Linda Gross Theater, New York The prolific Oscar nominee has fun playing a woman unmoored by the absence of her husband and son in a dark farce with questionable politics Fatuous and skimpy,…
As Bill Forsyth's much-loved film about an imperilled seaside village is transformed " beach and all " for the stage, its creators say it had to be seen north of the border first How do you …
Melbourne's contemporary dance renaissance and a decade of Dance Massive festival go hand in hand Contemporary dance began for me in 2015, midway through a Tim Darbyshire show called Stamped…
Upstairs at the Gatehouse, LondonThe Gershwins' upbeat music sits uneasily with a cheerily absurd script in this revival of George S Kaufman's comedy Satire, George S Kaufman said, is what c…
The Palestinian-US standup on British airports, his Netflix special The Vagabond and what he has in common with comic pals Guz Khan and Dave Chappelle There's an auspicious precedent for Hou…
Leeds PlayhouseAmy Leach's thriller-like version of Shakespeare's tragedy gives familiar lines a revelatory ring: there is zero suggestion that Tessa Parr is playing a male role It's rare, b…
The award-winning actor and writer on All About Eve, celebrity culture and the perils of not actually being Welsh Monica Dolan is a Bafta-winning actor and writer. Born in Middlesbrough, her…
Grand theatre, LeedsCathy Marston's new ballet about Queen Victoria and her daughter Beatrice is outstandingly choreographed, cinematically scored and danced with nuance Reading is a profoun…
This year's Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for arts journalism goes to Jason Watkins for his review of the writer and actor's one-woman show about her celebrated late father Ken ' Joint runn…
Sadler's Wells, LondonRichard Alston captivates in his company's penultimate season, but there are too many cooks in the BalletBoyz kitchen When Richard Alston Dance Company closes its doors…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse; Bridge; Royal Court, LondonAdjoa Andoh leads a powerfully resonant Richard II; Harriet Lane's bestseller thrills less on stage; and jolts mix with jollity in a women…
Library theatre, BoltonMarital tensions and mental health are expertly explored in David Thacker's production of Miller's 1993 play Director David Thacker's setting, as realised in Ciaran Ba…
Star who is taking legal action on antisemitic trolling will take role in Merchant of Venice that shifts setting to London's East EndTracy Ann Oberman, the actress at the centre of a legal c…
The actor on shutting down ambitions, clueless politicians and embarrassing farts Born in Herefordshire, Jessica Raine, 36, graduated from Rada in 2008. She was cast as the lead in the first…
European comics assembled for a gig about Britain's departure from the EU " but ended up talking about sex and poultry It's an article of faith among remainers that Brexit has made the UK a …
Gate theatre, LondonA story from a Somali pirate kicks off this outlandish comic critique of Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now Wolfram Lotz's surreally comic critique of Joseph Conrad's H…
The QI elf and No Such Thing As a Fish team member on the things that make her laugh the most Harry and Paul's Question Time sketch springs to mind. Their panel show sketch would also be hil…
Home, ManchesterSleepwalk Collective's dreamlike show riffs on nostalgia, technology, climate change and the glamour of opera From the title of Sleepwalk Collective's new show, you might exp…
Gate, DublinThree nuclear physicists are reunited in this drama about ageing, marriage and sexual rivalry, directed by Oonagh Murphy With its slow release of a series of moral questions, Luc…
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Soho Playhouse, New York The witty, filthy, tragic one-woman show arrives stateside, with all its jagged edges still intact "I'm not obsessed with sex," Phoebe Waller-Bridge says, with that …
Adelphi, LondonBased on Adrienne Shelly's film and scored by Sara Bareilles, the New York hit arrives in London in a lively production Billed as the first Broadway musical with an all-female…
Ivo van Hove's adaptation of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead will open at Manchester international festival A four-hour play based on one of the few novels Donald Trump has enjoyed and admired i…
Bristol Old VicA spider-like central performance dominates a production that offers charm, hi-tech excess and a spattering of bodily fluids Tom Mothersdale's Richard III licks, spits and bit…
Sadler's Wells, LondonWith one piece choreographed by the company and the other by Christopher Wheeldon, this is a fresh, thoughtful show Over the last 19 years, BalletBoyz has metamorphosed…