New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeTheresa Heskins expertly blends the political and the personal in her version of Elizabeth Robins's 1907 dramaLights go up on the dispatch boxes and mace at the …
Laban theatre, LondonThe seriously impressive young Belgian choreographer concludes her Nietzschean trilogy with dance that's stripped to the boneTara D'Arquian is a Belgian choreographer ba…
Bristol Old Vic; Royal Exchange, Manchester; The Yard, London The Cherry Orchard springs to life in Michael Boyd's thrillingly vital Bristol Old Vic production. In Manchester, April De Angel…
Chichester Festival theatre's artistic director on his Welsh childhood, gender balance " and taking Who Wants to Be a Millionaire's 'coughing major' to the West EndRaised in the Rhondda Vall…
The nominations for the Olivier awards are out, and " to the surprise of no one " Hamilton is the big hitter, with a record-making 13 nominations. Its cast were out in force at a lunch for B…
Milton Keynes theatreBrett McKenzie and Jemaine Clement return with a magisterial performance"Some of you are probably thinking, 'Gosh, they look a lot older,'" says Bret McKenzie, during on…
The standup and Chinese graduate on the things that make him laugh the mostI want to be nice and say one of my friends but that feels like a waste when this article is supposed to be about p…
Hampstead theatre, LondonAmy Ng's second play is given a crisp, clear and well-acted production, but it tries to compress a few too many big issuesThere are few topical concerns that don't s…
Royal Opera House, LondonA revelatory tribute to Leonard Bernstein features designs by Erdem and a set by Edmund de Waal, with the music of Chichester Psalms and SerenadeThere's a kinetic ki…
Marquis Theatre, New YorkAn island-based assembly of the hit-maker's most loved tracks is an undemanding watch that could have benefited from more nuanceEscape to Margaritaville, the Jimmy B…
Actor was at the launch of National Theatre initiative Let's Play to encourage more theatre-making in primary schoolsSir Lenny Henry has criticised cuts in school drama teaching as a scandal…
A gripping story of the Calais camp. A caper about media greed. A pair of startling dramas from Caryl Churchill. Leading playwrights choose their favourite political playsJoe Murphy and Joe …
Estate alleges Aaron Sorkin's script breaches undertakings to stay faithful to Lee's novel, altering characters including Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson and Scout FinchThe estate of Harper Lee …
As the murderous $1bn musical returns to London, composer John Kander and Ann Reinking, one of the first Roxies, unpick the secrets of its successIn the spring of 1924, Maurine Watkins, a yo…
Celebration of young people and end of first world war are key themes of this year's eventThe Edinburgh international festival is to celebrate the virtuosity of youth and mark the harrowing …
It was 1971 when Geraldine Stephenson was retained as dance and movement consultant on the BBC's TV series of Dennis Potter's Casanova. As the director, I was setting up a studio reconstruct…
Readers salute the vaudevillian comedian and singer, who died on Sunday aged 90I cried when I heard about Ken Dodd's passing (Obituary, 13 March). What a legend! What is particularly sad is …
"[This] isn't to say 2017 wasn't a good year for the short story - it was, but the 'renaissance of the short story' story is an old one that is rolled out year after year. Does that matter? …
Royal Exchange, ManchesterBlending gothic horror and moral parable, this adaptation is skilfully stitched together by April De Angelis and Matthew XiaThere are said to be more than 55 theatr…
"The image of Stephen Hawking ... in his motorised wheelchair, with head contorted slightly to one side and hands crossed over to work the controls, caught the public imagination, as a true …
The Yard, LondonJosh Azouz's horror-tinged play, with an eight-month-old baby played by an adult, comes over like surrealistic Harold PinterNur (Hoda Bentaher) and Jaden (Noof McEwan) have t…
In Francis Turnly's trilogy one schoolgirl becomes a cat and another goes missing. The sheep farmer turned dramatist discusses The Great Wave, about North Koreans forced into prostitution'I …
Award-winning costume supervisor, passionate about theatre, who strove for perfectionThe costume supervisor Stephanie Arditti, who has died aged 61 after a long illness, worked on an extraor…
English National Ballet's artistic boss voices distress at reports of unhappiness in the company Tamara Rojo, the prima ballerina turned artistic boss of English National Ballet, has defende…
Theatre 503, LondonA militant teenager grapples with politics and older relatives in Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm's profound, beautifully staged playWhat is it like for young black children to…