Her stewardship of Shakespeare's Globe ended in acrimony but a revitalised Emma Rice, now about to launch her own company Wise Children, couldn't be happier"It was on Shakespeare's birthday,…
Young Vic; Royal Court; Greenwich and Docklands international festival, LondonAcclaimed cartoonist Alison Bechdel comes to life in a remarkable new musical, a stranger menaces liberal London…
The standup on his Netflix show, corduroy trousers, his dad's backhanded compliments and the brilliance of female comicsKettering-born James Acaster, 33, a drummer turned comic, has been nom…
Dramatists behind a C4 film and two plays about the referendum must contend with the way facts and key players in this divisive issue are still shiftingIt is the divisive issue that will com…
The Glow star and hit podcaster talks drugs, divorces and his 'horrible' feud with Jon StewartThe night before I meet Marc Maron, I go to his standup show in London. These days Maron is best…
From Leave No Trace to Little Mix, here's our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
Orchard, DartfordMoran shows off his highly quotable brand of crackpot lyricism in routines about midlife travails, hipster scorn and feeling like a 'jelly baby with money'Most standups ease…
Superstar standups, daring dance, Brexit cabaret and a Bon Jovi musical … Dive into our guide to some of the shows at the world's biggest arts festivalGilded Balloon Continue reading...
The American standup, actor and writer on the things that make him laugh the mostThe Miles Davis autobiography. The stories he tells are insane and hilarious. Nothing is funnier than a true …
Ustinov, BathElizabeth Freestone's highly kinetic production matches an often vulnerable Henry with a wonderfully punky KatharineHenry V is a king in name only at the beginning of Elizabeth …
Hampstead theatre, LondonA sparkling cast including Harry Enfield star in Jemma Kennedy's unwieldy play about the commercialisation of conceptionJemma Kennedy's play about the IVF industry s…
After weeks preparing for my role in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie a reviewer called me an 'overweight little girl'. What about my acting?As an actor, your body is a gift. I can use mine to …
Middle-class stories about middle-class problems continue to dominate the stage. That needs to change In 2015, I made a theatre show, The Talk, about my working class family and their workin…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonA superb cast deliver striking performances in a production that is knowingly dissonant, from the costumes to the climaxThe perennial question of this "problem pla…
Deptford, LondonThis tour of the capital's streets at nightfall catches some beautiful unorchestrated moments from other people's livesTethered together with a rope, we are taking a night-ti…
Young Vic, LondonThis adaptation of Alison Bechdel's graphic novel is a beautifully performed mix of memory-play and strip-cartoonOklahoma! this ain't. During his tenure at the Young Vic, ou…
Circle in the Square Theater, New YorkBased on a graphic novel memoir about growing up gay in a funeral home, this smart, sophisticated Broadway musical includes one astonishing performanceF…
Royal Court, LondonCordelia Lynn probes middle-class morals in a drama about a family who house a stranger following an attack on LondonThe mysterious visitor whose presence provokes a moral…
Garrick, LondonNot exactly your usual West End fare (after the bloody splatterfest, you might be feeling a little too queasy to face dinner à deux), Martin McDonagh's play is a hugely enj…
At the annual awards for high school musical theatre, America's most promising talent fought it out for the top prizesThe Jimmy awards, a yearly showcase for the best in high school musical …
Sadler's Wells, LondonNDT present four pieces including a brilliant reunion for Betroffenheit's Crystal Pite and Jonathon YoungNederlands Dans Theater is a company of outstanding dancers and…
Everyman, LiverpoolWith a cacophonous cast of characters, Robert Farquhar's new take on Peer Gynt dashes through the second half of the 20th centuryThe spirit of ensemble, an idea at the hea…
Royal Court, LondonJez Butterworth's last play, Parlour Song, transported us to a housing estate on the edge of a dark forest. Now he takes us into the woods for a bucolic frolic depicting t…
It is the hit that transformed British theatre. As Jez Butterworth's epochal drama returns, our critic chooses the 25 best plays since Jerusalem " from exploited boxers to warring kingsFinan…
As Johnny 'Rooster' Byron, Rylance transformed himself into a strutting, muscular figure in Jez Butterworth's haunting study of a changing EnglandBig claims are often made for Mark Rylance. …