Actors, writers, technicians and others in the industry facing hardship and 'critical threat to livelihoods' following shutdowns ' Coronavirus and culture " a list of major cancellations' Co…
Old Vic closes Beckett revival starring Daniel Radcliffe two weeks early, stating it would be 'financially devastating' to refund tickets Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus…
The comedian and actor was the host of Radio 2's The News Huddlines and starred in Coronation Street The comedian and actor Roy Hudd has died aged 83. Best known for presenting the Roy Hudd …
Pitlochry Festival theatreJessica Hardwick and Olivier Huband are compelling as a young couple facing harsh realities once their honeymoon ends It's the second half of Neil Simon's comedy wh…
Tron, GlasgowKafka's story is given a chilling update that chimes with our times, referencing the migrant crisis, the gig economy and fear of the unknown Of all the shows to have been affect…
I will always be very grateful to Terry Hands for helping me out of a tight spot in 1977, at the recently opened National Theatre. As a junior staff member, I sometimes had to give informal …
Tess Seddon scoffed at the idea of the Yorkshire party " until she became its election candidate. Now she's turned her doomed campaign into a stage musical When Tess Seddon first heard of th…
Trafalgar Studios; Royal Court, London; Theatre Royal BrightonSebastian Barry's tale of two cellmates succeeds despite plausibility issues, while Katherine Parkinson is magnetic in a flimsy …
Grand theatre, LeedsThis lavish production uses cinematic design to chilling effect and terrific choreography to drive the drama Kenneth Tindall's Geisha for Northern Ballet echoes the arc o…
National Theatre, LondonRobert Lepage's dazzling epic explores human resilience in the face of global trauma with elegance and imagination An arresting image in the opening of The Seven Stre…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghThe comic talents of Elaine C Smith and Steven McNicoll can't save Denise Mina's stilted, gender-switching adaptation of a Bertolt Brecht comedyBertolt Brecht and Finn…
Sadler's Wells; Royal Opera House, LondonAlston and company bow out gracefully in the face of budget cuts with a celebratory, intensely moving farewell showRichard Alston has ended where he …
Covid-19's impact on the arts world has led to countless films and concerts being scrapped or postponed and theatres and galleries closed. Here's an updating list of what's affected so far L…
All members of union's race equality committee have quit after it paid settlement to actor The entire race equality committee of Equity has resigned in protest after the actors' union apolog…
Soho theatre, LondonSix almost-Americans narrate stories of cruelties inflicted when being expelled from the US When we think of deportees, we seldom think of native Brits. But sometimes the…
Acclaimed director will take over from Jeremy Herrin at the UK touring company Joe Hill-Gibbins has been appointed as the artistic director of the touring theatre company Headlong. He will t…
Coronet theatre, London Friel's mashup of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and Three Sisters is an exciting prospect, but this production lacks chemistry Afterplay initially sounds like drama of the mo…
Sherman theatre, Cardiff Daf James follows up his sensational 2010 play Llwyth with a return to its characters a decade on Daf James's Llwyth (Tribe), first staged in 2010, was a sensation. …
Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York A flashy, concert-style musical offers some virtuosic performances but also a rather shallow take on female empowerment The ladies are making it reign. In h…
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a suspension of theatre productions in New York after mounting pressure New York's Broadway theatres have become the latest mass entertainment ve…
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonMike Bartlett's brilliant play follows a couple trying, and failing, to keep family together 'The personal is political" started out as a feminist rallying call in t…
While Richard Alston's company hang up their dance shoes, archivists and choreographers are grasping at ways to immortalise an inherently slippery art form Earlier this month, Richard Alston…
Kate O'Donnell, who is herself trans, pulled out of Breakfast on Pluto over casting decision A transgender actor has spoken of her disappointment and tears after she felt forced to withdraw …
This highbrow study is fascinating less for its fancy 3D footsteps than for its insight into choreographer Merce Cunningham's life and work The 3D format, all the rage for about five minutes…
Performance artist and photographer known for his partnership with Marina AbramovićHad you been passing the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin at lunchtime on 12 December 1976, you might hav…