The show Inside Bitch, made by women with experience of the penal system, dismantles Bad Girls stereotypes, while new play The Jumper Factory explores fear behind men's bravado 'Deeply distu…
Dukes, LancasterThree young fighters grapple with a world of blue-eyed heroes and foreign-looking villains in Nick Ahad's witty play Real life has a way of sneaking into the theatre. Only da…
Various venues, YorkThe annual experimental showcase serves up a strange, compelling programme of dance, performance and live art Outside York Art Gallery, as tourists and tunic-clad visitor…
Two new takes on The Taming of the Shrew radically alter the dynamic by setting the play in a matriarchal society The first time Jo Clifford was asked to adapt The Taming of the Shrew, she h…
The Britain's Got Talent winner, who has cerebral palsy and uses a voice box in his standup act, talks about ditching his day job " and the thorny issue of being inspiring In April 2015, Lee…
Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonNed Bennett brilliantly directs the landmark 1973 play about a teenager who has blinded horses I've often complained about the move towards a directors' t…
He was the Kurt Cobain of comedy, railing against advertising, politicians, the war on drugs, even waffle waitresses. What do the new generation make of the chain-smoking motormouth? Comedy …
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe loss of the company's founder Pina Bausch a decade ago is at the heart of this meticulous meditation on grief and death Bon Voyage, Bob … is only the second new f…
Bristol Old VicA beautifully crafted play about a family threatened by racial tensions during the 1960s Bristol bus boycott The Princess, in Princess and the Hustler, is 10-year-old Phyllis …
Broadway theatre, Letchworth Garden CityA mischievous menagerie of six actors have fun down on the farm Mother, father, grandfather, big sister and little brother dance around the bed singin…
Young Vic; Almeida; Donmar Warehouse, LondonTwo prisoners confront each other and God in a vital revival, Trump gets off lightly, and a clever tale of a sound engineer packs some real reverb…
The writer on seeing her first novel, Alys, Always, become a stage play directed by Nicholas Hytner Harriet Lane " once a journalist at the Observer " wrote Alys, Always, her thrilling debut…
Game of Thrones star Christie is the latest actor to be cast as the fairy queen in A Midsummer Night's Dream, which is coming to the Bridge theatre in London in June. Here are some of the ot…
As he returns to the London stage in Harold Pinter's Betrayal, look back at Tom Hiddleston's theatre career, including his early roles with Cheek by Jowl, Coriolanus and his hot-ticket Hamle…
With a dance version of Dickens's A Christmas Carol, a collaboration with Greek composer Vangelis and his touring show Silent Lines, the questing choreographer is busier than ever I'm lost o…
Serving the cucumber sandwiches in a future Britain, Tara Arts and Two Gents present Oscar Wilde's classic as an urgent tale of migrant survival " with only two actors Ayesha Casely-Hayford …
Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonAmid the delightful comic dialogue, some of the musical numbers can feel like padding The smooth transition from dialogue to songs in musicals is the genre's t…
Arts Council England report says progress is slow and Michael Buffong asks 'Why?'Talented black actors, writers and artists are sill being kept out of the arts because of "painfully" slow pr…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonJames Saunders' impeccably performed 70s piece takes on big issues as two couples swap partners and explore the poetry of painDedicated to retrieving forgotten pla…
Ustinov Studio, Bath Tanya Barfield's 2006 play about a man meeting his ancestors asks: am I ever black or white enough?Tracing four generations backwards from 1995, Tanya Barfield's 2006 pl…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonGood puppetry lends rich humanity to the central character of this subtle if controversial production about a boy set to leave home for a residential schoolPlenty …
Phoenix theatre, LondonThis musical about plane passengers diverted to Newfoundland on 11 September has plenty of heart but not enough biteThis musical by the Canadian married team of Irene …
His plays have shocked audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. Is David Ireland bothered about the walk-outs? Will he give in to demands for trigger warnings?Cradling his grandchild for the…
Traverse, EdinburghKwaku Mills is a revelation as a boy growing up amid poverty in this touring revival of Arinzé Kene's crackling, compelling monologueImagine an inner-city version of Unde…
It was the cushty comedy that perfectly captured 80s Britain. As Only Fools and Horses hits the stage, we celebrate the TV classic that needed a new scale to measure audience laughterBack in…