The play, which had been due to run at Royal Court, now shelved after co-director stepped down over misconduct scandalRoyal Court Theatre has shelved its planned production of Rita, Sue and …
New Diorama, LondonA reunited brother and sister try to repair their relationship at Christmas time in this amiable show with songsChristmas is a time to be with family. But what if your fam…
Orange Tree, Richmond Shaw's 1909 play about class and feminism moves skilfully from disquisitory drama to anarchic comedy in this intellectually stimulating production This indispensable th…
Inua Ellams was recently nominated for The Writers' Guild award for best play for Barber Shop Chronicles, which is currently on at the National Theatre. He speaks to Guardian journalist Iman…
Two years ago Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American protester, was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza. Since then she has become a potent symbol for both sides of the conflict. But who w…
Traverse, EdinburghMorna Pearson's hopeful social satire about a struggling family in troubled times takes an unexpected turn into a parallel universeImagine the dysfunctional world of Burie…
Shen Yun seems like a kitsch dance troupe. But Beijing sees it as the propaganda wing of the Falun Gong movement, and a threat to their rule " and hounds the dancers from city to city, tryin…
Eight dramatists, including Lucy Prebble, Neil LaBute and Chris Goode, discuss how much they think about the people who will come and watch their workThere are three acts of writing: before …
Park theatre, LondonPaulette Randall imaginatively revives Denise Deegan's parody with a lively cast but this two-and-a-half-hour spoof is relentless in its gaietyDenise Deegan's parody of p…
Wilton's Music Hall, London Matthew Kelly plays good and evil spirits in a magical, visually arresting adaptation of John Masefield's classic children's book Related: Long before Harry Potte…
CentrE17, LondonReggae songs, monkey puppets and a duet with a mop all add up to a surreal show for two- to five-year-olds My daughter Hilda is four, her favourite number is five and she can…
The first edition of Shakespeare's plays established the playwright for all time in a trove of some 36 plays with an assembled cast of immortal charactersIn 1612, a contemporary of Shakespea…
Mixing circus skills with finely honed comedy and bum jokes, these juggling, beatboxing man-toddlers are joyous " and more than a little menacingMy three-year-old son, Gregor, thinks farting…
Lyric Theatre, QPACQueensland Ballet artistic director Li Cunxin takes the stage for first time in 18 years in pleasing yet predictable balletWhen Li Cunxin " better known as Mao's Last Danc…
Pavel Dmitrichenko tells Russian police he was behind attack with two men that nearly blinded company's director Sergei FilinA dancer at the Bolshoi ballet has confessed to ordering an attac…
Russia's political elite enjoy ballet about famous dancer at Bolshoi Theatre but Kirill Serebrennikov is conspicuously absentThe most hotly anticipated and controversial Russian ballet in ye…
King's, Edinburgh; King's, Glasgow; Perth theatre; Macrobert, StirlingScottish audiences are flocking, as ever, to this year's pantomimes because the stars are great, dedicated dames, fairie…
Site, Royal Court, LondonCharacters morph into one another and the audience are peeping toms inside a darkly festive city in Julia Jarcho's teasing, finely acted playRed Riding Hood was warn…
As 'the musical of the Obama era' opens in London, its creator explains how the hip-hop life of an immigrant founding father can offer hope in the age of TrumpLin-Manuel Miranda, the America…
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsMovement, puppetry, flight and design conjure a dazzling trip to Narnia that makes up for storytelling weaknessesThe auditorium of the West Yorkshire Playhouse…
Young Vic, LondonAn Edinburgh fringe hit, this spangled tale of the cross-dressing fifth marquis of Anglesey charms even as it cajolesI bet most of the audience in How to Win Against History…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterRelocated to Harlem, this fine new production of Frank Loesser's classic musical retains a threat of violence under a cartoon-bright exteriorLike the fantastical, h…
Ballet felt a little flatfooted as contemporary dance caught the shape-shifting spirit of our times' Observer critics' reviews of the year in fullIn 2017, the best dance asked the hardest qu…
Coliseum, LondonSergei Polunin's intense three-part show, featuring Natalia Osipova and guests, is far from perfect but it resonates with an authentic emotional chargeSergei Polunin's Satori…
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonMarcus Brigstocke stars in a revival of the Broadway musical that brings the big top to fire-eating life, if not the showman himself"Humbug" at this time of y…