Volodymyr Zelenskiy is the leading candidate to take the top job in his country " so who is he, and will he bring the laughs? It's a gag worthy of an Armando Iannucci screenplay. And yet it …
Former England all-rounder's six years in prison are the subject of a new play " one that began its national tour in the confines of HMP Portland It was not the easiest auditorium for the ac…
Arcola, LondonThis lively musical take on the 2006 film satirising child beauty pageants is likable but lacks bite I missed the 2006 film that is the source for this musical with songs by Wi…
As the actor " and frequent director " prepares to star as a disgraced movie mogul in David Mamet's new play Bitter Wheat in London, take a look back at his theatre roles Continue reading...
Ballet shoes have always been a pale peachy pink because it was assumed dancers were, too. Now a British footwear company is striking a blow for ballerinas of colour everywhere When Ballet B…
In his dance-theatre solo about a young working-class man, Lanre Malaolu draws on his own experiences with depression A couple of years ago, the actor and choreographer Lanre Malaolu was cre…
As I'm deaf in one ear, I have always had to watch people extra closely " the perfect preparation for character comedy When I was little, my sister Kate used to play the recorder really loud…
Theatre By the Lake, KeswickHoward Brenton's no-nonsense translation of Strindberg's astute drama charts the marriage of a failed artist and his more successful wife Adolf is in the midst o…
The Hydro, GlasgowBrendan O'Carroll and co cheerfully gurn their way through two hours' of weak gags, unmemorable songs and wasted opportunities Mrs Brown's Boys D'Musical? begins where Mrs …
Hayes Theater, New York Heidi Schreck's funny, impactful and breathlessly exciting ode to the constitution is one of the year's best shows Shattering, galvanizing and very funny, Heidi Schre…
Finborough, LondonBart and Alun Owen's 1964 musical about a Liverpudlian dockside prostitute and her sailor beau gets a foot-stamping first professional revival The working-class British mus…
SWG3, GlasgowOriginally planned to coincide with the UK's withdrawal from the EU, the National Theatre of Scotland's night of cabaret and comedy was performed under a sombre cloud Imagine or…
Royal Lyceum theatre, EdinburghBill Forsyth's adaptation of his 1983 film, with new music by Mark Knopfler, is topical all over again Bill Forsyth's lighthearted story has a strong moral und…
Hampstead; Menier Chocolate Factor; Vaudeville, London Debut playwright Ella Road conjures a potent dystopia, Penelope Wilton is perfection in a sharp David Hare revival, and Shakespeare's D…
Royal Opera House, LondonThe principals lead an emotionally charged reprise of Royal Ballet's old faithful At its premiere in 1965, Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet broke new ground: his…
From TV's 'Strictly' to films about Nureyev and Acosta, the art form once dismissed as elitist is everywhere. One dance critic explains why… It feels like the future," says the BBC's direc…
The Scottish poet laureate pays tribute to the actress behind the world's first all-women of colour Shakespeare productionI met my lifelong friend Adjoa Andoh in 1980 at the first ever confe…
The Man Like Mobeen star on his political aspirations, infiltrating Hollywood and reacting to Christchurch Former teacher Guz Khan is recalling the time he legged it out of an A-level class.…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonNetflix's Vagabond star teams up with Man Like Mobeen's Khan to headline a mischievous night of smart gags When the US standup Mo Amer first toured the UK, it…
Facing extinction, the world's oldest morris dancing group voted to admit women to their ranks. A welcome step forward " or a slight to a harmless expression of masculinity? My mouth was dr…
The actor, singer-songwriter and Fresh Meat star on the things that make her laugh the most Specifically, Billy Connolly on scaring his sister in the corridor; even more specifically, the wa…
Barbican, LondonMurphy has an astonishing athleticism playing both man and crow in an adaptation of Max Porter's story of grief Cillian Murphy and Enda Walsh have teamed up to bring Max Port…
In a defiant riposte to president Bolsonaro and intolerance, performers at São Paulo's international theatre festival are reclaiming the rights to be seen and to be different If ever ther…
Tramway, Glasgow Stef Smith's excellent adaptation has Noras experience economic and emotional pressures through history There are three door frames and three cavernous pathways to an uncert…
Protesters force university in Paris to cancel play for which actors were due to wear masks A row over alleged racism and attacks on freedom of expression has erupted in France after student…