Sadler's Wells, London; touringDancers become cogs in the machine of Whitley's visually dazzling take on technology, while simplicity speaks volumes in Kay's extraordinary solo show One of t…
Harold Pinter theatre, LondonArterton plays a former Nasa employee whose astronaut twin descends on her wilderness retreat in Amy Berryman's intelligent, soulful drama Twin sisters with a fr…
Sherman theatre, CardiffA pair of piercing performances give real depth to Lisa Parry's smart two-hander about faith and community It is the end of the school week and precociously self-poss…
Court hears Royal Ballet artist died in hospital in April 'due to cardiac arrest following attempted hanging' An inquest into the death of the former Royal Ballet choreographer Liam Scarlett…
Tobacco Factory theatreShakespeare's words are repurposed as reverence to the city in a heartfelt play let down by its forced format Blending sonnets and street art, The Place at the Bridge …
A musical production of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's children's book The Smartest Giant in Town is opening at the Little Angel theatre in Islington, north London. Guardian photograph…
Soho theatre, London Newman dissects ideas with intelligence, running around the houses and back, on themes from politics and humanity to parenthood A masked audience is a novelty at his gig…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonGoody-bag props, party-hatted fairies and a donkey-shaped piñata sweeten the bard's dark comedy in a revival of Sean Holmes's vibrant 2019 production A donkey-s…
Kiln theatre, LondonStarring in her play about friendship, romance and spina bifida, Amy Trigg is enormously entertaining There are several good reasons to love Amy Trigg's debut play about …
Orange Tree, LondonTwo plays explore George Bernard Shaw's questioning of social values, directed by Paul Miller as a pointer towards Pinter Great Irish playwrights born two years apart in D…
The theatre director and writer looks back at the spirit of protest that fuelled daring dramas staged in South Africa 50 years ago I grew up in South Africa during the bleak, violent, seemin…
From Noel Streatfeild to David Hallberg, this is a literature of passion and madness, ambition and addiction Two things that make us human are art and sport, and ballet is where those two th…
Steve Coogan's blazered broadcaster promises to bring a touch of TV evangelism and hatred of speed bumps on tour next year in venues across post-Brexit UK Alan Partridge is to embark on a UK…
A performance of Walden at the Harold Pinter theatre in London was cancelled on Tuesday but all cast and crew 'remain negative for Covid' after the alert The West End play Walden, starring G…
Trans casting statement signatories pledge to cast trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming performers Several of the biggest theatres in the UK have pledged to only cast trans, non-bina…
Available onlineGods Vishnu, Lakshmi and Brahma become street-smart hedonists in Jaimini Jethwa's ribald and swaggering audio play Body-swap comedies are big in the cinema. From the mother-d…
Performers from the hits Hamilton, Pretty Woman and Back to the Future consider theatre's comeback and the shows they can't wait to see We thought we'd be home for a couple of weeks when the…
Curve, LeicesterOdedra revives his inspiring 2011 show of four solo works choreographed by himself, Akram Khan, Russell Maliphant and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Ten years ago Aakash Odedra was the…
Cumberbatch and McKellen among big names to appears in live-recorded stage shows to feature on Prime Amazon has partnered with the National Theatre to stream four high-profile live-recorded …
Our series on films about theatre ends with Kermit staging a musical spectacular with the help of some famous friends The stage on screen: read the full series Two classic New York musicals …
Actor and writer Nathaniel Martello-White reflects on returning to theatre and how buildings offer sanctuary as well as stories When I think about theatre, I think about church. It's been a …
Available onlineTwo gritty audio dramas, one about homelessness and sex work, the other about county lines drug dealing, find hope in the power of female friendships Blis-ta and Cunch are tw…
Available onlineIvor MacAskill and Rosana Cade's clever show about identity was the highlight of the Glasgow festival's opening weekend The animating force behind The Adventures of Pinocchi…
The latest in our series where we turn the tables on the torturers. Under the spotlight this time is Dave Gorman, AKA Bluth and Django A setter who first appeared during the pandemic is Blut…
Do you want your sightlines unobstructed by big hair, or is avoiding the eyeline of savage comics your priority? Here's the perfect spot to enjoy the show In the Guide's weekly Solved! colu…