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In her new touring show, the Dutch choreographer Didy Veldman invites the audience to a wedding. But there's no shuffling around this dancefloor " the seven dancers are professionals Continu…
Bristol Old VicNarrating his life via sonnets and speeches, the motormouth comic delivers a show that is both egotistical and endearing'I'm trying to alchemise the work of our greatest playw…
Royal Opera House, LondonAlastair Marriott's evocation of conflict is caught between gracefulness and tragedy while Wayne McGregor and George Balanchine still shine'He was lying there in a p…
He's played baddies in everything from Bond to Beverly Hills Cop. Now he's tackling the disgraced movie mogul in a self-penned play. The actor-playwright explains why theatre is dying out " …
Photographer Sarah Lee was given exclusive access in Royston Vasey for The League of Gentlemen's last performance of their live tour. Gareth McLean reflects on 20 years of the League and spe…
Cultural organisations are in a unique position to challenge, inform and engage audiences in conversations about the environmentIf we are to avoid irreversible global warming that will have …
Dante or Die's 80s-set touring show Take On Me celebrates community fitness centres and gives roles to locals If there's a drama at your local leisure centre it's probably no more than lane …
The Stables, Milton KeynesFrom imagining Enya as president to a disappointing encounter with Leonardo da Vinci, the Irish whimsy merchant delivers oodles of soothing sillinessOh to be Irish!…
Sharing bedrooms and backstage nerves, Lazy Susan and Norris & Parker reveal the intertwined lives of the double actFreya Parker: We started out as a trio called Lebensmüde. It was such…
Coliseum, OldhamKevin Shaw's colourful panto is an enjoyable sugar rush seemingly powered by E-numbersFine Time Fontayne and Simeon Truby make their first entrance as the Ugly Sisters wearin…
Silbert " whose first job was as a Hampstead script reader " will leave Birmingham Rep for her new post in spring 2019Roxana Silbert has been appointed artistic director of Hampstead theatre…
The Yard, LondonThe latest from theatre company Made in China is an arresting monologue about an actor prone to panic attacks and phone addictionA woman in a frilly green dress stands centre…
Duo triumph for performances in Antony and Cleopatra, as Hamilton and Company also land prizesRalph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo's dazzling performances as Antony and Cleopatra at the National…
The actor's one-man shows, marking his 80th birthday, will take him back to old hauntsMany people seek unusual ways to celebrate a big birthday, but it's unlikely that anyone has beaten Sir …
Actor with a remarkable stage presence admired for leading roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal CourtJennie Stoller, who has died of cancer aged 72, was an outstanding acto…
Blackheath Halls, LondonThe comedian performs in the guise of Lucifer on his latest tour, but the material is standard snarkScarlet of skin and horny of head, Marcus Brigstocke plays Lucifer…
Trailblazing comic, Oscar-nominated writer and acting sensation Elaine May is back on Broadway. Nathan Lane, Cybill Shepherd and others reveal what makes her tickThe very idea ought to be mi…
The artistic director of the English National Ballet on dance in the #MeToo age, embracing people's flaws and the thing she misses most on tourBorn in Quebec and raised in Spain, London-base…
Sadler's Wells, LondonMorris's dancers are consigned to margins as the Silkroad Ensemble and two of Azerbaijan's greatest singers conjure lovelorn drama centre stageLayla and Majnun, a 12th-…
National Theatre, London; Minerva, Chichester A jazzy-poppy hybrid of Orpheus lacks depth, while an adaptation of Jane Austen's unfinished novel is an unpredictable treatHadestown begins pro…
York Theatre RoyalPantomime gags drive home the betrayal of the working class in this deft update of Fo's comic caperHunger is the starting point for Italian Nobel prize winner Dario Fo's 19…
The comedian on his controversial documentary, giving white people the shivers on race, and why he's bringing American-style standup to the UKComedian Hari Kondabolu, 36, was born in New Yor…
Actors including Michaela Ewuraba Coel voice their support for the theatre director and say he has never misled anyoneThe media narrative of a white man adopting a black identity to claim fu…
The standup, actor and cartoonist on the things that make her laugh the mostAlfie Brown in his show Scissor. He has a bit about falling in love that is very, very funny. Continue reading...
From The Ballad of Buster Scruggs to Unknown Mortal Orchestra, here's our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
