The actor and comedian explains how her debut play, 3Women, captures the age divide within feminism " and the defiance of the #MeToo eraI recently gave a talk at a girls' high school. I ment…
This clever PG Wodehouse tribute reproduces the manners of the Edwardian English upper classes, while cunningly sending them up' Bertie Wooster or Jez from Peep Show? Take our quiz' Mark Hea…
Minerva, ChichesterThe stage becomes a memorial as two families a continent apart confront unimaginable loss in this vivid revival of debbie tucker green's prescient works'The worst is not /…
Ustinov Studio, Bath; The Bridge; Vaudeville, LondonA morbidly obese man is trapped with his regrets and his furious daughter in the Ustinov's superb revival of Samuel D Hunter's The WhaleTh…
The Place, LondonAhn Sungsoo impresses with his gracefully balanced work for the Korea National Contemporary Dance CompanyThe Korea National Contemporary Dance Company was founded by the cou…
York Theatre RoyalJonathan Lewis stars in his own perceptive play about exam pressures within a familyThis timely four-hander explosively explores the pressures of our exam-obsessed educatio…
Barbican, LondonDance and spoken word combine in an evocative retelling of Kane's violent play about rape, madness and abuseHorrors haunt the text of Crave, the 1998 play by Sarah Kane in wh…
Judi Dench and Glenda Jackson among actors interviewed in first global 'marathon broadcast' from theatre across TwitterA glittering lineup of actors including Judi Dench, Glenda Jackson and …
It is Britain's favourite type of humour, the go-to gag for everyone from Carry On stars to Bake Off hosts. But are fnarr fnarr jokes just another example of male sexual entitlement?If you w…
Lawyers for the late novelist, and for producers of Aaron Sorkin's stage adaptation, have agreed a deal that will allow the show to open in DecemberAaron Sorkin's stage adaptation of To Kill…
The Old Market, Hove With songs about Jacob Rees-Mogg and moonboots, the artist gives us wacky indie rock for car exhausts and one-string guitars " but the truly quirky moments are spread to…
The actor, writer and standup on the things that make him laugh the mostGreg Davies. His face, his stories, his sweet bod. Continue reading...
The story of 1930s player Matthias Sindelar seemed a great subject for the stage. But the cast of The Paper Man had other ideasIt's easy to see why a theatre company might want to put the st…
Royal Exchange Studio, ManchesterThis brilliantly witty show asks who the classics are for " and what Chekhov's play means for young women todayA woman in a wedding-cake dress twirls, a larg…
Thanks to The Hour, playwright Abi Morgan has enjoyed an incredibly prolific year. Next up, a Thatcher biopic starring Meryl Streep, a Steve McQueen film about sex and a play about GodAbi Mo…
He has blazed his way through theatre and opera. Now, the great director Calixto Bieito is reflecting on his fears in a highly personal concertThe scene is northern Spain, some time in the e…
Her Majesty's, LondonWe have had some pretty grim experiences in musical theatre in recent years. We have seen people turned into roller-skating ciphers, dwarfed by laser-beams and sententio…
Hampstead theatre, LondonRajiv Joseph's ambitious three-hour drama features an outstanding performance from David BirrellIt is tough luck on Rajiv Joseph that his play, first seen in Houston…
Sadler's Wells, LondonRelentless waves of words wash over the beautiful island in Formosa, the farewell work by visionary choreographer Lin Hwai-minIt will be an epochal moment when Lin Hwai…
Exclusive: Danny Dyer, Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig among stars of London seasonA starry lineup of actors including Martin Freeman, Jane Horrocks, Tamsin Greig, David Suchet and Danny Dye…
Theatre Royal Haymarket, London Sergey Kuryshev shines as a nuclear scientist stuck in a moral maze in this vivid staging of Vasily Grossman's sprawling novelConsciously modelled on War and …
In The Deal, he made a gripping TV drama out of the Blair-Brown pact. Now, in his first play, Peter Morgan is taking on another clash of titans: Richard Nixon and David Frost. He talks to Ga…
Written in the 1890s, censored in the 1960s, tale of young desire Spring Awakening is back on stage as a musicalA story once banned from the British stage due to its celebration of adolescen…
Bridge theatre, LondonClaire Skinner is outstanding as a bereaved mother trying to save her farm in Barney Norris's poignant new play, but the venue overwhelms the drama's delicacy All the q…
Show opening in Sheffield looks at hidden history of female and black circus performersMiss La La was the star of the show when Edgar Degas painted her in 1879 hanging by her teeth from the …