre's social use One of the many things that lockdown depr…
The Royal Ballet star, who is swapping the Covent Garden stage for Stanford University, talks about what she will and won't miss most about dancing You hear of dancers' careers being ended b…
Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonThe Irish comedian and guests Nish Kumar and Fatiha El-Ghorri lift their crowd's soggy spirits with some choice gags Aisling Bea is getting soaked; so a…
The non-binary comedian's hit TV show draws heavily on an often troubled life. They talk about addiction at 14, the loving parents who kicked them out, the older men who abused their trust "…
After plays about Bloody Sunday and Stephen Lawrence, award-winning pair tackle deadly blaze The scandal and tragedy of Grenfell Tower, the deadliest fire in a residential building in Britai…
Great Northern Warehouse, ManchesterFun, mischief, comic puppetry and rather frustrating lulls abound as a dance company attempts to film its latest show Blending dance, puppetry and play, t…
Her Tina Turner musical is a smash, her stripper TV show P-Valley sizzles "and now The Hot Wing King, inspired by her gay brother, has earned her one of the world's top gongs One afternoon i…
Crucible, SheffieldWood's 1978 play about a young woman's quest to win a local talent show handles weighty issues, including sexual exploitation, breezily It is a world of mirror balls and …