The 2017 Edinburgh comedy award nominee on the things that make him laugh the mostDoug Stanhope, Emo Philips, Reginald D Hunter and Adam Hess are the only comedians who have made me laugh so…
Finborough, LondonChristopher Chen's sombre piece explores how the writing of her bestseller The Rape of Nanking, about a mass killing in 1937, affected Iris ChangIt is a critical cliche to …
Philippa Coughlan wants all towns and villages to have access to live drama, while Andy Billinge praises Liverpool's EverymanI am a huge admirer of David Hare's work and like him made Bexhil…
In his Netflix shows the comic defends his right to provoke, but protests against his gags about misconduct allegations and transgender people are justifiedDave Chappelle's first Netflix spe…
Michelle Terry says she aims to dismantle theatre hierarchies as she announces programme including Hamlet and OthelloThe new artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe has promised to give mor…
Terry's first season at the theatre promises to dismantle hierarchies but how easy is it to stage Hamlet without one director in charge?Michelle Terry's first season as artistic director of …
With 27 productions in the 2017-18 season, the 35-year-old writer has brought incisive wit to the stage and she's thrilled to be at the forefront of a cultural shift in a male-dominated worl…
Royal Court artistic director takes top spot in league table after swift response to industry harassment scandalVicky Featherstone, the artistic director of the Royal Court, has been named t…
In a festive sofa advertising campaign, the actor claims the bard once exclaimed: 'People usually are the happiest at home.' One problem " the oft-cited line is pure bunkumWhat was Shakespea…
Northern Ballet's Jane Eyre will make your heart leap, Pina Bausch's Roman dream returns to London and the Royal Ballet salute Macmillan and BernsteinPeter Wright's staging of the Romantic c…
The Waterloo arts festival is bigger and more diverse than ever, with shows performed underground and in a bookshop, a car and two shipping containersA warren of tunnels lies underneath Wate…
Peter Martins says scandal 'exacted a painful toll on me and my family'Martins, 71, denies sexually harassing members of company, including dancersThe longtime leader of the New York City Ba…
Blockbuster movie musicals are set to dominate over the next 12 months while a host of big star names will also be jostling for Tonys2017? Let it go. After an unusually bleak year on Broadwa…
East, the audacious play by the British dramatist turned Hollywood villain, was labelled 'filthy' in 1975 and remains a set text. It's now back in London, followed by a 21st-century homage, …
G Live, GuildfordIn his touring show The Old Man, Richardson's peevish, mouse-that-roared routines range from loading the dishwasher to massaging his pregnant wife'Let's get ready to grumble…
One of the world's biggest standups does his first tour in a decade, Bridget Christie looks beyond Brexit and Maria Bamford makes a rare UK appearance"Often more philosophical than scientifi…
Soho theatre, London The troupe return with gags about Tindr, Trump and kidnapping. But can you still sell puerile shock-comedy when you're middle-aged?The best thing about this Late Night G…
Brace yourself for The Birthday Party, an EasyJet love story, Sting's shipyard musical and Ben Whishaw as BrutusToby Jones, Zoë Wanamaker and Stephen Mangan star in a revival of a Pinter …
The actor, writer and creator of Chewing Gum on the art of Khalil Joseph, the voice of Ari Lennox " and the author helping with her existential crisisMichaela-Moses Ewuraba O Boakye-Collinso…
Park theatre, LondonJethro Compton's take on Jack London's fable conjures up the snowswept Yukon but fails to focus on the central relationship between girl and wolfAn improvisation on Jack …
Sadler's Wells, LondonVisual magic outweighs occasional longueurs in this welcome revival of the choreographer/director's wartime fairytaleMatthew Bourne's latest revival of Cinderella is an…
Trafalgar Studios, LondonBristol OId Vic's bewitching musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's L'Homme qui rit makes a witty West End transferVictor Hugo was one of the great myth-makers of 19th-…
Storyhouse, ChesterEnid Blyton's gang of young sleuths drop the middle-class trappings in a show that is childlike but never childishOn the approach to the theatre, a young girl walking ahea…
Daliso Chaponda gets laughs from topics other comedians shun. After a whirlwind year of success on Britain's Got Talent, he explains why he does itJokes about famine and slavery are not the …
The star of France's premier crime drama talks about appearing in Ivo van Hove's bold take on A View from the Bridge and her determination to avoid typecastingIn a bar around the corner from…