Miles Chapman and Mark O'Sullivan, creators and stars of the builders sitcom, on the things that make them laugh the mostMC: Most things by Vic & Bob. Top two Shooting Stars sketches hav…
Unicorn, LondonThe enterprising children in Tim Crouch's moving comedy learn that growing up is hard to doIf you've ever looked in the mirror and seen a glimpse of your 10-year-old self, or …
Golden theatre, New York Edward Albee's psychodrama spells out the crueller fortunes of life for three ages of the same woman, leavened with some comic sympathyExistential dread comes very w…
When Islamabad was built as the capital of a newly independent Pakistan, it was the "old bookshops" that gave the neighbourhoods a spirit and character beyond the insipid soullessness that p…
Arts theatre, LondonAn over-the-top paean to stage ambition ends up in thrall to the world it tries to parodyCamp, says one of the gay men in Matthew Lopez's new play, The Inheritance, is li…
"Three years since the Man Booker began allowing any author writing in English and published in the UK to enter, 99% of Folio Academy members who responded to the question have said that the…
American artist Michael Rakowitz, whose family were Iraqi Jewish refugees, made a replica of the lamassu (a winged bull with a human head) which stood at the ruins of the ancient city of Nin…
NST City, SouthamptonChelsea Walker's intriguing take on Tennessee Williams's play conjures illusions before cruelly dismantling themI don't want realism. I want magic!" cries Blanche Dubois…
In his new show, Akram Khan will give his final performances as a dancer in a full-length piece. He explains how he merged the Prometheus myth with the tale of a shell-shocked colonial soldi…
Young Vic, LondonStephen Daldry directs a stellar cast, including Vanessa Redgrave, in a rollercoaster epic about gay men in New YorkThis is quite something: a two-part, seven-hour play by M…
Reporter Ryan Gibney: "Even with the release in 1987 of Maurice, they batted away any prying questions about their private lives. When I ask Ivory why this was, he comes as close to calling …
Loo queue view | Boris Johnson's non-apology | Bottle deposit schemes | Plastic-free in France | Caned for passing the 11-plusWe are sorry for the inconvenience experienced by Gill Glover (L…
Gags, tickling sticks and crowds five-deep marked the funeral of the vaudevillian comedian"My favourite sound is laughter," said Ken Dodd. "It's a beautiful sound; well worth working for. I'…
David Eldridge, Simon Stephens and Alecky Blythe have all been moved by watching non-professional productions of their plays. They explain the appealDavid Eldridge's romcom Beginning has jus…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterA lawyer adrift in Hong Kong summons the spirit of her Chinese grandmother to explore their shared history " and a passion for foodHelen is a Cambridge-educated law…
"Homes across Belgium have been raided by police investigating allegations that counterfeit Russian avant garde works were exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent. The display of 26 pi…
Rupert Goold was left an out-of-date bottle of cassis. Josie Rourke received wisdom " and a warning. Jackie Wylie banned talk of Black Watch. Three ADs on taking over the top jobThe British …
An overseas buyer was prevented from purchasing the 1640 book after the UK government intervened, allowing the University of Edinburgh to buy the 'extraordinary' collectionGiving a rare insi…
Hayes Theater, New YorkA stylish production of Kenneth Lonergan's 2001 play is brimming with smart dialogue and fine performances Lobby Hero is a play about the way we justify ourselves to o…
The female experience of disease is at the heart of an extraordinary and moving showWhen Lara Veitch walks on stage in A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer " until then, a giddy, scatterb…
The biggest disparity was seen at Hachette UK, where the median gender pay gap was 24.71%, and the mean gender pay gap was 29.69%. Hachette attributed the imbalance to issues including the h…
The world's optimum population is less than two billion people " 5.6 billion fewer than on the planet today, he argues, and there is an increasing toxification of the entire planet by synthe…
Royal Shakespeare Theatre toilets | Women's Aid | Karren Brady | MnemonicsRe your article "Time to end the queue for women's loos" (G2, 22 March), when I visited the newly refurbished R…
Silk Street theatre, LondonGuildhall School of Music and Drama students deliver a stirring revival of Odets' forgotten state-of-the-union storySpurned by the New York critics in 1935, Cliffo…
The book, published in 2016 by an Indian publishing house, contained biographies of 11 "amazing leaders." "According to Pegasus's description of the book, which also featured Napoleon Bonapa…