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Jermyn Street theatre, London Biyi Bandele's daring and surreal play, set against some unspoken outside threat, pitches its characters into a whirl of confusion
Two men stew in the confineme…
Royal Opera House, London Works by Christopher Wheeldon, Crystal Pite and rising star Kyle Abraham reveal a company eager to pursue expressive and exciting directions
It is a statement of in…
In the last of our series profiling rising theatre talents, the director of The Ocean at the End of the Lane shares her excitement at the return of live performance
Everyone wanted to be inv…
Pleasance, London, and onlineSeven comedians, including Priya Hall and Chloe Petts, marked the reopening of theatres with some slick live sets
"I think I can remember how to comedy," says Da…
The musicals sensation is starring as the troubled French chanteuse in the bawdy biodrama Piaf. How will she hit the high notes when she can't speak the language?
Don't ever ask Jenna Russel…
Sadler's Wells, LondonENB's dancers use their speed, skill and sensitivity to transform five films made in lockdown into live dance
When the announcement telling you to switch off your phone…
Theatres, cinemas, concert halls, museums and galleries have reopened their doors across many parts of Britain. So how was the experience of returning for you?
With indoor visitor and enter…
York Theatre RoyalA mix of music, dance, comedy and poetry delivers a bittersweet reminder of what lockdown deprived us of " and a joyous celebration of live performance
On the screen at the…
Twenty-five years before the hard-bitten Hollywood tale Sunset Boulevard, Swanson played a small-town waitress with a dream to act
The stage on screen: more films about theatre
Gloria Swanso…
Available onlineBen J Riepe and Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch's film uses the theme of bodies connecting to tell the story of the past year
On the ground, a robotic mannequin, head bowed…
Theatregoers want to 'get underneath the skin' of societal issues, says National Theatre's Clint Dyer
Britain's cultural institutions are at a crossroads moment, according to the National Th…
Stage and screen actor who enjoyed success with the RSC and in many TV and film roles, including Empire Road and Notting Hill
Tony Armatrading, who has died aged 59 of cancer, was a big, war…
All4The Inbetweeners star plays on his first TV special's lack of audience by claiming high sophistication " while deftly pricking the bubble with pretend banter
Simon Bird always intended t…
As stage shows return, we pick the best post-lockdown offerings " featuring Egyptian gods, rebelling vicars, dancing youths ... and Ian McKellen playing the Dane at 82
More events to enjoy: …
Available onlineBased on a fin-de-siecle novel loved by Oscar Wilde, this satanic stage musical has snappy songs and a devilish wit
This light, witty, devilishly well delivered "play with mu…
The Good Fight star went from relative obscurity in the UK to primetime in the US. Now she's coming home on her own terms
Even virtually, Cush Jumbo's energy enters the room before she does,…
The comedy writer, producer and director on the things that make her laugh the most
A very early Paul Foot gig where he entered and exited the stage by climbing in and out of a window. It wa…
AudibleEmma Thompson plays the poet and Sinead Matthews is the breathy movie star in Simon Berry's compelling audio play
Truman Capote called Sunset Tower, an art deco triumph on Hollywood's…
The author, who became a literary sensation at the age of 21 with The End of Eddy, is appearing in a show exploring acting in theatre and in everyday life
Some people give their bodies to me…
Flexibility and childcare are 'part of the conversation' for the team behind Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's psychological drama about motherhood
A new theatre production about motherhood and mental …
Available onlineThis short film of a 2016 dance-theatre piece addresses machismo and mental health, finding optimism in self-expression
The setting is a social club in Easington, County Durh…
Next week, after 14 months of closure and despair, the arts are reawakening. But the damage caused by Covid runs deep " and recovery is by no means assured
"If we had to close down again," s…
In the town where the playwright was imprisoned, a new venue for the Reading Rep company is to run a 'radical' version of The Picture of Dorian Gray
A new theatre is to open in Reading this …
Three teams of four puppeteers will accompany Little Amal from Turkey to Manchester to celebrate refugees
A giant puppet of a nine-year-old Syrian refugee girl is to "walk" from Turkey to th…
Yat-Sen Chang is told he faces long jail term after jury finds him guilty of 13 sexual offences against four teenagers
A revered former English National Ballet (ENB) principal dancer faces a…
