Roundhouse, LondonThis festival gives voice to up-and-coming performers, from poetry slam winner Rakaya Esime Fetuga to the painfully funny Jack Rooke The Last Word festival is a celebration…
Nottingham PlayhousePitch-perfect performances enliven Kemp Powers' impressive play, punchily debating racial tensions in 1960s America The night he beat Sonny Liston in 1964 to become world…
Chapter, CardiffChris Carnell fuses his own story with that of the classic thriller to create a lyrical study of grief and family On a hot August day in 1968, while watching a televised broa…
After the smart-aleck sitcom Community and the outrageous Hangover movies, the rude and raging comedian is returning to standup Rage, mania and disinhibition are the common factors in Ken Je…
Bridge theatre, London Festive fun, ear-nibbling and high-wire antics infuse Nicholas Hytner's startling role-reversal production A promenade Julius Caesar was one of the Bridge's biggest hi…
The comedian's life was upended in 2016 when his wife died. He discusses her role in the Golden State Killer case, the 'shadow slog' of grief " and the reaction to his remarriage The sad clo…
The upfront standup took down Trump with a blistering routine at the White House correspondents' dinner. But she won't joke about him again Here are some things the comedian Michelle Wolf wo…
Albert Halls, BoltonDespite the cast's best efforts, Oscar Wilde's comedy gets almost no laughs in a production that tries too hard to be funny With a good Oscar Wilde aphorism, you can't te…
With most of the awards landing in predictable hands and a host who failed to add the requisite pizzazz, the annual Broadway love-in felt rather flat The 2019 Tony awards began with James Co…
As a schoolboy, John Wyver was blown away by Brook's famous RSC production. Then he discovered some filmed fragments. How would they compare with his memories? We were told by our English te…
David Bintley, the choreographer and director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, is standing down after 25 years. We look back at some of his most compelling work with the companyBirmingham Royal B…
Pleasance, LondonDavid Finnigan's bold play about protesters who take an environment minister hostage is stalled by metatheatrics In London's Parliament Square last October, teenage activist…
As the explosively powerful dancer makes the leap into film, she talks about feeling bloodied and bruised by her latest work " and how loving her dogs helps her perform Natalia Osipova was s…
The mythic musical was the night's big winner but Sam Mendes and The Ferryman also made an impression in a diverse ceremony A box office record-breaking season on Broadway led to a varied se…
Anvil, BasingstokePalin offers up a fascinating potted history of an ill-fated naval journey, then goes on an affable tour through his six-decade career Geography, history and comedy. Those …
Company says 'hate crime' directed at two actors forced Saturday cancellations A theatre in Southampton cancelled performances of a play about an LGBT couple after two members of the cast we…
Ambassador, Bradford; Trafalgar Studios; Young Vic, LondonThe short but vibrant life of playwright Andrea Dunbar is vividly recreated by an all-female cast, while the joys and trials of 90s …
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughA role-swapping, multiple-version adaptation of Wilde's novel is too tricksy for its own goodWhy "pictures"? Just as in Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel, there is,…
London Palladium; Royal Opera House; Sadler's Wells; BarbicanThe Firebird gets a new lease of life, while San Francisco Ballet mixes Björk with Edith Wharton. Plus, a tribute to a top FelaO…
The American standup, actor and Saturday Night Live cast member on the things that make him laugh the most The first time I laughed and couldn't breathe was Katt Williams's Pimp Chronicles. …
Yard theatre, LondonMichelle Fox is electric as a kidnapping survivor glued to the news in a twisted production with hints of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Fifteen years ago, Sam was abduc…
The American company visited the UK with four triple bills: here are 10 things we learned from their thrilling season 1) This is a company with a hunger for new work. The second week of thei…
Loughborough Town HallHe became 'the most hated comedian in Britain'. Now Walsh is on tour with the most engaging show of his career Three weeks into Strictly Come Dancing last autumn, Seann…
White Bear, LondonSophie Treadwell's long-lost tale of Freudian fear gets its first outing with a cast who foster high tension in an intimate venue Sophie Treadwell is best known for her exp…
They have left millions boggled with their graceful card acts, great escapes and audacious stunts. But can The Illusionists make magic's fusty reputation vanish? Our instinct when watching m…