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5 November 1943 " 27 July 2017The actor and playwright's best friend recalls a 50-year bond based on their shared love of literature, letters and life in the fast lane ' Howard Hodgkin remem…
Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonRobert Harris's trilogy springs fully to life in Mike Poulton's two-part epic " but where are the meaty parts for women?There are, well, a legion of reasons for goin…
Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler's Wells, LondonCorey Claire Annand bewitches as a freezing waif in Arthur Pita's quirky, imaginative update of the Hans Christian Andersen classicTo 19th-century…
Almeida, LondonThe supernatural stories of the mid-20th century TV show have lost some of their bite in adaptation, but none of their deadpan charmCan irony and fear coexist in the theatre? …
The venue that entertained the razed camp's migrants will reopen in France " as its playwright founders find acclaim at the Young VicWhen the tent in Calais that housed the Good Chance Theat…
Accusations of censorship prompt the theatre to go back on its cancellation and invite the production to return for its runThe Royal Court has backed out of a decision to cancel a production…
Sarah Frankcom made Thorton Wilder's small-town hymn Our Town sing in Manchester, a new British musical was full of feeling and Andrew Scott's mercurial prince let us see Hamlet anew Continu…
Imelda Staunton simmered, Sondheim's showgirls sizzled, Bryan Cranston gave us a cathode-ray Lear, and Jez Butterworth found love in the time of hunger-strikes' More of the best culture from…
The standup and TV presenter on the things that make him laugh the mostMorecambe and Wise with André Previn. Perfection. Closely followed by [Abbott and Costello's] Who's on First?. Continu…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonAmy Herzog's tale of uprooted Americans sinks into melodrama but is elevated by a central pair who reveal all the nuances of a marriage in crisisAmericans in Paris ha…
London Palladium strikes pantomime gold with Julian Clary on filthy form, while Stratford stages a sweet Rapunzel and Nottingham puts on a cheery CinderellaAfter almost 30 years, panto retur…
The dark comedy foursome are to hit the road, taking new show to 'all the wonderful local places in our increasingly local country'Their three forthcoming reunion specials for the BBC are am…
The Royal Court had its reasons for cancelling a touring production of the drama " but we don't ban Othello for its racist overtones, we update itWhat do you call a married man who seduces t…
Phil Wang has a messy relationship with the British empire. Evelyn Mok felt dirty joking about her family. Kae Kurd riffs on being a refugee. Aisha Alfa was shocked to find she had a 'black …
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe challenge facing any choreographer of the Cinderella story is Prokofiev's score. Written during the second world war, it has a sombre undertow which lends its roman…
Audiences can tell the difference between provocation and exploitation, writes Justin Sherin, while Patrick Kennedy suggests a braver theatre would have gone ahead with the productionThe Roy…
It's precisely because of men like Max Stafford Clark that this play should be staged. Instead, Andrea Dunbar has been silenced by his actionsEarlier this year I met the actor George Costiga…
Having explored her depression and anxiety, the Danish comic is tackling childhood trauma. How do standups amuse an audience if even they don't find their subject funny?Her first show, Bubbl…
Lyttelton, London The puppetry is ingenious and the songs are a joy as Dennis Kelly and John Tiffany carve a morality play out of Carlo Collodi's original storyThe challenge in staging this …
A sophisticated Hans Christian Andersen adaptation in Bath leaves Birmingham Rep's 101 Dalmatians and the New Vic's Treasure Island in its wake as a trio of festive family shows open around …
O2 Arena, LondonTo start his show, Peter Kay turns a camera on his audience, gifting one or two their moment on the giant upstage screen. At the end, he karaokes Queen and the Proclaimers to…
Nation's pratfaller-in-chief gambles on shift from eponymous sitcom and Call the Midwife to live show in UK's largest arenasIt was announced over a year ago; she has being giving interviews …
Comedian who has not toured for eight years says he deeply regrets decision to cancel more than 100 shows next yearPeter Kay has cancelled his tour of Britain and Ireland, which would have s…
Almeida, London Anne Washburn has adapted the TV show for an inventive production featuring tales of vanishing children, amnesiac teachers and alien interlopersAnne Washburn is clearly haunt…
Hollywood super-producer's attempts at self-deprecation don't combine well with boasts about schmoozing the presidentWe have Amy Schumer to thank for the filmmaker Judd Apatow's return to st…
