Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonThis atmospheric recreation of Sir Walter Raleigh's show trial set off many modern echoes and featured strong performances from Simon Paisley Day and Nathalie …
As Sweat opens in London, the only female dramatist to win two Pulitzers talks about America's left-behind, her intensive research " and why she's writing about Michael Jackson nextIt's the …
Sadler s Wells, LondonGöteborgsOperans Danskompani paired the sculptor with choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui for this thrilling piece exploring how we mould and remould ourselvesSculptor …
Chickenshed; Little Angel; Unicorn, LondonThree festive shows for young and old serve up Dickens with attitude, ticklish puppets and Philip Pullman's grisly Grimms' fairytalesThe future vigo…
Royal Opera House, LondonAlastair Marriott's new work underlines the difficulties of translating the horrors of trench warfare into danceLast week the Royal Ballet presented a triple bill, o…
NST City, SouthamptonJon Brittain's musical adaptation of David Walliams's tale of Joe Spud, the richest boy in the country, has plenty to sing aboutDavid Walliams's book titles give more th…
The crown prince of Broadway talks politics, Hamilton and Mary Poppins Returns. By Hadley FreemanI spot Lin-Manuel Miranda half an hour before our interview, strolling through the New York h…
Comics discussed the president's refusal to believe in climate change and Ivanka Trump's use of a personal email accountLate-night hosts discussed the recent Paul Manafort revelations and Do…
The comic's career is littered with controversies. So what would she delete from her history? As she stars in Ralph Breaks the Internet, Silverman discusses 4chan, Trump and bad gags Modern …
The standup, screenwriter, novelist and Radio 4 regular on what makes him laugh the mostAli G trying to sell venture capitalists the business idea for an ice-cream glove: a glove you wear on…
Channing Tatum brings his strip show and self-help rally to London, offering consumerist feminism of the purest formMagic Mike is a 2012 film about male strippers, based on the early life of…
Theatre Royal, NewcastlePlacing the story in the context of two rival circuses, Michael Harrison's show boasts jugglers, skaters and motorcyclistsIf you want the secret behind the UK's faste…
Ustinov, BathDonald Margulies' exploration of a couple living with the lingering trauma of the Holocaust is profoundly touching Max and Lola reckon they deserve a nice retirement. Both survi…
Actor to perform hits from musicals including The Greatest Showman and Les Misérables across Europe and North AmericaHugh Jackman has announced a live tour that will see him perform songs f…
Chapter Arts Centre, CardiffGood Cop Bad Cop present a wry, playful and genre-defying show based around the work of an early film director Phantom Rides Again! is the first in what promises …
The actor, who is performing in Shakespeare's tragedy on the Olivier stage, is to make her National Theatre Live debut with one of her real reptile co-stars When the National Theatre's Anton…
Top seats up to £117.52 average " Hamilton leading at £250 " while cheapest fall to £19.31Top end ticket prices for West End shows have risen by 19% to an average of £117.52, wit…
Sadler's Wells, LondonChoreographers Sébastien Ramirez and Honji Wang interpret a pained but pretty soundtrack of electro-chill loops The themes of mortality and loss in Nitin Sawhney's 201…
Readers share their experiences of how the lack of funding has affected creative industriesI worked at the British Film Institute when Jennie Lee was the arts minister (This philistine gover…
The queen of the whodunnit has never gone away, but with John Malkovich playing Poirot and two radical stage adaptations, it's no mystery why a new generation is falling for herThe interior …
Three shows in London, New York and Los Angeles will be live-streamed in April, on what would have been the choreographer's 100th birthdaySeventy-five dancers are to perform a total of 300 s…
Dystopian Dream, created by composer Nitin Sawhney and based on his 2015 album, has been co-devised with choreographers Honji Wang and Sébastien Ramirez. Take a closer look at this fusion o…
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonCariad Lloyd and Jude Christian's panto boasts a nice balance of trashy and innocent, a charismatic cast and a warm spirit of fun Even by panto standards, the storyt…
More than 90 venues including National Theatre sign up to trade union initiative More than 90 UK theatres have signed up to a trade union initiative seen as the largest effort yet to tackle …
Natalie Palamides' bravura piece about machismo, Nate, is now being performed by its male director, Dr Brown"How many of you here haven't seen Natalie do this show?" A surprising number of h…