A screen role as an expectant dancer prepared Bobbi Jene Smith for the real thing. She talks about doing the bump … with a bump It's a case of life imitating art. In the new film Mari, Bob…
Dean Cain heads up a dramatic retelling of the controversial anti-Trump FBI texts aimed at a rightwing audience It was not your typical Broadway or West End crowd. On Thursday night, audienc…
He threw flamboyant parties and created equally dazzling films and operas. A look back on the career of the director of the films Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew and the opera T…
Celebrated director of stage and screen who created lavish opera productions and brought new audiences to Shakespeare with his 1968 film version of Romeo and JulietFranco Zeffirelli, who has…
Wales Millennium Centre, CardiffFans open their hearts as the singer shares his thoughts on stage fright, grief and God " and why koalas are so dangerous Conversations With Nick Cave, a seri…
Rose theatre, KingstonDespite occasional glimmers of subversive wit, Carr continues to rely on dubious jokes about dwarves, fat women and FGM 'Welcome to 90 minutes of your life you're never…
Birmingham HippodromeThe company branch out with contemporary moves and electronic music in an accomplished triple bill We are used to seeing Birmingham Royal Ballet in traditional classical…
Bridge, London; Orange Tree, Richmond; Theatre Royal BathNicholas Hytner pulls off a dazzling circus trick, and there's some pleasing drawing-room drama for the less energetic A Midsummer Ni…
Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonUnmissable performances save a creaky tale of differing approaches to God's calling Anthony McCarten, the Oscar-nominated writer of the Freddie Mercury biopi…
Choreographer Claire Cunningham's new piece, which premieres at Manchester international festival, pays tribute to tribute artists For one weekend every year, the small town of Porthcawl in …
Italian equally celebrated as director of films, theatre and opera over 60-year career Franco Zeffirelli, one of Italy's most revered artistic figures, has died at the age of 96. In a career…
The Zefferelli I knew was a conundrum and a consummate artist whose work sparkled with joy and invention Franco Zeffirelli dies aged 96 It was hard to tell who looked more astonished " Her M…
Linda Gross Theater at the Atlantic Theater Company, New York The latest from Spring Awakening's Duncan Sheik is a lush and emotionally impactful production with a smart book from Pulitzer p…
Composer Emily Howard, poet Michael Symmons Roberts and immersive theatre company ANU on MIF's bicentennial Peterloo commemoration Look closely as you walk through the streets of Manchester …
Seven Arts, LeedsChildren's theatre company Tutti Frutti use physical playfulness and ingenuity to tell a story about the importance of communication and friendships Friendship, as adults an…
Chichester Festival theatreRachael Stirling is excellent in Kate Hewitt's invigorating production of a play about individual and national unease There seems a cunning plan to Chichester's pr…
Despite enormous strides in UK theatre, east Asian actors are missing on our screens " or expected to sound like Fu Manchu In the 1920s, a group of Chinese students protested to parliament a…
Ino Moxo, Peruvian choreographer Oscar Naters's new show, aims to faithfully recreate the ritual experience of taking ayahuasca " so much so the performers took the hallucinogen in rehearsal…
The actor's one-man show includes a reading from Lord of the Rings, anecdotes about his Shakespeare days and a revival of his panto dame Widow Twankey A West End run has been announced for I…
(American Recordings/Fiction)Producer Rick Rubin has pared back the effects, giving Tempest's songs about trying to love and dance through our current crises room to reach out Kate Tempest's…
There's a Belle and Sebastian play, a show in a hair salon, Frances Barber performing Pet Shop Boys songs and top comics including Josie Long and Stephen Fry. Here's our guide to the world's…
Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonRivalry and shared guilt combine as Pope Benedict XVI meets his successor, Pope Francis, in Anthony McCarten's drama Having written films about Winston Church…
Season includes Kate Tempest reimagining of Greek classic and version of Guardian microplay Death of England Kate Tempest's reimagining of a Greek classic and an adaptation of a short film c…
Their moves are fresh, funny and stylish; their subjects include the climate crisis, gender politics and poetry. These electrifying choreographers are on the rise A Peter and the Wolf where …
Ustinov, BathStrong performances buoy up a lightweight story about characters fated to fulfil the destinies of their fictional namesakes I find it mildly astonishing that this piece won the …