O'Flynn collaborated with everyone from John Cage to Sinéad O'Connor - and even poets: "A further pairing was with the poet Seamus Heaney, who explained his love of O'Flynn's playing: 'The …
What gives? Faith and religion used to be the kiss of box office death. Now, as many other box office certainties fall, the film "I Can Only Imagine" has picked up pretty solid box office nu…
The Lord of the Rings actor will star in Tracy Letts' 'adrenaline-fuelled' 1993 play this summerOrlando Bloom will return to the West End to portray a policeman who moonlights as a contract …
Bush, LondonArinzé Kene's one-man show rejects the urban jungle cliches in a heartfelt but too playful exploration of the role of the artistAs we know from One Night in Miami and Girl from …
Cirque du Soleil acrobat Yann Arnaud's fatal fall has cast a shadow over the world of circus on its 250th anniversary. Is audience demand for bigger thrills in the big top driving performers…
Sadler's Wells LondonAlston's latest programme is a touching testament to his half century in the rigorous pursuit of purity in movementFifty years ago Richard Alston was a fierce, skinny bo…
The women who say Harvey Weinstein first molested or raped them and then ruined their careers are fighting back and getting somewhere in Hollywood again, sometimes decades after he took them…
As readers' editor, I have seen that investigating satire and parody as we would a news item can miss the pointThose elegant sages of laughter, EB and Katharine S White, offered this advice …
And sold, of course. Mike Mitchell "took shots of the band as they arrived for their first US concert at the Washington Coliseum two days later, using natural light because he could not affo…
Robbie's plan is to emphasize diverse Australian talent. She said, "I'm taking a lot of meetings with the lesser-known talent at the moment, the indie film-makers, first- and second-time fil…
Henry Moore was a canny and vicious manipulator of the Tate, a former director's diary reveals: "In 1945, the Tate's board was considering whether to purchase a wooden sculpture by Barbara H…
No, really: "Michael Ellis, the arts minister, has put a temporary export bar on the artwork, Lobster Telephone (White Aphrodisiac), by Dalà and Edward James, to give buyers a chance to k…
Nottingham ArenaMcIntyre's endearing observations and self-mockery remain, but there's an inescapable sense of deja vu in a show that breaks no new groundMichael McIntyre's Big World Tour, i…
Ustinov, BathIn Trevor Nunn's handsome but stilted production, an Edwardian painter is caught between her art and the affections of three men'Only little bits of me are developed, and those …
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; Dorfman, National Theatre; Lyric Hammersmith, London; Theatre Royal, BathTragedy meets levity in the RSC's Scottish play. Plus, a captivating …
Sadler's Wells; Royal Opera House, LondonJoyous music and moves vie with the slow-motion final hours of a dying woman as Alain Platel 'sees how far' he can go. And Bernstein to the power of …
The actor spoke about the end of her marriage to James McAvoy on the BBC Radio 4 showAnne-Marie Duff has spoken of the emotional impact of the end of her decade-long marriage to the Scottish…
"I was by no means always an opera fan, and it was the singing that got me in the end. My grandmother and parents had taken me to see a couple of productions when I was younger in the hope o…
In her speech before presenting the Best Director Oscar this year, Emma Stone said, "It is the director whose indelible touch is reflected on every frame." However, writes Ryan Gilbey, "the …
Superbly expressive dancer who went on to be a choreographer and movement directorA lost man and a feral swan: it's an unlikely romance. Yet the dancer and choreographer Scott Ambler created…
The actor, writer and comedian on the things that make her laugh the mostEllen DeGeneres's first HBO One Night Stand special blew my mind. The only reason I keep going in comedy is the hope …
Leicester Square theatre, London The celebrated standup mines her self-doubt and general bafflement with life in a fine hour of extreme idiosyncrasyThe sense of event is palpable at Leiceste…
Royal Festival Hall, LondonVladimir Ashkenazy conducts Prokofiev and Glière as if he was born to do it, eliciting a terrific response from the orchestra Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, the…
Royal Court, LondonMixing poetry and politics, Yorkshire-based rapper Testament has created a witty, innovative piece that says a lot about British identity and racial historyThis is that ra…
St James Theatre, New YorkA likable transfer for the animated phenomenon will please fans but an extended running time highlights a thin plotWant to know the real star of Frozen? That would …