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The Place, LondonSarah Blanc doesn't pull her punches in her commentary on the beauty industry. Plus, ballet's most famous star in a cinema near you…The performer and choreographer Sarah B…
Crucible Studio, SheffieldThin characterisation and half-formed scenes mar this play about women, race and Labour politics set in a northern cityChris Bush's new play, directed by Rebecca Fr…
Royal Exchange, Manchester; Theatre Royal East Stratford; Trafalgar Studios, LondonJade Anouka is compelling in Jeanie O'Hare's bold take on Shakespeare and the life of Margaret of AnjouA fe…
Gate theatre, LondonGuilt, anguish and female torment shape a spectacular star turn in this revival of Jean Cocteau's study of a woman on the brinkJean Cocteau's 50-minute monologue of a wom…
Playwrights and actors write letter claiming NTW is ridding itself of its theatrical identityForty playwrights and actors have launched a withering attack on National Theatre Wales (NTW), ac…
The first African American principal dancer to star in a major ballet companyA star of New York City Ballet and the co-founder of Dance Theatre of Harlem, Arthur Mitchell was also the first …
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonThis true story of a village facing down the plague ripples with potential but Matt Hartley's play is blighted by a lack of focusOne hour into Matt Hartley's new p…
Two productions in Manchester rework five Shakespeare plays so as to put his female characters centre stageFemale writers and directors, impatient with male-dominated Shakespeare, are offeri…
Ivo van Hove directs adaptation of Bette Davis-propelled Hollywood classicGillian Anderson is to play a role made famous by Bette Davis when she takes the lead in a West End stage adaptation…
UK theatre is so lacking in diversity that BAME artists are seen as cultural ambassadors who are expected and allowed to make a certain kind of workArtists have a love/hate relationship with…
Print Room at the Coronet, LondonOkri holds faithfully to the philosopher-novelist's voice and vision in a striking staging with Sam Frenchum as Meursault'Mother died today. Or maybe yesterd…
Mitchell broke barriers as the first African American to dance with the New York City Ballet " beginning a long, distinguished career Continue reading...
Dancer broke barriers for African Americans in the 1950s in leading roles with the New York City Ballet Arthur Mitchell, who broke barriers for African Americans in the 1950s as a dancer wit…
SPID theatre, LondonHelena Thompson's passionate and pacy drama is a celebration and defence of social housing'I'd love to call time on this, the world's worst play," says Em, a council esta…
Almeida director Rupert Goold says Anne Washburn's new play Shipwreck will 'wrestle with what Trump is both politically and existentially'A "nightmarish comedy" about Donald Trump, with char…
The Swan, Stratford-on-AvonThis striking new take on Molière by the writers behind Citizen Khan sends up religious phoniness and secular pretensionThese days, every classic play seems to be…
Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh With 50/50 gender-split casting, this comedy of disguise and identity enjoys a playful makeoverYou get a sense of the playfulness of Wils Wilson's trippy take on Shak…
Bristol Old VicDavid Greig finds humour amid the horror in this triumphant stage adaptation of the mountaineering memoirClimbing high mountains is often used as a metaphor for other ominousl…
The work of his friend and fellow playwright, says Penhall, was warm, incisive, unassuming but clever " just like the man'You're not going to like me …" Thus began The Libertine, the most …
The former head of BBC comedy claims catchphrases are out of fashion. But as Corporal Jones might say, 'Don't panic!' There's life in sloganeering yet Catchphrase comedy is a dying art, acco…
Crucible, SheffieldBush tackles sexism and racial prejudice in a cross-generational commentary on contemporary politicsIn Chris Bush's new play, steel is a multi-faceted metaphor. It's resol…
'Nobody knows what jokes are these days, especially men. That's why I'm presenting alone,' Hannah Gadsby joked during her brief but much talked about appearance at the 2018 Emmy awards. The …
British dramatist, whose plays included Valued Friends and I Just Stopped By to See the Man, is celebrated for nurturing later generationsTributes have been paid to the influential British p…
The Trills musician is used to her lyrics being used in trailers but her play Songlines puts her in the spotlight with the actors Playwrights don't usually share the stage with the performer…
Old Vic, LondonThis hip-hop-infused story of Sylvia Pankhurst's struggle and socialism has the audience on its feet in acclamation If you create a musical about (British) history with a pred…
