Turbine theatre, LondonA delightfully tuneful adaptation of the Broadway musical returns the unlucky-in-love record-shop owner to his London roots Nick Hornby's bestselling 1995 novel about …
Leicester Square theatre, LondonAt every turn, the confused 'astronomer-in-chief' gives us something to marvel at " from crap ventriloquism to the films of 'Dustbin Hoffman' At least in the …
Actor has chance to add to her record tally after returning to stage following 12-year absence Dame Maggie Smith's return to the stage after a 12-year absence has put her in contention for h…
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House; Sadler's Wells, LondonHip-hop, waltzes and t'ai chi share the stage in a restless, male-led tribute to Merce Cunningham, while Sinatra stars for BRB Two a…
Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonHannah Khalil's ambitious play, set in 1926 and 2006, struggles to dramatise questions of power and gender A museum is a site of encounter between past and p…
Royal Exchange, Manchester; Dorfman; Hampstead, LondonSarah Frankcom signs off in Manchester with elegiac Simon Stephens and a little bit of Jarvis Cocker. Plus, Annie Baker's latest and the…
Pioneering black British-based playwright who examined the effects of colonialism on his native TrinidadMustapha Matura, who has died aged 79 after a heart attack, was a pioneering black pla…
They defied the Stasi and sparked a revolution. Our writer reveals the pivotal role East Germany's dynamic theatre culture played in the fall of the GDR " and the collapse of European commun…
Finborough theatre, LondonDepression provides the tough backdrop for an intense affair in Jacob Marx Rice's smart, flawed and compellingly acted play Depression is a subject the theatre is o…
The actor and director pays tribute to the Trinidadian playwright who has died aged 79 The first of Mustapha Matura's plays I saw was As Time Goes By at the Royal Court in London. It was 197…
The standup duo and parenting podcasters on the things that make them laugh the most Helen: Smack the Pony's Dating Agency sketches. So silly, so gross, so desperate.Ellie: My son drew a pic…
Bolton Library and MuseumBeth Hyland attempts to shift the male-and-his-muse gaze in her story about misogyny in the music industry Fiction and history are littered with male artists and the…
Boulevard theatre, LondonOn a set that looks like an abandoned attic, four characters sing of love, loss and bears, in Dave Malloy's unearthly song cycle Working its way through myth, magic …
Soho theatre, LondonSanders is genial company in her new hour, Say Hello to Your New Step-Mummy, but this isn't a big-hitting show Lou Sanders made a big leap forward with her 2018 show Sham…
Soho theatre, LondonIn his debut play, starring Alan Davies, David Baddiel gambles on a mash-up of physics and midlife crisis Alan Davies emerges on stage to address the room, or so it seems…
Stanley and Audrey Burton theatre, Leeds Northern Ballet's retelling for young children gives the baddy a craving for sugar rather than flesh Never mind the red shoes " it's a red cape that…
Dorfman, National Theatre, LondonBaker probes the relevance of stories in her new play, seemingly set at a strategy meeting, but the concept runs out of steam I was enthralled by Annie Bake…
The West Wing writer's play will coincide with the 60th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee's novel The hit Broadway play of To Kill a Mockingbird, adapted by The West Wing writer A…
Not long ago Sam Tutty was singing songs from the smash-hit musical for a handful of viewers on YouTube. Now he's preparing for his West End debut " in the lead role Sam Tutty was a fan of …
The Yard, LondonClare Barron plays with what a dancer can do by showing a young woman in crisis using dance moves, sex games and drunken nights to liberate herself Dirty Crusty is about ball…
The Kiln, LondonFor all its good intentions, Anupama Chandrasekhar's play about patriarchal violence against women in India relies too heavily on shock I want to shed my skin and scoop out m…
Sadler's Wells, LondonGuests Ballet Black steal the show with Cathy Marston's masterful The Suit, while newcomer Jack Lister offers little substance but plenty of style In an unusually benev…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterSarah Frankcom says her farewell as the Exchange's artistic director with this moving testament to the power of family life This has the air of an event. It is the …
The star of Father Ted and Death in Paradise on his 'unstable' personality, his revealing new standup show " and the terrifying bomb scare he endured as a child Ardal O'Hanlon is too embarra…
In an era of uncertainty and anxiety, New York theatre is shunning its obsession with private lives to throw a powerful spotlight on politics It used to be argued that British drama is drive…