Birmingham RepThis slapstick look at the classic play about Cyrano the long-nosed poet has been given a witty, kaleidoscopic staging It is not hard to see why Alexis Michalik's play has cloc…
Nicola Kavanagh says crude criticism of Messenger may be fuelled by fear of the unknown An actor who was the inspiration behind a giant bronze sculpture of a female figure has described her …
Imperial Theatre, New York Broadway's latest jukebox music is electrified by fantastic singing and dancing but let down by some inert storytelling There's a chilly irony at the shrink-wrappe…
Oluwaseyi Omooba had been due to play star role in The Color Purple in UK stage show An actor playing a gay character in a stage production of the Color Purple has been sacked over homophobi…
Old Fire Station, OxfordNear catastrophe in a back garden sparks up this heartfelt if over-signposted play strongly influenced by children's theatre A black hole is engulfing Claire and her …
Dorfman, LondonFour sex offenders are confronted by one of their victims in Bruce Norris's viscerally acted drama about punishment Bruce Norris likes to live dangerously. In Clybourne Park, …
Crucible, SheffieldThis across-the-decades Park Hill musical is cleverly staged, moving through idealism, dilapidation and gentrification Rising above Sheffield station, the buildings of the…
From Enda Walsh's disembodied voices to a Royal Court escape room, experimental theatre is being made without performers 'I don't know if it is theatre," Enda Walsh says of his new show. In …
The Public Theater, New York The Pulitzer prize-winning playwright has created an absurdist, challenging drama about the fallout from a racially motivated attack by police Slavery ended in 1…
Leading arts institutions stage day of action to raise awareness of ecological crisis Some of the UK's leading arts institutions " including the Royal Court Theatre and Shakespeare's Globe "…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonThis drama inspired by Julius and Ethel Rosenberg is ripe for revival but the story asks more questions than it answers James Phillips calls it the "perfect time" …
As the artistic director prepares to leave the Donmar Warehouse, we look back over her reign " from City of Angels to the Shakespeare Trilogy Continue reading...
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonPenelope Wilton gives a fine turn as an understated heroine in this revival of Hare's play about a one-time pupil of Matisse David Hare's 1986 play was origin…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Gender-swapped roles turn this courtship power game into a strange puzzle " although the trick plays dividends with its gleeful subplots You c…
New Boulevard theatre aims to awaken area's rebel spirit in the building that hosted Eddie Izzard and Rik Mayall in the 80s A tiny new state-of-the-art theatre seeking to capture the "rebell…
Ahead of a stage trilogy about technology's advance, Cora Bissett talks GM babies, robot nurses and the timeless power of theatre A couple's intimate discussions about having a baby take pla…
Above the Stag theatre, LondonChoreographer Jack Cole's vitality is lost in Liam Burke's play that tackles issues of ownership of women's bodies All high kicks and hip swings, Jack Cole's d…
The stage show, directed by Michael Grandage, has been running on Broadway for a year An invasion of tiny Elsas " and a few Annas " will hit London in autumn 2020, as the stage musical of D…
After a Franglais Swan Lake, the comic explains economics with sex dolls in ChiffChaff. She talks about loving horror, how guinea pigs helped her through illness and standing up for comedian…
Ballet and film complement each other perfectly in a biopic of the superstar dancer that captures life under Castro's rule Dance on film can have many functions. It might act as a showstoppi…
Barbican, LondonThe company's triple bill includes Ingoma, a powerful piece inspired by events that led to South Africa's anti-apartheid movement Ballet Black may be, by its nature, politica…
Originally an 18th century novel by French author Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons came to greater attention in the 1980s when it was made into a film starring John Malkovich, …
Liz Richardson's new show explores the transformative qualities of a freezing cold dip. She takes us to the source of her inspiration 'I want to jump in right now," says Liz Richardson. She …
King's Head, LondonSkilfully combining play-that-goes-wrong antics with a potted history of the royals, this has fringe festival hit written all over it From the National Theatre of Brent to…
Sadler's Wells, LondonRooted in traditional Greek dancing, the choreography only blooms when it ditches folky footwork for more elastic moves The Thread has the hallmarks of a particular kin…