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From veteran dames to festive circus arts (and wicked queen Dawn French) the Observer's critics pick your top ticketsJill Murphy's stories have sold more than 5m copies worldwide and been ma…
Vaudeville; Royal Court; Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonKit Harington and Johnny Flynn slug it out as Sam Shepard's feuding brothers, women rabble-rouse at the Royal Court, and Trevor Nunn'…
Alvin Ailey's groundbreaking dance company is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a season at New York City Center. Take a step back through their sensational past productions Continue rea…
As the director and playwright reunite to stage The Cane at the Royal Court, they talk about their friendship and the passion and pain behind their playsAn artistic director has no secrets f…
Hampstead theatre, London There are vibrant performances in this new version of the Russian masterpiece, directed and written by Johnson Terry Johnson has directed his own new version of Che…
Comedian tells Women in Entertainment gala she's fed up hearing late-night TV's 'Jimmys' monologue about misogynyThe Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby has hit out at the "incredibly irritati…
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonWith antisemitism on the rise, Tevye's struggles with the tsar's thugs are powerfully topical in this note-perfect productionAlthough much-loved and often rev…
Royal Exchange, Manchester Raz Shaw's riotous revival of Mel Brooks's musical meisterwerk offers as much fun as you'll find on a stage this ChristmasMel Brooks's 2001 musical, like the movie…
Royal Court, London Ellie Kendrick livens up her inventive debut with astrophysics and ancient Greek myth " but it could use more concrete argumentEllie Kendrick's hour-long debut play celeb…
Soho theatre, London In his new show, American Hour, the comedian delivers barbed routines on race, religion and culture wars'I don't want to be a cartoon martyr," says Hari Kondabolu, who r…
Exclusive: New work created in honour of the late dancer and performed by Vidya Patel and Daniela Maccari, who has taken on his signature stage rolesA tribute performance has been created fo…
Oxford PlayhouseWith showers of sweets, a street-smart feline and plenty of gags for the grown-ups, this is a supremely comic productionYou don't expect panto to tamper with the classic ingr…
The comedian and her artist-activist friend have teamed up for Hamburger Queen, a beauty pageant that celebrates fatnessA few months ago, I went to see a show and when I got to my seat, I sa…
Vaudeville, LondonKit Harington and Johnny Flynn are good, if slightly mismatched, as the brothers in Sam Shepard's haunting playYou can see why Kit Harington and Johnny Flynn were drawn to …
Neil Simon Theatre, New YorkA jukebox ode to the megastar contains some dazzling numbers but suffers from some clumsy storytellingAt The Cher Show, there are three Chers onstage and lots mor…
Which plays left you speechless? Which dancers swept you off your feet? Who got you giggling? Nominate your favourite stage show of the year Continue reading...
Pantomime legend Johnny McKnight does his usual festive double, starring in Mammy Goose at the Tron in Glasgow " and writing Sleepin' Cutie at Macrobert, StirlingIs pantomime a reactionary f…
Know your strengths and eat boiled eggs … how do a musical-theatre star, a ballerina and an opera singer cope with the demands of their roles " and what we can we learn from them?The light…
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonWith a cast of three playing multiple characters, this is an energetic telling of the cadaver-supplying criminalsYou learn something new all the time. I had alwa…
Actor and director who rescued the Open Air theatre in Regent's Park, London, in the early 1960sDavid Conville, who has died aged 89, gave the air of being a patrician stage director and man…
Finborough, LondonMairi Hawthorn really gets her teeth into the titular heroine in Aimée Stuart's 1940 play that creaks with age at timesCinderella stories are all the rage at Christmas. Th…
The Big Yin mastered the art of funny " there was barely such a thing as standup comedy when he graduated from Glasgow's shipyard to the stageIt was news we saw coming, but that barely dimin…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghElla Hickson's adaptation of JM Barrie's story is a funny and heartbreaking coming-of-age tale for its swashbuckling heroinePeter Pan is as much a concept as a charact…
The actor on her playwriting debut, Hole, at the Royal Court, the power of Beyoncé, and the pleasures of Vanity FairEllie Kendrick, 28, is an actor and writer. She started acting profession…
Fretting over what to get the arts lover in your life for Christmas? Fear not. From bath-time psychotherapy to death-metal knitwear, we've got you covered Continue reading...
