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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. …
The chewy language, the characters' sad bombast and above all the sense of place: England. This play is a chronicle of us, nowThe Jerusalem we have seen so widely feted " from the West End t…
According to the reviews, the 'arrestingly husky' Lohan has 'genuine if unstable star presence' and 'breathless naivety' in her West End debut' Speed-the-Plow: in pictures' Why Mamet's play …
In her stateside comeback, the 57-year-old stand-up combines sharp jabs and political catharsis after being threatened over her now-infamous Trump photoIf there were such a thing as the perf…
Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonThis superb production creeps into every corner of the outdoor space, as the battle for children's souls intensifies Britten in the park? A ghost story …
Watermill theatre, NewburyRave music thumps as Jasper Britton plays the refusenik in an intimate revival of the drama about Albion's dark heartIt takes courage to revive a play that was deem…
It's time to stop 'cripping up' " it turns disability into a defining feature, disrupts the story and makes the audience become voyeurs of differenceOccasionally, as an actor, you get a job.…
He was standing around, minding his own business, Julian Rhind-Tutt tells Zoe Williams, when he got 'very, very lucky' and became an actor. Couldn't talent, she asks, have had something to d…
Storyhouse, ChesterGeraldine Alexander directs a slow-burning production of Arthur Miller's play with a deeply unsettling performance by Leigh QuinnThe corruptive influence of power. The age…
Greenwich and Docklands international festival, LondonSouthpaw's open-air work combines the combative prowess of its performers with punchily rhythmic dynamicsNewcastle-based Southpaw Dance …
The whip-smart comic talks about mocking Piers Morgan and Donald Trump, mixing scorn with good cheer and moving from songs to satire'Determined cheerfulness is something I happen to do very …
Our step-by-step guide to mastering the moves for a summer of danceWhat Tony Matterhorn's 2006 dancehall hit of the same name helped to popularise this Jamaican style " a wild, whiplash-tast…
Curve, LeicesterSue Townsend's tormented teenage hero makes a jaunty appearance in this smart, low-key musical adaptationIt is more than 30 years since Sue Townsend created Adrian Mole, the …
Underbelly, South Bank, LondonThe Londoner turned US Daily Show star shows herself more clown than commentator as she unpicks British race relations and Anglo-Nigerian manners Last month, UK…
Chester CathedralIn a break from tradition this year, Chester's Mystery Plays are performed inside the city's cathedral. The setting suits them " and they it. Stage lanterns blaze on to a ma…
LIFT Crossness Pumping Station, London; LIFT Royal Court, London; Dorfman Theatre, London; LIFT King's Cross, LondonDuke Riley's illuminated pigeons are a soaraway success, while Anna Deaver…
Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler's Wells, LondonAΦE's first major work explores psychoanalytical themes through cutting-edge technologyAΦE is a dance company founded by Aoi Nakamura and Es…
Old Vic, LondonFor the second time in a week we are confronted by a play set in the summer of 1936 dealing with domestic and social upheaval. Like Peter Flannery's Burnt By The Sun, Brian Fr…
Gate, DublinThe author's adaptation of his comic novel about an unplanned pregnancy is filled with nostalgic touches and noisy energyRoddy Doyle's recent books have delved into such difficul…
When the Beat Drops, a new documentary, follows a close-knit circle of black gay men in Atlanta who lead double lives " professionals by day, dancers by nightWhen the Beat Drops, a new docum…
Andrew Lloyd Webber's New London theatre is renamed after Cats choreographerCarried to the stage on a golden throne and surrounded by dancers from the musical Cats, the choreographer Dame Gi…
Ticket sales fall after media outlets close to PM say show promotes 'deviant way of life'The Hungarian State Opera House has cancelled 15 performances of the musical Billy Elliot after ticke…
The comedian, writer and Foster's Edinburgh comedy award winner on the things that make him laugh the mostEverything in Airplane! Leslie Nielsen's nose growing as he tells the passengers eve…
Barbican, LondonThe 1971 debate on feminism is deconstructed in an almost pitch-perfect Wooster Group productionOn 30 April 1971, Norman Mailer squared up to feminism in a public debate at N…
Leeds bike champion Beryl Burton's remarkable story will play in home city to coincide with Tour de France's opening stagesFor most actors, playing Hamlet would be enough for a single year "…
