Royal Court, LondonAnna Deavere Smith's powerful one-woman show highlights the shocking injustices faced by African Americans 'This is American history, not African American history," clarif…
The British director on the genius of Joan Armatrading, the best organic pub in London, and the film she turns to for inspirationFilm, theatre and opera director Phyllida Lloyd was born in B…
Children's Wood and North Kelvin Meadow, GlasgowNational Theatre of Scotland's pioneering play transports the audience into the individual worlds of autistic performers"Embrace nature," says…
Barbican, LondonSix survivors of physical violence re-enact their experiences in Rhiannon Faith's raw, eloquent showDomestic abuse is not a comfortable subject for a dance piece, but choreog…
Lost memoir reveals playwright's vanities and key friendshipsFrom the haunting theatricality of An Inspector Calls, to the comic charm of The Good Companions and When We Are Married, the boo…
The comedian and actor on childhood barbecues, hockey, and the power of cheeseMy mother insisted we got permission before opening the fridge. She had a preternatural ability to know where I …
The pianist and composer's career spanned more than 50 years, including a stint as artistic director of the Bolshoi theatreRussian conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky has died at the age of 87,…
Donmar; Lyttelton; Almeida; all LondonLia Williams makes the role of Miss Jean Brodie her own, while Vanessa Kirby's Julie is a wild party girl in Polly Stenham's vicious, witty update of St…
Charles Dickens's public readings were dramatic, hypnotic and hugely popular. But they may also have been the death of him, says Matt ShinnWas Charles Dickens the first pop star? That is the…
Sheffield Crucible There are strong performances in an adaptation that gets closer to Ken Kesey's novel than the popular film versionWhen Ken Kesey's novel was first staged in 1963, he told …
Ambassadors theatre, LondonThe actor-playwright finds rich drama in the interaction of war and weather in a show with a powerful contemporary resonance"How can the weather ever be boring?" a…
British Theatre Guide apologises to Nicola Coughlan after Miss Jean Brodie reviewThe British Theatre Guide has apologised to the Derry Girls actor Nicola Coughlan after one of its reviewers …
The east London actor and comedian lets us in on the things that make her laugh the mostAs a kid, I loved Kenny Everett. During one sketch, he plays Rod Stewart in tight lepoardskin pants si…
Hit musical, which vice-president was booed at during a 2016 performance, opened at Kennedy Center for three-month runThe mega-hit musical Hamilton made a triumphant debut in Washington on T…
Minerva, ChichesterWilliam Wycherley's 1675 comedy of manners and morals gets a modern-day update starring Susannah FieldingIs it always necessary to update Restoration comedy? Two months ag…
Venues in Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield are putting work by refugees and asylum seekers at their heartIn 2013, West Yorkshire Playhouse staged Refugee Boy, an adaptation of Benjamin Zephan…
Arcola, LondonFemi Elufowoju Jr directs an arresting version of Lola Shoneyin's novel about marital power-play and sexual envy"Sir, you will deposit your sperm inside," a hospital nurse inst…
She lived a sensational life " but it was her assumption of her equality that made Maya Angelou radical, as I rediscovered when turning I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings into radio dramaI've b…
Barbican, LondonRhiannon Faith's urgent show uses dance and participatory theatre to raise awareness about domestic violenceThis isn't your usual game of pass-the-parcel. The silver-paper pa…
Actor is cast opposite Stephen Dillane in production to be directed by Katie Mitchell Cate Blanchett is to return to the UK stage for the first time in seven years when she makes her debut a…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonLia Williams is superb in David Harrower's adaptation of the novel, directed by Polly FindlayI can think of more urgent requirements for the British theatre than yet …
Their Julius Caesar was met with applause " and derision. As Josie Rourke and Kate Pakenham prepare to leave the Donmar, they reflect on how they changed the theatre landscape"Quite a senior…
A pioneering theatre project exploring the trials of life in Gaza links performers on different continents by live-streamed videoArtists in London and Gaza are to launch a series of simultan…
Bruce Pascoe and Stephen Page tell how a joking remark led to Bangarra's latest productionFifteen thousand years before the Egyptians, Aboriginal Australians were grinding grain " making the…
Compiled from three years' worth of interviews, Anna Deavere Smith's Notes from the Field confronts the criminal justice system and inequality in the USFour storeys above the chaos of a blis…