Bournemouth International CentreCasting himself as a taboo breaker for his Netflix show Supernature, the cacklesome comic delivers a squarely liberal-baiting set 'That's not going in … Tha…
Old Red Lion, LondonEmma Hemingford's promising debut gets under the skin of a troubled relationship and refuses to take sides Emma Hemingford has written and co-stars in this promising debu…
Exclusive backstage images capture the ballet star Sergei Polunin on the opening night of his week-long stint at the London Palladium, which marks his return to the London stage. His company…
★★★★☆/★★☆☆☆ Theatre by the Lake, KeswickCharlotte Keatley's 1987 work about mothers and daughters is a wonderful gesture of empath…
The Broadway powerhouse talks about trusting Sondheim, hearing others sing her songs and waiting to be taken seriously Cafe Luxembourg, the closet-sized New York bistro Bernadette Peters cho…
The MAC, BelfastWriter Rachel Trezise brings universality to the tale of a young Northern Irish woman travelling to Wales for a termination "Any separate status for Northern Ireland from the…
Wyndhams, LondonKenneth Lonergan's tale of astronomy and midlife misery makes fine use of an A-list cast but never truly explodes into life With Matthew Broderick and Elizabeth McGovern head…
Little Angel theatre, LondonA hard-to-stomach character with a horrible voice and a nasty catchphrase leaves little for kids to latch on to in this loud, brash production There's a buzz in t…
Lyttelton, LondonAllam shines as the tyrannical capitalist patriarch at the heart of Githa Sowerby's powerful story of a society in transition It has been exactly 25 years since a National T…
Scarcroft Allotments, YorkThe DIY charm of Mikron Theatre and Nick Ahad's new show is a good match for the resort's brand of family fun The Redcoat, as one character in Nick Ahad's new play …
The dance company is rare in that it looks at contemporary issues from Indigenous and non-Indigenous viewpoints. If those viewpoints clash, that's the point In 2014, self-taught Walmajarri-…
Hope Mill theatre, ManchesterSet in the 60s, the hidden histories of men up against repressive homosexuality laws have an intense emotional force in Kathrine Smith's production When playwri…
Various venues, Edinburgh Inventive stagings keep young minds enthralled as detectives test their bravery, dancers evolve and superheroes fall out There's an extraordinary moment in the midd…
King's Head theatre, LondonKnown for her sharp tongue and love affairs, the eccentric Australian actor is celebrated in this entertaining one-woman show If the title is outrageous, so was th…
The director takes about hearing The Glass Menagerie differently " and recalls the day he realised he had to do more than act His career has spanned more than three decades, but Femi Elufowo…
Finborough theatre, LondonJulia Pascal's dynamic production sees Medea reborn as a former fighter against Isis who finds Jason in the British capital Euripides' Medea is not just a bloodthir…
New Diorama, LondonAn abundance of wit and one-liners can't make up for the lack of directorial focus in SpitLip's antiwar satire With whip-smart humour and a stellar soundtrack, SpitLip tra…
Iffy insults fly, heads bounce around and the wiper of the king's bottom takes a bow " all in the moat where alligators swam 'I'm Anne Boleyn, yeah, I'm married to this dude," goes the rap. …
The British star of period dramas and superhero movies thought Ibsen's Rosmersholm would be all bum rolls and dusty parlours. But it gave her one of her most mercurial roles Some consider Ro…
Assaulting the audience with its 'twerking gone wrong', Okwui Okpokwasili's dance-theatre hybrid draws on difficult memories of her childhood Okwui Okpokwasili wants to shake you. Up and dow…
The Mac, BelfastA Northern Irish teenager escaping to Wales for an abortion is played with huge empathy, lifting a script that is thin on drama A young woman lies across a row of hard plasti…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghZinnie Harris's narrow reworking of Webster's revenge tragedy fails to persuade Tom Piper's design sets the keynote for the play: striking, efficient and almost featur…
Barbican Centre, LondonTanowitz's distinctive choreography, seen for the first time outside the US, is a ravishing interpretation of TS Eliot's poem "We shall not cease from exploration," wr…
Dorfman; New Diorama; Regent's Park; Royal Court, LondonA startlingly innovative play turns the audience into East German snoopers and a clever musical tackles a wartime ruse What a whirligi…
Prestonpans Town HallCutting between austerity-hit East Lothian today and the battlefields of the 1930s anti-fascist volunteers, this gutsy play reveals the complexity of righteous crusading…