Lyttelton; Kiln; Theatre Royal Stratford East, London; Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonMolière's anti-hero is a dodgy Highgate hippy, Florian Zeller dazzles with the latest ad…
Best known for Fresh Meat, she now stars with Tom Hiddleston in Pinter's Betrayal. Zawe Ashton talks about bullying, Michelle Obama and why she finds language such a turn on Zawe Ashton is d…
Sadler's Wells, LondonTanztheater Wuppertal's magnificent dancers are let down by Alan Lucien Øyen's stultifying meditation on loss What was it that made Pina Bausch so special? How did o…
Scott Rudin had issued legal threats over different adaptation Offer intended to 'ameliorate the hurt caused here' Dozens of community and non-profit theaters across the US forced to abando…
It's 50 years since the original Joseph concept album was released. This summer, the show is back at the London Palladium and there's also a new touring production on the road. Look back at …
The former MP is set to play King Lear in New York " her second take on the role. She talks acting, ambition, and her admiration for the woman 'slogging away' at Brexit Glenda Jackson, 82, e…
The standup and TV host on how British politics broke his heart, Question Time abuse and why he's the Bob Dylan of comedy When Nish Kumar first made his mark as a solo comic, his material wa…
Smith will play the Narrator this summer when Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical returns to the Palladium Sheridan Smith will return to the West End stage this summer in a new produc…
The polymath standup, writer and painter on the things that make him laugh the most Brian Gittins doing his show on the top deck of a bus in Edinburgh. Continue reading...
Barbican, LondonInspired by a sci-fi novella, the artist teams up with Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener for a bracing dance experiment A woman's face looms, very large and unnervingly close…
At a charity event I felt, for the first time, that my varied emotions were shared. We need more stories of this kindI don't often cry when I go to the theatre. I certainly don't often have …
Theatre Deli, SheffieldKaty Dye gives a powerful performance deconstructing the idea of sexy innocence and society's worship of feminine youth In contemporary society and pop culture, there …
Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonBarney Norris's adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's Booker winner about the perils of blind duty speaks to modern Britain 'The play must be unlike the book or the…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonTarget's absurdist show Splosh! " about swimming and his childhood in Houston " cocks a quiet snook at machismo It's my dream with this show, says Ben Target, "t…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterJude Christian's solo show confronts historical brutality and personal heritage by dwelling in the grey areas It's hard to pin down Nanjing, Jude Christian's elusiv…
The Vaults, LondonThis viscerally powerful piece about the 2014 revolution divides the audience into protesters and observers Originally conceived by Mark and Marichka Marczyk, this piece of…
Artistic director who won acclaim for her work with Maxine Peake is appointed to new role at Lamda London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (Lamda) has appointed Sarah Frankcom as its new di…
Wyvern theatre, SwindonCartoonish characters and an operatic vomiting routine animate conventional observations about Brits abroad, marriage and moving to the provinces A "fast, mental, neu…
The newly knighted choreographer is shutting his company due to cuts and has snapped his achilles tendon. But he's full of optimism about the future I'm expecting Richard Alston to be angry,…
Kiln, London Fear and fleeting joy punctuate an exploration of family dynamics, charting the upheaval of divorce and adolescence Florian Zeller's remarkable play completes a trilogy that vie…
Two joyful shows " And the Rest of Me Floats and Sex Sex Men Men " use standup and striptease to discuss trans rights, pegging and the patriarchy In their kaleidoscopic celebrations of queer…
As their stunning Sgt Pepper dance show tours the UK, Mark Morris and Ethan Iverson recall how they fell for the album's 'hokey, vaudeville' charms The light-footed Fred Astaire is among the…
In his new role as artistic director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington DC, the National Theatre and RSC star talks about swapping Brexit for Trump As Donald Trump surged towar…
Bush theatre, LondonEve Leigh's new play " about grief and old age " is overbearing in its manipulative attempts to make us feel sad It is billed as a magic show about grief but The Trick ha…
Ivan Kyncl: In the Minute, an exhibition celebrating the atmospheric work of the Czech-born theatre photographer, is at the V&A in London until 7 July Continue reading...