From Eaton Messe's cutting jokes to Christian Adore's excellent singing, Dragprov are bringing glamour to improvised comedy In a small room at London's Vault festival, drag king Christian Ad…
Royal Opera House, LondonCathy Marston's first main stage commission for the Royal Ballet translates Du Pré's lyrical presence on the podium into dance, capturing her deep love affair with …
The Royal Shakespeare Company has vowed to drill the Bard's rhythms into its actors " but our alienation from his language runs deeper 'Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to y…
Gielgud theatre, LondonDavid Mitchell is engaging and confident as Ben Elton brings his hit TV sitcom to the stage " it's the definite article Audiences unfamiliar with British TV will wonde…
Bush theatre, LondonInspired by Master of None, Temi Wilkey delivers a heartfelt and funny tale of love and ancestral ties in a Nigerian family 'Being gay isn't something black people love t…
Songs have been dropped, dance routines booted out and the street-fights look nasty. This is a West Side Story for the Trump era, says the avant-garde superstar director Ivo van Hove likes i…
Northern Stage, Newcastle upon TyneThe Young'uns bring the astonishing true story of a working-class hero who fought against Franco to rousing musical life Five years ago, the folk band the …
Byre theatre, St AndrewsThis imaginative adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's gothic fable amps up the physical storytelling with comic results When my daughter was very young she develop…
The actor on the resilience of Lemn Sissay, Amy Schumer's sidesplitting comedy and a fish stew to die for Rafe Spall was born in Camberwell, south London, in March 1983. He joined the Nation…
Wyndham's; Dorfman; Donmar Warehouse, LondonTom Stoppard explores his Jewish heritage in what may be his final play; Rafe Spall delivers a career-changing study in rage; and Caryl Churchill'…
Young Vic, LondonStef Smith's smart three-Nora Ibsen update spans 100 years and cleverly contrasting worlds of pain in this slick first revival It's often said that Nora's slam of the door a…
Northern Stage, Newcastle upon TyneSet against the upheaval of world events, music from folk trio the Young'uns and animation combine to tell the story of the young anti-fascist activist A …
Coronet; Queen Elizabeth Hall; Sadler's Wells, LondonDana Fouras bows out in style, Holly Blakey delivers a frenzy of self-loathing, and Pina Bausch's Bluebeard was worth the wait Russell Ma…
Stephen Joseph theatre, Scarborough Beth Flintoff rewrites the narrative of the woman killed in the Red Barn, focusing on her wit and ferocity rather than her notorious death The history boo…
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, London The proximity to the action in this show highlights the finesse and strength of the Havana troupe Only a few months since Acosta Danza were last in…
Both the Donmar Warehouse and the Royal Court are staging plays that are under three-quarters of an hour long. Are theatregoers being short-changed? People do a double take at the advisory n…
Olivier theatre, London Lesley Manville excels as the billionaire returning to her small town but even she can't save this bloated adaptation The Visit (or The Old Lady Comes to Call) is a 1…
Rap and music theatre piece will premiere at Manchester international festival The actor and musician Riz Ahmed is bringing the world premiere of a new piece to this year's Manchester intern…
Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonModern-day echoes resound in Alistair Beaton's adaptation of the novel about tiny acts of rebellion in 1940s Germany 'The plan…" says Anna Quangel (Charlotte…
Royal Ballet reveals adaptation of Atwood's trilogy of dystopian novels Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood and MaddAddam The British choreographer Wayne McGregor is to stage an adaptation…
Leeds PlayhousePhoenix Dance Theatre's new piece contains flashes of anguished brilliance but feels cut off from its subject matter In 2018, Phoenix Dance Theatre's Windrush premiered just a…
Unicorn theatre, LondonIn Roland Schimmelpfennig's play, three actors narrate a day in the life of a young person who uses imagination to escape a precarious existence For his first season i…
Such is the reputation of the ParaÃso de Tuiuti samba school in Rio de Janeiro that dancers travel from as far afield as the UK, Russia and Japan to train in the ways of hip-swivelling an…
Donmar Warehouse, London The real world slides away with frightening ease and pace in Caryl Churchill's masterclass of tension Twenty years on from its premiere, Far Away still feels like it…
Sadler's Wells, LondonSet to Bartók's opera, the bloody myth becomes a bleak battle of the sexes where we can never quite tell right from wrong Pina Bausch was of the "hell is other peopl…