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Hot-off-the-press plays thrust the personal and the political centre stage, while Bob Dylan had a moment' Observer critics' reviews of the year in fullWhat a terrific turnaround year. At the…
Amid huge demand for new production of US show, producers have banned resales and warned buyers they will be turned away from theatreMichelle Obama is said to have described it as "the best …
Pygmalion is taken off the British stage ahead of the musical version, My Fair LadyThe Society of Authors has a long record of honourable service to the writing profession and its many admir…
Director and writer celebrated for his work at Chichester Festival theatre and the BBCThe career of Patrick Garland, who has died aged 78, was as varied as it was productive. An actor, produ…
From festive horror-comedy Better Watch Out to Mariah Carey's Christmas tour, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue rea…
Actor Kathryn Rossetter claims that the actor repeatedly groped her while the pair worked on a 1983 production of Death of a SalesmanAnother claim of sexual harassment has been aimed at Dust…
Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash musical makes transition from Broadway with a new cast, offering an antidote to Trump's America and 'closed-minded' gloomThis week, the West End of London was abuz…
He escaped from prison, fled to Russia and " unlike the posh Cambridge spies " didn't end up a miserable alcoholic. The revival of Cell Mates, the play about George Blake's betrayal of Brita…
The prop comic and Upstart Crow actor on the things that make him laugh the most, from Danny Dyer's book to Mr BeanFin Taylor is my favourite recent watch. He pokes and prods at the parts of…
Tanya Moodie attacks the script with her highlighters, Pétur Jónasson starts at the end of a score and Sarah Lamb gets a good sleep. They explain how to avoid the moment all performers d…
The Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonMike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Harris's trilogy is an exhilarating and timely political drama about a democracy descending into tyrannyRome wasn't built i…
Coliseum, London Aided by partner Natalia Osipova and designer David LaChapelle, Polunin throws himself into a trio of precise, deeply felt dances about himselfSergei Polunin is a dance star…
Currently starring in Suddenly Last Summer, Eryn Jean Norvill on the lure of Tennessee Williams and why fat babies and huge foreheads make her laughLike most good overnight success stories, …
Hampstead theatre, LondonThe uneasy relationship between convicted traitor George Blake and the anarchic Irishman who helped him escape Wormwood Scrubs is exposed yet still enigmatic in Simo…
Handsome and charismatic actor who was a Bollywood superstar and a regular performer in Merchant Ivory filmsI was once taken to a cricket match in Bombay by Shashi Kapoor, the great Bollywoo…
There are problems in paradise in Richard Bean's ingenious look at a failed attempt to create an island utopiaRichard Bean has hit upon a good subject: Fletcher Christian's attempt to create…
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds Technical trickery is cast aside for imaginative props made from bedsheets and suitcases, bringing the childlike wonder back to CS Lewis's frosty adventureThe…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon David Edgar's lively adaptation for the RSC foregrounds the tale's reforming message and features Phil Davis as a grotesquely good ScroogeThe g…
Political themes inevitably emerged alongside star turns from Bette Midler and Kevin Kline but despite some promising new plays, disappointment lingered In 2017, Broadway broke record after …
Royal Exchange, ManchesterRelocated to Harlem, Frank Loesser's classic musical about Broadway's gamblers and dreamers gets an extra jazzy swing in its step and more grit to its characters'I …
Inua Ellams' hit play bounces between barbers around the world, taking audiences into a male world of rituals and politics, while women share their own hair stories in My Fro and Me The poli…
Menier Chocolate Factory, London As the 19th-century impresario PT Barnum, Marcus Brigstocke brings derring-do to a toe-tapping show with street magic and edgy stuntsThere's no big top at th…
Battersea Arts Centre, London The winningly weird comic tasks his audience with solving an animal massacre mystery in an evening that spins a good story from endless fun nonsenseThere's been…
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical about the Profumo affair will end its run on 29 MarchViva Forever lasted seven months. From Here to Eternity will have survived for five by its last performance…
The two 'vice girls', as the tabloids called them, were misled by the promises of older men, say the actresses playing them in Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical, Stephen Ward"They were… fr…
