Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonInitially buckling under the world's weight, seven dancers shed fear and hold on to joy as they replace climate anxiety with collective action Eulogising a show f…
Family pays tribute to actor who was a 'bright, sparky, witty presence on stage and screen' Pauline Collins " a life in pictures Peter Bradshaw on Pauline Collins The Shirley Valentine act…
Collins, the actor best known for Shirley Valentine, has died aged 85. The stage and screen star died at a care home in London surrounded by family, who called her 'a bright, sparky, witty p…
Stand Comedy Club, GlasgowAn emergency in the audience halts the gravel-voiced comic's set but he brings it to an uproarious close in the foyer 'Why weren't you like this through there?!" W…
Genteel manners of first world war story about repressed passion delivered with surprising sexual candour Alan Bennett's new film, directed by Nicholas Hytner, is a quiet and consistent plea…
Park theatre, LondonAlliances and enmities form among a crew of butchers who are trying to shape new lives after prison despite ICE, addiction and the financial lure of criminality Busy kitc…
Before television stole the spotlight, the Tivoli circuit was the heart of Australian showbiz. Now a new musical by Eddie Perfect brings that lost world back to life Get our weekend culture …
The Place, LondonInspired by The House of Bernarda Alba, Amina Khayyam explores tensions between tradition, freedom, fear and love I admire the work of Amina Khayyam. The Slough-based dancer…
Theatre Royal Haymarket, London Harewood is captivating alongside Toby Jones and Caitlin FitzGerald but Tom Morris's stylish staging could probe greater depths David Harewood was the first B…
The experimental annexe of Sweden's national stage, Elverket, has fallen victim to severe government cuts. Its final play is a powerful protest against being forced to leave its home Somethi…
Prunella Scales, best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in comedy show Fawlty Towers, has died aged 93. Scales' career spanned seven decades and she had several roles from the 1950s, before she…
Actor and founder of Graeae, a theatre company and platform for disabled and neurodivergent performers The pioneering actor and writer Nabil Shaban, who has died aged 72, co-founded the thea…
Paddington stands within touching distance. His fur flutters as he turns, his neat button nose sniffs the air and his eyes soften with a smile. For years, design details of the bear for the …
As the actor approaches his 90th year and publishes an autobiography, he reflects on his early years on stage, being inspired by Laurence Olivier, becoming a Hollywood star and conquering hi…
Acclaimed British composer best known for War Horse, Coram Boy and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The composer Adrian Sutton, who has died of cancer aged 58, became best k…
Fresh from his Tony award for Merrily We Roll Along, the Harry Potter star will bring Duncan Macmillan's one-person hit show to New York audiences Daniel Radcliffe is set to star in the Broa…
Her latest work is built on dark, minimal beats and groups of dancers moving in unison. It's sensual, visceral and, she says, totally intuitive A couple of summers ago I was in a club in Man…
Theatre director and founder of Talawa, the company that champions writers and actors of African and Caribbean heritage By the time she founded her influential and still thriving Talawa thea…
His parable of collective social responsibility is a hardy classic but the Yorkshire playwright's wider legacy should not be neglected How on earth does one sum up JB Priestley? He wrote 39 …
Passenger reworks songs from his hit musical while Tanika Gupta gives Ibsen a Hollywood makeover and TikTok becomes a stage for young playwrights When Rachel Joyce's bestseller about a retir…
It's been the biggest secret in theatre: what will the marmalade-loving, hyper-polite Peruvian look like in Paddington the Musical? As the curtain rises, we speak to the new bear's creator, …
Richmond theatre, LondonGuy Unsworth ups the jokes in a play that is loving towards its prime-time TV source and hugely entertaining for fans British touring theatre at the moment is often a…
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonMixed bill features twee neo-classicism, jazzy frocks and racial antagonism as it rachets up to an urgent and commanding Salomé that feels genuinel…
The Japanese version of the pop-rock phenomenon about the six ill-fated wives caused a sensation in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. As that production now hits the UK, we go behind the scenes (and …
Somerset House and Stone Nest, London Installations, some triggered by the viewer's own body, show off the wide range of a choreographer always fizzing with fresh ideas Wayne McGregor wants …