Sadler's Wells, LondonThe WAR collective, who danced with Stormzy at Glastonbury, head up an inclusive bill of dazzling skill at this annual festival At Breakin' Convention you see acts you …
Later this month, in one of the most ambitious live artworks ever staged, a giant puppet will trek from the Syria-Turkey border to Manchester, in a moving-theatre show of solidarity with as…
The star of London's Hamilton on his diary of the production, his debut play about the abolition of the slave trade, and his fiercest critic… The British actor Giles Terera has appeared in…
Watermill, NewburyA green adaptation of Shakespeare's romcom focuses on the climate crisis, but takes its time to get the blood stirring Duke Senior, banished by his usurping brother, praise…
Central Hall, Manchester Central, and onlineIn a grimy and intense film installation, the actor unleashes a torrent of regret, superbly scripted by Max Porter Cillian Murphy, wearing a bla…
Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonFeaturing plague and shootouts in M&S, XR supporter April De Angelis's dystopic climate drama is a powerful, urgent polemic During Extinction Rebellio…
Bridge; Lyric Hammersmith, LondonSimon Russell Beale is Bach to his fingertips in Nina Raine's intermittently brilliant tale of the great composer's domestic labours. And a fine triple bill …
Hope theatre, LondonGeorge Rowlands makes a stunning debut in John Straiton's Bruntwood-nominated play about an angry old man and a squeaky-clean student bonding on a north London estate Jo…
Sea Change by French choreographer Boris Charmatz saw professional and amateur dancers perform unique 'funny, awkward movements' This year's Manchester international festival opened with an …
Vaudeville theatreThe stories of string theorist Marianne and beekeeper Roland are told forwards, backwards and sideways as we explore their theatrical multiverse How many ways can the same …
Royal Exchange theatreLauryn Redding weaves the musician's swagger with the storyteller's confiding tone to depict a thrilling summer of love One of the reasons we go to the theatre is to fe…
Watermill theatre, NewburyWith Paul Hart's production blending into the theatre grounds, the pastoral comedy here becomes an effective vehicle to reflect on our relationship with nature It …
The festival has shrunk because of Covid but there are plenty of shows in person and online this summer " here's our pick of the first to be announced Sex Education Xplorers (S.E.X.)What did…
Venues include beaches, city squares and pedestrianised streets as organisers adapt to Covid rules Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The producers of the Edinbu…
The composer said his latest musical would open, even if he went to jail. Now it has " but he's still furious at a government he says has 'dumped' theatre. We talk to him and the show's writ…
From being taught by Merce Cunningham to collaborating with Philip Glass, the choreographer who helped shape the New York dance scene " now '81 on paper' " looks back "There was a famous per…
Coliseum, LondonThis maelstrom of a show based on the 1988 John Waters film has a dizzy energy and a stunning turn from Marisha Wallace "You have to think big to be big," declares Tracy Turn…
Available onlineShôn Dale-Jones's autobiographical show tells the story of his lockdown through texts, WhatsApp group chats and Zoom calls with loved ones Like the denizens of Love Island…
These dazzling shows and their dark flipside have inspired novelists from Dickens to Angela Carter " and the true stories are no less outlandish, writes Elizabeth Macneal The illusion. The t…
Game of Thrones star will appear in production focusing on modern political power, part of the London theatre's reopening season Kit Harington is to star as Shakespeare's Henry V in a modern…
Bridge theatre, LondonSimon Russell Beale stars in a visually impressive production of Nina Raine's play that never quite gets off the ground It is tempting to compare Bach & Sons with P…
A new production of King Lear, drawn from the world of opera, aims to put paid to the notion that great singers make second-rate actors. We speak to its stars I had coffee recently with King…
Garrick theatre, LondonMichael McManus, a former aide to Edward Heath, takes us on a rollicking ride through the politician's clashes with Thatcher The Tory prime ministers elected in the 19…
Their first project saw the actor tormented by a giant crow and pounded at ping-pong. Now the pair have joined forces again for a film exploring guilt and masculinity in an age of mounting d…
As his new show, Hairspray, leads the return to theatres, the singer talks about his mental health struggles, going back to his mining-town roots " and how the government has let down the pe…