Reopening plans include a musical based on Sleeping Beauty and a play telling the story of Gandhi's killer At least a third of new work supported by the National Theatre will in future come …
Hampstead theatre, LondonDepravity takes hold of a pair of young black entrepreneurs in 1970s London in this revival of Alfred Fagon's idea-filled play It has taken almost half a century for…
Royal Albert Hall, LondonTutu-clad tradition made way for scenes of male modelling and Orwellian injustice " but the value of dance stayed at the fore The arts are in a Covid crisis and here…
Award-winning company based in Cornwall was known for its innovative and colourful shows The award-winning Kneehigh theatre has announced it is to close down, citing "recent changes in artis…
Sadler's Wells, LondonFirst seen online, Wim Vandekeybus's work can't quite contain its own ideas, but Rambert's dancers are a marvel to watch live When Rambert premiered their lockdown live…
After the city's Rep theatre leased itself to a Nightingale court, marginalised locals decided to set up their own creative space When the Birmingham Repertory theatre (Birmingham Rep) annou…
Theatre Royal Bath Fiennes imbues Eliot's last great poem with all the drama of a Shakespearean soliloquy in a magnificent, intimate theatrical experience By the time TS Eliot wrote his las…
Criterion, LondonIt irons out the eccentricities in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's film but this show has a timely message and delights in small pleasures Twenty years ago, Jean-Pierre Jeunet introduc…
Available onlineThe age of peak podcast meets its match in John-Luke Roberts and his procession of hilariously titled imaginary shows In 2018, John-Luke Roberts's Edinburgh show consisted en…
Writer's attempts to stay 'invisible' while marrying Suzanne Déchevaux-Dumesnil will be explored in monologues by well-known authors and actors Sixty years ago, in 1961, Samuel Beckett slip…
With theatre and dance scaled back, music dominates, including concerts from Simon Rattle, Damon Albarn, Nicola Benedetti and Laura Mvula After a year away because of Covid-19, the Edinburgh…
Available onlineChoreographer Rhiannon Faith's townscape of lonely souls spat out by the system is heartfelt but often too generic The air is thick with the sound of the sea, and the fog of …
Journalist turned playwright Joseph Charlton on how the Anna Sorokin case inspired his play about identity and power, starring Emma Corrin One night, while out with friends in London and loo…
Available onlinePart behind-the-scenes doc and part reiteration of Gethard's faith in comedy, this is a vivid portrait of a peripatetic life Chris Gethard's new film opens with the 40-year-o…
Exclusive: actor says individuals rather than government should lead way as he launches wetlands drama Sir Mark Rylance has called on the arts to help solve the climate crisis by telling sto…
Town on edge of Knowsley " and Liverpool city region's mayor " use cultural pull to help rebuild area's economy Levelling up Britain's unbalanced economy comes in many guises and in Prescot,…
Faced with indoor restrictions, theatres are venturing outside, and creating thrilling work in the process. Brollies at the ready! Modern Toss on the summer of culture to come This summer, w…
With the touch of a button, a Sydney Opera House audience rewrites Shakespeare as it is performed in front of them On Sunday, as part of the Sydney Opera House's UnWrapped series, a group of…
Netflix With electro-pop social commentary, bleak humour and sock-puppet debates, the comic's lockdown creation is astonishing Well, now we know what Bo Burnham did with his lockdown. Inside…
The Australian actor, composer and comedian on the things that make her laugh the most John Mulaney is a master of his craft and I'll always be a sucker for bits that include impressions of …
Livestreams change the game for those who can't access live theatre, writes Richard Lee, while John Warburton thinks all National Theatre productions should be broadcast by the BBC Larry Ell…
As Ralph Fiennes tours his solo stage version of TS Eliot's Four Quartets, look back at some of his greatest stage performances, from Shaw and Shakespeare to The Play What I Wrote Continue r…
Available onlineAnimation and street dancing power Mixed Up, a film about validating feelings, while The Super Special Disability Roadshow gives voice to a young audience There's a video for…
Shakespeare's Globe; Duchess theatre, LondonSeated groundlings make history at the Globe's carnivalesque Dream. And Jack Holden conjures memories of the onslaught of Aids As if by magic, aft…
Barn, CirencesterCat Goscovitch's gripping play explores the Russian troll factory that used social media to manipulate the Brexit vote Manipulation of public opinion to political ends is no…