The writer talks about his play Rosenbaum's Rescue, which takes a new look at the 'miracle' evacuation of Denmark's Jews in 1943Film-maker Alexander Bodin Saphir, 40, was born to an English …
The standup, actor, writer and youngest comedian to perform a solo season in London's West End on the things that make him laugh the mostPete Holmes as Lightweight James Bond. It's the funni…
As Olivier de Sagazan uses clay to turn himself into a human sculpture at London's mime festival, we look at the dancers who have performed on stages filled with soil, flowers, dust and wate…
27 December 1938: The final dress rehearsal is a free Christmas treat for children and old folks Related: Welfare of circus animals at Westminster: from the archive, 17 February 1965 The ten…
Cuba Gooding Jr razzle-dazzles in Chicago and Isabella Rossellini performs alongside her pet dog ... here are some of the photographer's most stunning stage shots Continue reading...
New Wimbledon theatre, LondonMagician Pete Firman conjures up laughs, while Blue singer Lee Ryan joins the fun in this uplifting 3D pantoGood old panto. Where else would you get Paul Merton,…
Royal Opera House, LondonDelight and despair fight it out to the last as our dance critic of 14 years signs offThe Royal Ballet's triple bill, which opened on Tuesday, sent me out into the n…
Tramway, GlasgowSound, light and sets brilliantly convey Scrooge's turn from miserliness to philanthropy in Neil Bartlett's joyous adaptationCharles Dickens's 1843 story of the transformatio…
Donmar Warehouse; Young Vic; Almeida, LondonLynn Nottage brilliantly dramatises industrial unrest in small-town America in the year's most powerful playA tremendous theatrical week culminate…
After four decades of festive fun in York, the actor and writer is hanging up his frock and hobnailed boots. He looks back at the Theatre Royal's panto family'I must say I never expected the…
The standup, writer and actor on the things that make him laugh the mostI saw Joan Rivers host the gala at the Montreal comedy festival in 2008. I hadn't seen her on television for a while a…
Iskander, a theatre-maker and former NHS executive, succeeds David Jubb, who called it a 'fantastic appointment'Battersea Arts Centre in south London has appointed Tarek Iskander as its new …
Eventim Apollo, LondonThe father-and-daughter duo add self-deprecating cheer, alongside Jo Brand, to this feelgood fairytaleThe Dyers " Danny and Dani " and Jo Brand are the marquee names in…
The Egg, Bath French poodles face a dastardly end unless our swashbuckling heroes come to the rescue in this high-energy kids' version of the classic adventure story'Are you here for ze exec…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonBased on interviews with residents of small-town Pennsylvania, Lynn Nottage's play vividly describes the betrayal and resentments of striking female factory workers i…
After the 'attacks', tabloid fear-mongering and a devastating horror film, clowns were meant to be all clapped out " with pirates and princesses muscling in. So why is business booming?Don't…
Royal Opera House, London A fine take on Chekhov's melancholy Three Sisters brings bite to this seasonal triple bill, before ice skaters and lovers restore the yuletide glowWho needs festive…
New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeAn immersive show for the under-fives strikes gold and acts as a primer for Peter Leslie Wild's inventive and boisterous main stage productionAs is often the cas…
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonA king's daughter sells her unborn baby to a wicked fashion designer in a patronising show with abrasive songsMoney can't buy love but it can buy theatre tickets.…
Influential stage designer who created groundbreaking sets for the Royal Shakespeare Company and English National OperaBy instinct and inclination the designer Ralph Koltai, who has died age…
Almeida, London Joe Hill-Gibbins' stripped-back production delivers a forceful royal downfall, but leaves little space to explore the power plays behind itSimon Russell Beale was born to pla…
From rapping and rambling to Victorian female boxers, via Liverpool's Dream, Asian football casuals and a teenage dance troupe, here are some of our readers' top shows of the yearDorfman, Lo…
In two contrasting stagings of the novel, one renders it ridiculous while the other confronts the debate head onHeart of Darkness is, to use today's parlance, problematic. More than 40 years…
Birmingham RepThis thrilling Oz of racial diversity, gender reversal and voguing androgyny is more current " and vibrant " than the MGM musicalEncountering the Birmingham Rep's playful and s…
Peter Duncan plays a washed-up panto dame in Park theatre's new production. Here's a reminder of the many farces, musicals and tragedies about an actor's life Continue reading...