"The Deminer" - a documentary about a Kurdish Peshmerga officer who disarms mines - "makes for nervous viewing. Each of the four detonations we see ratchets up the sense of inevitability. It…
The standup, actor and writer lifts the lid on the things that make him laugh the mostThere was a caricature done of me that I found online and they basically made my nose a dick! You probab…
Chichester festival theatrePlayed as a broad farce, Sean Foley's revival starring Rufus Hound ignores Noël Coward's faultless verbal stylingsRufus Hound, whose recent roles include Mr Toa…
Hampstead Downstairs, LondonBlack Mirror meets Brave New World in a chilling debut play by Ella Road starring the terrific Jade AnoukaBea (Jade Anouka), a phlebotomist, falls head over heels…
Bernard B Jacobs Theater, New YorkThe Oscar-winner takes lead duties in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's epic downer and while his star power is as bright as ever, the production has problemsHe…
Lillian Baylis theatre, LondonCarlos Pons Guerra's production for DeNada Dance Theatre is a lurid mix of melodrama and showmanshipYoung Spanish-born choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra has been…
"[The author] told fans today that the long-awaited sixth volume in his Game of Thrones fantasy series, The Winds of Winter, would not be published this year - but softened the blow by revea…
"Brace yourselves for a wave of Godard nostalgia. It's 50 years since Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and co. closed down the 1968 Cannes film festival in solidarity with student prote…
Nina Gold's role is invisible, and yet her taste has shaped much of what we watch on film and TV. By Sophie ElmhirstEarlier this year, the casting director Nina Gold sat at the back of the s…
Royal Court Upstairs, LondonAnthony Neilson considers the male reaction to #MeToo in a well-meaning yet toothless two-handerJess and Jimmy are in their late 30s and have been together for ni…
Lyttelton, LondonJoe Hill-Gibbins gives Rodney Ackland's drama the full expressionist works in a production full of visual bravuraAt the curtain call for this revival of Rodney Ackland's 195…
Performers to grace the Victorian stage in London after a gap of 80 years, once lottery-funded revamp finishes this summerFor the first time in more than 80 years, regular performances are t…
The early days of the National Theatre were thrilling for Joan Plowright and her husband Laurence Olivier, its first artistic directorMy very first connection with the National Theatre began…
In The Prudes, the playwright satirises men's response to the current political moment. He explains how it was created from scratch in rehearsalsFirst day of rehearsals. Really happy to be b…
It's a nice idea: promote the art of letter-writing by alluding to the Bard's Romeo and Juliet. There's only one snag in the plot, as many have been quick to point outName: Royal Mail.Age: 5…
Appearing on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Hank Azaria said, "I think the most important thing is to listen to Indian people and their experience with it. Listening to voices means inc…
Traverse, EdinburghA mother's fear that her toddler has been abused sends her into a nightmarish state of anxiety in Frances Poet's playWhen Iago causes Othello to doubt himself, it only tak…
Almeida, LondonElla Hickson's riveting play about a writer exploring the sexual revolution boasts a shining performance from Romola GaraiElla Hickson struck gold with her last play, Oil (201…
Luhrmann's stage version of his film didn't get critics telling him to Foxtrot Oscar, but they didn't throw flowers at his feet eitherNot everyone likes Baz Luhrmann's high camp directorial …
When a rape trial ends in acquittal, what do the anonymous women who made the claims do next? They are the women whose voices we rarely hear, whose faces we are not allowed to print in the n…
The National's magnificent production of Caryl Churchill's English civil war play resonates powerfully todayCaryl Churchill's Light Shining in Buckinghamshire was written in 1976, is set aro…
Piccadilly, LondonWill Young entertains in a sequined catsuit but this laborious version of the charming film is a step in the wrong directionI don't know if it's been spotted already, but B…
In 1971, a boy named Frank saw Johnny Cash live. It changed his life. The comedian reveals why he has written " and starred in " a drama about the hellraising singer's infamous fight with an…
Orange Tree, Richmond Set in a Shropshire village, Joe White's tender and wise play is suffused with grief, loss " and unexpected laughsIt's cold comfort down on the pig farm in this heartbr…
The Alphabet (Google) subsidiary "says it removed 8.3m videos for breaching its community guidelines between October and December last year as it tries to address criticism of violent and of…