Jacksons Lane, LondonIn this acrobatic theatre show, the Berlin circus trio Still Hungry juggle roles and wrestle with all the anxieties and expectations that come with child-rearing A disc…
Boulevard theatre, LondonGary Beadle and Jasper Britton are excellent in this static and plotless existential treatise, but still can't transcend its dramatic limitations There is a flagrant…
Leading figures call for public money to be spent on original work and developing talent British musical theatre is at risk of being left behind by America unless there is investment in orig…
A dancer accused of sharing explicit images of another dancer is starring in this season's splashy new take on West Side Story, leading to upset in the theater community In the Broadway revi…
Belgrade theatre, CoventryThe story of Sarah Bonetta Davies, given to Queen Victoria, is contrasted with a modern black British woman in Janice Okoh's play The historian David Olusoga has sp…
Southbank Centre, LondonThis devised drama about relationships between young men moves from grim violence to understanding Physical theatre company The PappyShow devises its material through…
Contingency Plan by Steve Waters to be staged at Donmar Warehouse and Theatr Clwyd A double bill of plays that premiered 10 years ago and were hailed as the first big theatre productions to …
He's played everything from an elf in Harry Potter to Truman Capote and a harassed coach driver. Now, Jones is taking on Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. Just don't call it the role of a lifetime Twen…
From Rome to Paris to London, Uncle Vanya delivers fresh meanings wherever and whenever it's performed Which is Chekhov's greatest play? It tends to be the one you've seen most recently. But…
From the soulful Jemima Brown to BBC Young Dancer champ Nafisah Baba, these dynamos have a stellar year ahead This Northern Irish dancer starts the year nominated for two Critics Circle danc…
Albert Square's bad boy was told leaving would end his career. But he has no regrets. He relives his journey from Bugsy Malone to existential Cormac McCarthy play Gary Beadle fell in love wi…
Royal Opera House, LondonThe Russian ballerina is exhilarating to watch in John Cranko's 1965 take on Pushkin's novel, partnered by Reece Clarke in the title role There are few dancers who l…
The Royal Ballet principal on her changing roles, how she dances through difficult emotions, and being 'a complete bunhead' Marianela Nuñez is one of the most acclaimed ballerinas in the …
Coliseum; the Place, LondonEnglish National Ballet delivers a bravura, gravity-defying Le Corsaire. At the Place, a faith-restoring showcase of new talent Le Corsaire is a 19th-century fever…
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonDavid Threlfall, James Hayes, Niall Buggy and Lisa Dwan star in Trevor Nunn's atmospheric productions of Krapp's Last Tape, Eh Joe and The Old Tune Harold Pinter…
The Studio, Royal Exchange, Manchester; the Bunker; Barbican, LondonTwo young Somali women find themselves on opposite sides of the FGM argument in a fine revival of Charlene James's 2016 pl…
Ahead of his new standup show, the Catastrophe star discusses working through the pain, defending the NHS and becoming a better dad Rob Delaney is on a canoe, sailing down the North American…
Casting call goes out for film version of the Roald Dahl classic, led by Matthew Warchus, who staged RSC's smash hit The announcement of a casting call for children aged nine to 11, "no tall…
Papers revealing the Swedish Academy's deliberations over the Waiting for Godot author reveal fierce disputes over his 'nihilism' Fifty years after Samuel Beckett won the Nobel prize for lit…
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Sondheim theatre, London With a cast that never misses a note, the West End's longest-running musical proves a haunting and thrilling inspiration What's the sign that you've seen a great mus…
Pleasance theatre, London Julie Tsang's modern gothic fairytale is full of ideas and has some creepy moments but it never quite delivers Fix opens with all the thrilling promise of a modern …
Garrick theatre, LondonHis scattergun style leaves little room for depth, but the veteran gagsmith is still wonderful company as he tackles middle age There's a pleasure to watching Frank Sk…
A Dog's Tale, written by cat-loving playwright Poppy Hollman, tells the story of a British institution and has a canine/feline rap battle Tom Hooper's extravagant blockbuster may have given …
Soho theatre, LondonThe charming musical misfits are funniest at their most absurd, serving up numbers that range from klezmer to folderol folk Most of us watched the Bros documentary and la…