Court orders release of theatre and film director on trial over embezzlement charges A Russian court has ordered the release from house arrest of the renowned film and theatre director Kiril…
The Guardian photographer David Levene went backstage at the Royal Albert Hall for London's biggest stage night of the year Continue reading...
Park theatre, LondonAn English version of a play by golden boy of French theatre Alexis Michalik is too cavalier in its depiction of prison life Alexis Michalik is the man of the moment. His…
Subsidised theatre's impact on West End highlighted by winning productions A sprawling two-part, seven-hour play about the lives of gay men in New York emerged as one of the biggest winners …
Danny Dyer saluted royalty, Akram Khan told us to keep moving and Laura Wade remembered meeting her husband Olivier awards: list of winners Laura Wade (best new comedy, Home, I'm Darling): "…
The Inheritance, Come from Away and Summer and Smoke are among the shows that have won so far. Keep up with the list of winners as they're announced 'Shout out to the Duchess!' The Olivier …
Gillian Anderson, Tom Hiddleston, Sophie Okonedo and Danny Dyer are among those arriving for the theatre awards at the Royal Albert Hall Continue reading...
Hungarian singers allegedly signed paper to bypass stipulation of all-black cast The Hungarian State Opera has come up with a dubious way around a stipulation that George Gershwin's opera Po…
Phoenix, LondonMaking a song and dance of how Newfoundland took in thousands of diverted passengers after the World Trade Center attack is fun up to a point There's a lot to love about Come …
Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, BathPunchy characters, great pace, prizes… but something doesn't work in this play about dysfunctional relatives Claudio Tolcachir's award-winning play, firs…
Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon; Lyttelton; Barbican, LondonJohn Kani and Antony Sher are reunited in Kani's powerful new drama. Plus, a timely revival of Caryl Churchill's Top Girls and Enda Wals…
Twin sisters Kristina and Sadé Alleyne's taut, elegant double bill explores notions of imprisonment Vigorous athleticism and bold expression are at the forefront of a new double bill from t…
Trafalgar Studios, LondonIn his funny and perceptive two-hander, Godber and his wife play a quarrelsome couple on a tandem trip to Europe Although it dominates our lives, Brexit has so far m…
Sadler's Wells, LondonIbsen gets an urgent retelling, Kahlo dances with a monkey and Bausch's masterwork is back in Tamara Rojo's stellar triple bill In 2016, English National Ballet directo…
Hampstead Downstairs, LondonThe crumbling set mirrors the failed relationship of a couple in Kellie Smith's heavy-going drama Dilapidated walls fill the stage, with great big holes puncturi…
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonThe US standup tackles morality, racism, R Kelly and Michael Jackson in a barbed satirical show Much has changed for Aziz Ansari since his last UK tour. The US comi…
Lyttelton, LondonWith a boosted cast of 18, Lyndsey Turner's revival of Caryl Churchill's classic sometimes feels like three separate plays What started as an economic necessity in 1982 soon…
Combining TED talk and party, the comic's gigs challenge sexism and body-shaming. Now she's riffing on Mary Magdalene, singing Cher to Richard Curtis " and hoping viewers watch again and aga…
In her new show, Muckers, the actor and playwright revisits the mess, mischief and bamboozling anxieties of growing up 'Ask her if it's true about the poo!" "Ask her what she really calls he…
The Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonJohn Kani beautifully captures the complex divides of race, class and politics in a remarkable and moving new play How do you put a nation's history on stage? In…
The Yard, LondonJay Miller's reworking of Arthur Miller's classic delivers tender chemistry, clever characters and a female John Proctor, but its quest for novelty loses focus Arthur Miller'…
They survived homophobia and Thatcher. But is gentrification now sounding the death knell for gay clubs and pubs? We meet the artists battling to save them On a summer's day in 2017, in gard…
Blocked from entering Tibet, he simply walked in through the Himalayas, hiding from Chinese soldiers. As his play about riots in the region is finally staged, the Indian writer talks about l…
Michael Longhurst says first season includes 1994 play that 'speaks entirely to our times' There was no avoiding it, the incoming boss of the Donmar Warehouse said, his first play in charge …
Murder mystery will have a different guest actor each night being fed lines by earpiece Actors including Gillian Anderson, Joanna Lumley, Meera Syal, Jim Broadbent and Damian Lewis are to ap…