Comedian attacked by men on mopeds thanks fans for being 'amazingly supportive'Michael McIntyre has thanked his "amazingly supportive" fans during his first show since being robbed by thieve…
When Rebecca Hall read it she couldn't breathe. After Fiona Shaw played the role she got letters full of loneliness. This is the true story behind Sophie Treadwell's trailblazing playIn 1927…
Josie Rourke describes her successor at London theatre as 'one of the most gifted, original and impressive directors in the country'Michael Longhurst has been appointed as the new artistic d…
Bridge theatre, LondonElizabeth Strout's novel works outstandingly on stage, thanks to sole performer Linney's nuanced command of the narrativeNovels, depending on the stream of time, rarely…
★★★★☆/★★☆☆☆The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon Can Dündar's jail memoir inspires an audacious drama while the presumed murder of…
Lineup for 71st edition includes hard-hitting debuts and plenty of nostalgia An array of provocative debuts will mix with a heavy dose of nostalgia at the 71st Edinburgh fringe festival this…
Performed at St Giles-in-the-Fields, The End of History outlines site's transformation from gin-soaked squalor to swanky hangoutIn William Hogarth's celebrated print Gin Lane, the church of …
Scarcroft Allotments, YorkMikron's show about East End women's sacrifices for suffrage awkwardly seesaws between parody and sincerityMikron aim to make theatre for everyone, so it's apt that…
Orange Tree, RichmondEmily Schwend's play about a mum with two jobs, three kids and a feckless husband pays homage to female enduranceWatching Emily Schwend's prize-winning play about the da…
No ballet virgin could star as Margot Fonteyn without going through the pain barrier. Just ask Anne-Marie Duff, writes Luke JenningsFor the 40-year-old ballerina, life can be cruel, as Margo…
French showman-philosopher begs London audience to save the European project It was, said audience member Anne von Bennigsen afterwards, "really very French. Fascinating, but just not very .…
Show starring Kelli O'Hara and Ken Watanabe to get 14-week run in UK before tour of AsiaFestooned with awards and five-star reviews, the Broadway production of the classic musical The King a…
On theatre's biggest night, revivals including Angels in America vie for top honors while recent sensations like Harry Potter look to win best playDespite the 2017-2018 season being the high…
Finborough, LondonDavid Heneker and Warner Brown's musical captures the heady excitement of the burgeoning movie businessPre-talkies Hollywood constantly seduces musical-makers. This forgott…
Soho theatre, LondonUys delivers an engaging memoir about his life, from 1940s Cape Town to a regime-mocking drag actPart memoir, part nostalgia trip for white South Africans, Pieter-Dirk Uy…
As her horror comedy Blueberry Toast is staged in London, the Texan talks about how Christianity informs everything she writesIt's a sunny Sunday morning in a middle-American kitchen. Walt w…
Octagon, BoltonThe audience enjoy a Cliff singalong on the top deck as they soak up the feelgood hit of the summerSometimes the stars align and fate smiles on a production. When Elizabeth Ne…
Publicly funded art is still dominated by a privileged elite who fail to engage the majority of the populationFrom Edward Bond's generation of working-class writers to the flowering of compa…
Lyttelton theatre, LondonExposing the myth of the happy nuclear family has long been a staple of American drama. If Tracy Letts's play, in a magnificent Chicago Steppenwolf production by Ann…
Comedian forced to hand over valuables to hammer-wielding thieves on mopeds near his children's school in LondonThe comedian Michael McIntyre was robbed by moped-riding thieves armed with ha…
Trafalgar Studios, London This revival of Tracy Letts's violent play about a grotesquely dysfunctional family keeps the audience uncomfortable Even with a big movie star, Orlando Bloom, in t…
From Cleopatra to Volumnia, Shakespeare wrote some glorious roles for female actors, but blokes get many of the best lines " and, in contemporary drama, still do Nel mezzo del cammin di nost…
A number of comedy classics are being reinterpreted for the stage as 'joke-box' musicals. Can they avoid the pitfalls of previous sitcom adaptations?Over the weekend, it has been revealed th…
Rupert Everett's long-awaited film about Oscar Wilde is on the way, and he answered your questions on everything from Hamlet to Ken Loach 1.59pm BST Rupert Everett has now left. Thanks for …
Robert White is turning Britain's Got Talent into Britain's Got Tolerance " and demolishing Asperger's myths on the way' Frances Ryan: Britain's Got Talent: Lost Voice Guy's victory is a win…