Sadler's Wells, LondonThis energetic, Cuban-ified version of Carmen Jones whizzes by, ricocheting from comedy to melodrama, intimacy to dancing crowdsCarmen La Cubana is a 2016 Cuban makeove…
Giving his partner's daughter free rein during the creative process has resulted in Owen Roberts' most surreal show to date " and the sort of laughs other comics at Edinburgh dream ofIn a sw…
Anne-Marie Duff to star in BBC radio play based on the sprawling and controversial novelThe White Hotel has become known as one of the great unadaptable works of modern literature, almost bu…
Vaudeville theatre, LondonMichael Fentiman's coarse production robs Wilde of his decorum, swapping subtleties and satire for screaming and sexThis is one of those occasions when, in the word…
Summerhall, EdinburghThis thought-provoking experiment in solo theatre has a fascinating concept but it falls short in realityBinge Culture's 25-minute "solo audience experience" Happy Hour …
Underground Railroad Game and On the Exhale are among several shows at the festival exploring the way America sees itselfAs the UK's so-called special relationship with the US becomes increa…
Almeida, LondonThis ingenious high-stakes show uncovers the psychology of those whose financial flutters shook the worldIn place of the Almeida theatre's rows of tip-back seats are 10 semici…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonRylance is a fascinating and nihilistic Iago and André Holland exudes majestic dignity as Othello in Clare van Kampen's lively and unsettling productionAny produc…
Shlomo Bar-Shavit, whose life mirrors the history of Israeli theatre, has appeared in more than 260 productions, including as Nazi doctor Josef Mengele Just shy of 90 years old, Shlomo Bar-S…
Part philosophical meditation, part fantasy, Marguerite Duras's 1982 novella La Maladie de la Mort comes to the stage in a hi-tech Edinburgh festival show There's something about Marguerite …
A former alcoholic, a cancer survivor and a man who lost all his money in a Bitcoin crash are among the comics coming back from the brink at the Edinburgh fringe 'I didn't start drinking unt…
The Drake-related challenge has been condemned by authorities. But from 1,000-hour-long 'jitterbug marathons' to daggering, it's not the first time dance moves have sparked concernThe reacti…
The outspoken star, who has recorded a 'prayer for peace', gives a few clues about how the show might end " and says why he's more comfortable with fantasy than the real world"Let's be hones…
The box office success of Mamma Mia 2 and Broadway buzz over shows centred around music from The Go-Go's, Alanis Morrisette and Cher opens the doors for more big star musicals If jukebox mus…
Event features Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and a sculpture by Antony Gormley at crossing points between north and southVisitors to the only arts festival that straddles the Irish bord…
Actor best known for his roles in the TV series Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Colditz and I, ClaudiusNever on the front cover, but always somehow familiar, Bernard Hepton, who has died aged …
Western art cannot be 'intercultural' without including the historically marginalised people that it claims to representAs artistic director of Ex Machina, creator of some of Cirque du Solei…
Old Red Lion, LondonThis improvised John le Carré parody is only as clever and funny as its liveliest participantsLamplighters is a thriller set in the mould of John le Carré's cold-war sp…
Olivier; Royal Court; National Theatre, LondonRhys Ifans ages well in Patrick Marber's update of Ionesco's classic, while Rory Mullarkey's homage often palls. Plus tales of the River Stage�…
Milton Keynes international festivalA thrilling collaboration between a circus and dance company full of daring leaps and bounds, and a giant Jenga setBlock is one of five circus-inspired ev…
A number of shows at the fringe this year benefit from the readymade intimacy, shared language " and tension " you only get when real-life family members share the stage"I hate feeling emoti…
Singleton Hospital, SwanseaAs part of the NHS70 celebrations, Roy Williams' play takes the temperature of the nursing profession, showing us two women, three generations apart but equally an…
Courtyard, Stratford-upon-AvonIt is no exaggeration to say that this King Lear is long-awaited. Critics, in fact, have been waiting impatiently for nine weeks to get a glimpse of a productio…
Hudson Theatre, New YorkA zippy, frothy combination of songs from the Go-Go's and a bawdy Shakespearean comedy plot delivers goofy, if forgettable, funJust your everyday genderqueer pastoral…
Duke of York's, LondonThe 79-year-old star shines brightest in play's darkest moments, in what may be his last big Shakespearean role on stageA tweet pinned to Sir Ian McKellen's Twitter acc…