Lyttelton, LondonHare's state-of-the-nation drama pricks the mind and is supported by strong performances but it lacks momentumDavid Hare has acute antennae and in his 17th new play for the …
From dreams of destruction to alien encounters, these fledging companies are making impressive experimental workAt this summer's Edinburgh fringe, Oxford graduates This Noise presented Natha…
Wyndham's, LondonJonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins excel in Florian Zeller's beautifully elusive play, translated by Christopher HamptonThe one sure fact about a play by Florian Zeller is tha…
Urinating into a bin. Getting locked out of his flat naked. Turning violent. Tom Adams' nocturnal behaviour is so unpredictable that he made a show about it with his partner Ten years ago, m…
Julie Burchill has co-written a laboured drama about Brexit set in a London book club, following other referendum-themed duds. Is the problem that " like Brexit itself " they're just too par…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonBryony Kimmings' deeply personal show is an exhilarating ride via pop video, horror movie, art installation and therapy sessionWho's up for an offbeat musical ab…
Young Vic, LondonThe artistic director opens his first season with a festive, expertly choreographed production but it misses Shakespeare's blend of laughter and sadnessKwame Kwei-Armah open…
Actor says comedian aggressively dismissed suspicions about dance partner as she ends five-year relationship The actor Rebecca Humphries has issued a statement urging women not to stay with …
Out with abstraction and virtuosity for its own sake: these idealistic young choreographers are making empowering work that tackles big issues"I always say I just want to save the world," sa…
Her hit drama The Diary of a Hounslow Girl was picked up by the BBC. Now, the fast-rising playwright is capturing the female experience of London gang culture Ambreen Razia always describes …
Polka, LondonDespite the ornate animal masks and traditional dancing, Jatinder Verma's production fails to capture the thrill of the Panchatantra tales The Panchatantra might have been conce…
The US comic is cynical about competitive virtue-signalling in a show that doesn't directly respond to allegations against him but is full of friction What happens to men accused of sexual m…
The RSC's revival of Edgar's 1985 drama about leftwing politics coincides with David Hare's latest study of the Labour partyTwo dramatists who share a generation and a first name " David Edg…
Smock Alley, Dublin Annie Ryan provides a new perspective on Arthur Miller's short story and film in this brooding, intelligent showAnnie Ryan, who successfully adapted A Girl Is a Half-Form…
A quick-stepping dance from the townships has gone mainstream thanks to its crazy energy, competitive edge and campaigning forceIn the beginning, it was all about the shoes. In the early 195…
He has put an Isis fighter's mother in the Ghent Altarpiece and restaged a murder. Now the Swiss director plans to get radicalWhen Milo Rau first saw the Ghent Altarpiece, one detail leapt o…
Gate/Abbey theatre, DublinYaël Farber's Hamlet offers freshly minted thrills, while Aaron Monaghan brings demonic glee to the role of Richard IIIShakespeare, unusually, dominates the two …
Birmingham HippodromeDavid Bintley begins his final season in Birmingham with a blaze of glory, in two pieces inspired by the past but facing the futureThis week, Birmingham Royal Ballet ope…
Harold Pinter theatre, Wilton's Music Hall, LondonA double helping of short Pinter plays delivers the playwright's trademark punch, while a series of London tales offers Dickens in the age o…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThis sublime show features breakdancing, birdsong and a duet that is an insight into the secrets of choreography itselfThey say it's the quiet ones you have to watch ou…
Actor and singer with a record of West End successes and a variety of screen rolesThe actor Sheila White, who has died of heart failure aged 69, was given her big break at the age of 17, whe…
The Malawian standup and Britain's Got Talent runner-up on the things that make him laugh the mostI went to Chris Rock's Total Blackout tour. On the way, myself and comedian Tony Vino got in…
Purcell Room, LondonThe Beijing-based choreographer offers a fascinating reappraisal of a propagandist balletIn the first years of China's Cultural Revolution, there were only eight "model p…
From A Star Is Born to Reckonings, here's our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
Cambridge Arts theatreAdrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer write and star in a Beckettian comedy about two past-it thesps making a sci-fi film on the edge of a volcanoOnce they were The Young O…