Wilton's Music Hall, LondonA transatlantic voyage in 1910, with the silent stars onboard, is the basis of Told By An Idiot's beguiling comedy Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel shared a boat fr…
Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe Canadian company's colourful Mexican-flavoured show is full of heart-stopping skill, dreamy lyricism and visual whimsy Many contemporary circus groups sell thems…
Steven Hoggett, Scott Graham and Vicki Middleton were students in Swansea when they set up the dynamic company that would help transform theatre in the UK. As the group's new show I Think We…
He gave up football after being racially abused on the terraces. Now the barrier-breaking writer, actor and director has turned his scars into a play about a bigoted white family As a child,…
The Pit, LondonFleur Elise Noble's fantasy show at the London international mime festival is highly original and unsettling The London international mime festival (43 years old and stronger …
Royal Exchange, ManchesterCharlene James's 2016 play about female genital mutilation combines a powerful social message with bursts of humour It's a "messed-up tradition" says one of the ch…
There are more than 1,000 shots in George Romero's classic horror movie. Can a band of actors, armed with video cameras and Barbie dolls, recreate it? A winding road. Two bickering siblings …
Fresh from winning a Golden Globe for his portrayal of media tycoon Logan Roy, the actor talks about class, cannabis and an odd royal encounter Doing an interview over the phone can be a tha…
Dressed in pyjamas and wellies, the great actor talks about his astronaut training in Russia, the original Cats " and putting his might behind his daughter Rosalind's very personal plays On …
New Diorama, LondonSuperb performances by Annabel Baldwin and Rachel Hosker capture the intimacy and grief of this fearlessly revisionist retelling of Sophocles' drama This startling retelli…
When her trainer called muscly women 'unfeminine', the standup turned her outrage into a hilarious show full of sweat, barbells, chalk and childbirth Jessica Fostekew felt nervous yesterday,…
My sixtysomething mother lacked confidence, but has reinvented herself as Manchester's answer to Mrs Maisel Ruth Linton, my mum, is an eternally overdressed, perennially late, sixtysomething…
Cambridge JunctionThe Yorkshire comic's endearing set about mistakes made in public roars into life with a final, extraordinary reveal Who among us, deciding instantly on a course of action,…
Heavy topics abound, but there's still room for a laugh and a song " from an Alanis Morissette musical to a dildo-waving new play
Finborough theatre, LondonAthena Stevens creates comedy and occasional danger from a real-life incident in this tricksy drama 'Part of being a creative person who happens to have a disabilit…
Musical will premiere in London in September with new story and 'hugely witty' lyrics Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has created a new version of Cinderella with Killing Eve scriptwriter Emera…
Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonAerial theatre company Ockham's Razor deftly and poignantly explore age and innocence There is a wonderful warmth in the work of aerial theatre company Ockham's R…
Soho theatre, LondonThe New Zealander's minimalist Only Bones v1.4 combines the spellbinding and ridiculous but ultimately seems unsure what it wants to be No props. No set. No text. No narr…
News that long-running sitcom The Nanny is headed to the stage, with help from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Rachel Bloom, brings to mind other potential transfers It's easy to forget what a success…
Historical ballets are rife with offensive colonial politics but choreographers and dancers are finding creative ways to change them for today's audiences A 19th-century worldview informs mu…
Yat-Sen Chang appears in court charged with assaulting three females at dance school A former English National Ballet principal dancer accused of sexually assaulting three females at a Londo…
Coliseum, LondonWhile its story of slavery and exotica is dubious, ENB's virtuoso dancers sparkle as much as the fake jewels Perhaps because ballet as an art form is so unreal, it's easy to…
Vaudeville theatre, London Stunts and tricks go awry in this slapstick romp, though the running gag makes it hard to conjure suspense If you've watched a magic show, you may have experienced…
His influence is everywhere " but is the great, groundbreaking comedian being forgotten? Twenty-five years after his death, we reassess his impact The reports of Peter Cook's death on 9 Jan…
Hannah Gadsby made butchness cool again. Now a crop of queer comics are getting back to boots, quiffs and taches Sarah Keyworth has, she says, a "weird kind of relationship with masculinity"…