As he takes his celebrated Shostakovich Trilogy to London, the choreographer explains how he was inspired by the Russian composer's political risks Alexei Ratmansky says he's been making da…
As Andrea Levy's epic hits the National stage, three people whose families came to Britain from the Caribbean give their opinions " and recall their own struggles In the play, Hortense goes …
Audiences will choose to be crooked traders or FBI agents in London production of Jordan Belfort's memoir this September The Wolf of Wall Street, the outrageous memoir of former stockbroker …
The Warren, BrightonFrom nappy challenges to a grotesque clown show about carehomes, this year's theatre festival is full of surprises The two performers rush behind the vulva-esque velvet c…
A Shakespeare scholar's fun, insightful and profoundly approachable study of 20 of his plays is perhaps the finest critique of his work to dateYouth is wasted on the young and so, in my case…
As Wendell Pierce takes on the role of Willy Loman at the Young Vic in London, revisit the history of Arthur Miller's classic play Continue reading...
Haunted by the 60,000 bodies being disinterred to make way for High Speed Rail 2, Guardian comedy critic Brian Logan set out to connect Euston's past and present 'We've found four times more…
They started out as sprinters on the racetrack " but ended up as dancers on the stage. Meet the explosive Alleyne sisters In the summer of 2012, Kristina and Sadé Alleyne's Olympic dream ca…
Various venues, LeedsWith interactive surveillance games, reconstructions of student protests and interventions in a shopping centre, the biennial festival reconfigured audiences' relationsh…
Playwright best known for Children of a Lesser God, which was turned into a 1986 hit filmThe playwright Mark Medoff, who has died aged 79, wrote Children of a Lesser God, the story of a deaf…
Hampstead theatre, LondonBrenton's ambitious but muddled new drama follows a gifted young Syrian woman who attracts the attentions of an Oxford classicist, Euripides and MI5 Edward Hall ends…
Perth theatreMorna Young's moving play about a journalist researching the life and death of her fisherman father is beautifully served by this fine production Towards the back of the proscen…
The rising Thai-Australian playwright on her Royal Court debut, the pros and cons of a digitalised world " and living between New York, London and MelbourneAnchuli Felicia King is a theatre …
Olivier; Barbican; Kiln, LondonRufus Norris's epic adaptation of Andrea Levy's Windrush novel is spectacular, while Maxine Peake excels in a moving portrayal of the trials of IVFSmall Island…
Exeter NorthcottIt's all for one and one for all in an enthusiastic if haphazard riot of dad jokes, dodgy accents and gleeful gallivanting The cast of The Three Musketeers tell us they have …
From Vox Lux to Stanley Kubrick, here's our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
The writer, performer and improviser opens up about the things that make her laugh the most Rose Matafeo's Horndog. Seeing a young woman of colour talking about love, life and cry-dancing to…
The much-loved film starring Audrey Tautou has been turned into a stage show. Designer Madeleine Girling explains how she found a new style to match its spirit Continue reading...
Tyne theatre, NewcastleThe broadcaster and writer's second live show is a warm storm of rollicking tales about musicians and his family You could ask the question of any comedy show: how muc…
Chichester Festival theatreQuestions of faith and loss drive a masterly story of the Narnia author in Rachel Kavanaugh's deeply poignant production The first three speeches of Shadowlands pr…
Duke of York's, LondonDuncan Macmillan's deft but daring tweaks underline the majesty of this sexually charged study of faith and heartbreak This has been dubbed Ibsen's darkest and most com…
Orange Tree, RichmondThe nature of identity is explored with compassion in Cooper's play which features brilliant performances Whatever it is that distinguishes rare writing talent, Zoe Coop…
Barbican, LondonPeake's anguished Woman goes through six rounds of fertility treatment in Julia Leigh's adaptation of her own memoir As part of the Barbican's first Fertility Fest, Julia Lei…
Olivier, LondonAndrea Levy's story of first-generation Jamaican immigrants in postwar Britain has been skilfully adapted and staged with hurtling energy This feels like a landmark in the Nat…
The actor-writer will perform her comic monologue, on which the hit TV show was based, for 30 performances this summer It is the filthy, fiercely funny monologue that received mixed reviews…