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Battersea Arts Centre, LondonPost-9/11 anxieties come to the fore in a muddled show that likens rehearsing for a play to preparing for a disaster There are plenty of writers and academics ex…
Dancer, choreographer and movement director who worked on hundreds of films, television programmes and stage playsGeraldine Stephenson, who has died aged 93, iwas a dancer, choreographer, mo…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonRelocating Dryden's tale of love and dynasty in 17th-century India to an English mill, Rutter's final show for Northern Broadsides is at its best when it doesn…
The star will reprise 'superb' performance in a transfer of Jonathan Munby's acclaimed Chichester Festival theatre productionIan McKellen is to star in London's West End as King Lear, repris…
From Frances Poet's Gut to Monica Dolan's The B*easts, new plays about parenthood raise vital questions about societyWhen playwright Frances Poet ventured out alone as a child she knew her f…
Of all the great pop stars, she is the least diva-like " the one who most seems like a regular personI once tried to write a movie biography of a legendary ballet dancer. He was alive, then …
Royal Court, LondonVicky Featherstone's bleakly beautiful production of Simon Longman's play is a compelling tale of rural lifeNature is cruel in Simon Longman's play, which is set on a remo…
Cliffs Pavilion, SouthendBailey's honest enthusiasm for the marginal, the overlooked and the seldom juxtaposed is delightfulMore than three decades into his career, Bill Bailey's shows march…
Cited as one of the all-time great standup sets, Leary's show both hasn't aged well and has never been more topical'I'm an asshole," sings Denis Leary in a signature number at the start of N…
Wyndham's, LondonRichard Eyre's production arrives in the West End, bringing out the dizzying contradictions in Eugene O'Neill's masterpieceTime works wonders. When Richard Eyre's production…
The Caribbeans who answered the call to save postwar Britain sparked a dance explosion. A new show relives those heady daysWhen the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in 1948, the Trinidadian…
My friend Vernon Rose, who has died aged 87, was a painter, sculptor, performer, poet, novelist, singer and musician. In the 1970s he became a Punch and Judy "professor" (as performers are k…
Sherman, Cardiff McPherson's prose glimmers and glows in his richly understated tale of an undertaker seeking salvation on Christmas EveIn A Christmas Carol, Scrooge encounters three ghosts …
Lan, who ran the theatre for 18 years, reached out to bold, dynamic directors from across the globe " and they repaid him with spectacular showsI often recall a remark made by David Lan, who…
Finborough, LondonHJ Byron's 1868 play sparkles with wit, while Henry Darke delivers a timely message about Cornwall's housing crisis The Finborough Arms in Earl's Court is 150 years old. To…
This year, Sadler's Wells in London presents collaborations with sculptor Antony Gormley and the late painter Howard Hodgkin. Here are some classic examples of how art has mixed with dance C…
As the Québécois director's acclaimed play The Far Side of the Moon arrives in Australia, he reflects on the dramatic link between family fallouts and geopolitics Theatremaker Robert Lepag…
Unicorn theatre, LondonStewart Melton's gently earnest play, directed by Sarah Argent, helps children learn how to shareThroughout the beginning of Seesaw, which is about two children figuri…
Does a regional accent give you a headstart in standup? Are some places funnier than others? Jayde Adams, Tez Ilyas and Ardal O'Hanlon explore laughter and localityAn Englishman, an Irishman…
New Diorama, LondonLulu Raczka's disorienting drama about a missing schoolgirl searches for truth in the shadows of a dystopian cityThe title sounds like the start of a joke, but there is no…
As the lighting designer of choice for Alan Ayckbourn and Harold Pinter, Mick Hughes, who has died aged 79, had a subtle, almost stealthy artistry that drew attention to the play and players…
Richard Blair narrates Beyond Wigan Pier, which looks at the town's fortunes since 1930sGeorge Orwell's son is to star in a new musical inspired by The Road To Wigan Pier, written and perfor…
Northern Broadsides' director on why he's quit after 25 years, the failings of the Arts Council and his new show, The Captive QueenBarrie Rutter OBE, 71, was brought up by his father, a Hull…
The Bridge; Young Vic, London; Hull Truck, HullNicholas Hytner's outstanding production reconfigures Julius Caesar in more ways than one. Plus, James Graham and Moonlight's Tarell Alvin McCr…
The Place, LondonPreoccupations with our fleeting existence loom large in a trio of new works at this year's Resolution festivalNow in its 29th year, the Resolution dance festival staged by …
