Her dramas confront the growing horrors facing women in India today. Now she's reworked Ibsen's Ghosts, taking out the syphilis and putting in the Delhi bus gang rape of 2012 Anupama Chandra…
Tobacco Factory, BristolA party feel in the first half of Elizabeth Freestone's production slumps like a hangover when Dorothea Myer-Bennett and Geoffrey Lumb are off-stage Dorothea Myer-Ben…
Athletic star dancer who dazzled as Spinderella in the hit West End show Into the Hoods In the sometimes macho world of hip-hop dance, a form that demands explosive power and immense strengt…
Watford ColosseumThe comedian has his buddy Jon Canter tee up one big-name anecdote after another in a cosy night that pays tribute … to himself At one point in his touring show, Lenny Hen…
On the actor's birthday, our critic picks three key performances that illuminate her gift for earthy honesty Joan Plowright, who celebrates her 90th birthday today, is the senior figure in a…
Hampstead theatre, LondonThe painter resembles a drunken YBA in a flawed but timely show that veers from camp humour to political intrigue 'This is not just a play, it's an extravaganza," sa…
The writer-director on staging Arinzé Kene's Little Baby Jesus, winning the JMK award and working with regional black British writers Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu, 25, is a playwright, director and…
Royal Opera House; Sadler's Wells, LondonThe Royal Ballet is at the top of its game in a new triple bill of MacMillan, Ashton and a pinch of Petipa, while Russell Maliphant creates a mesmeri…
Stoke Newington Town Hall, London N16A hard-hitting and sometimes humorous look at the prejudices black women experience in a cut-throat workplace Hackney-born actor-turned-playwright Zawe A…
Paisley Arts CentreWinning performances deliver a heartbreaking and unsentimental tale about asbestos poisoning in the workplaceFrances Poet's latest play is a condemnation of an atrocious w…
Donmar Warehouse; Old Vic; Almeida, LondonAlice Birch searches for hope in the criminal justice system, Claire Foy and Matt Smith bring wit to eco angst, and Siobhan Redmond makes a fine Gor…
The vision of this Greek choreographer " tipped as a major talent of the future at London's Dance Umbrella festival " is 'beautifully different' To write about contemporary dance is to somet…
New Theatre, OxfordFollowing the success of her 2017 smash hit, the Australian comedian returns triumphant with a confident routine about her dog, her body and her out-and-proud neurodiversi…
Various locations, MoldA brass band, choir and cast of more than 100 gathered for a heartfelt re-enactment of a dark day that left four people dead Performed in the town's streets and square…
Sherman theatre, CardiffComplex women are imprisoned in a world of male buffoons in this rich and remarkably modern staging of the seminal drama " but only Hedda can escape Having recently r…
Bristol Old VicA strong poetic lead and fine support can't make this meandering new adaptation anything more than a slog 'That was mercifully short," one actor jokingly sneers, after the aud…
Acting onstage was how I discovered my creativity, away from class and racial division At the age of 12 I discovered Stage Centre, a former church in Plumstead, south-east London where a co-…
In a rare interview, Baker explains why she hates commercial theatre (except Hello, Dolly!) and how she anticipated Trump and #MeToo in her new work at the National, The Antipodes It is not …
Vaults, LondonShepard picks apart the frailties of two men tormented by unspoken emotions, from marital meltdown and armchair priapism to the existential crisis of mortality The men in Sam S…
Paisley Arts CentreA shipyard electrician and his wife suffer the debilitating effects of a preventable, man-made disease in Frances Poet's play In 1898, factory inspector Lucy Deane Streatf…
An exciting new adventure for Tiny Tim, a penguin chick with two daddies and a furry green grouch's plot to steal Christmas are among the jolliest shows to unwrap this festive season Scrunch…
Orange Tree theatre, LondonStandup, storytelling and poetry combine in this brilliant show about an inner-city trio on the verge of adulthood Here is a play that will be racing through you, …
Royal Opera House, LondonLauren Cuthbertson and Reece Clarke's masterclass in clarity is the highlight in a night of Macmillan, Ashton and Petipa It's a seemingly random selection that makes…
The theatre designer on creating a family dinner at Agamemnon's, an election night Oedipus and the night Fiona Shaw got stuck 'You never know anything, you can only do your best." Hildegard …
Royal Court crackdown forms part of mission to become net-zero-carbon venue in 2020 Audience members at the Royal Court theatre will be banned from taking in single-use plastic bottles as pa…