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The standup comic who paved the way for such stars as Roseanne Barr and Joan Rivers died yesterday. Here's a selection of her finest jokesBefore Joan Rivers, before Roseanne Barr and Kathy G…
From the bumbling misadventures of Sean's Show to the jaunty misanthropy of his later standup material, Hughes " who has died aged 51 " was a master of telling messy truths There were two di…
Veteran actor best known for playing John Aubrey in Brief Lives, Fagin in the stage version of Oliver! and a late role in Game of ThronesAs leading character actors go, Roy Dotrice, who has …
The Capitol, Horsham"I'm not saying I'm perfect," says Sean Hughes, as he mocks all the things the rest of us do wrong. But part of Hughes's charm is that he does claim to be, if not perfect…
Hughes, who won Perrier comedy award in 1990 and was team captain on BBC's Never Mind the Buzzcocks, died on Monday morningSean Hughes, the Irish stand-up comedian and quiz show panellist, h…
Ovalhouse, London Angela Clerkin's tale of the burden of keeping secrets has political relevance but in spite of the creepy atmosphere, it needs more urgency and clarity The townsfolk suspec…
Best known as Alan Partridge's Sidekick Simon, the self-proclaimed Single White Slut has found a keen audience for his weird, unsettling comedy"I didn't have an elaborate cover story that I'…
Soho theatre, LondonHis first standup set in three years works a treat as Key paints a slyly humorous and heavily ironic portrait of midlife disappointmentIt feels both apt and unlikely that…
For the last 20 years, I've always been in charge: I've given acting classes, led playwriting workshops, directed dramas. Never in my adult life have I sat in a classroom and waited for a te…
Royal Albert Hall, LondonTheir current BBC3 sketch show has been drubbed by the critics - and there's no improvement on that programme's lobotomised humour at this live outing, a headline pe…
My mother Pauline Stuart, who has died aged 92, was one of the founders of the New College of Speech and Drama in London. Her role in the college's birth began in 1962, when, as a teacher in…
From the return of St Vincent to Dr Seuss on stage, here is our pick of the best films, gigs, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue reading...
The theatre director on the joys of women wrestling, the genius of Hofesh Schechter " and the ever-hopeful ArsecastBorn in Highgate, north London, Rupert Goold studied at Cambridge and New Y…
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonLesley Sharp's Irina moves from delight to despair in Simon Stephens's incisive 21st-century versionSo Masha has become Marcia. She is not subjected to the most famo…
Everyman, LiverpoolKneehigh are on top form in Carl Grose's audacious Günter Grass adaptationA grand old place has been ransacked. In the background, faded ochre walls and windows precariou…
National Theatre, LondonRory Mullarkey's mythical allegory offers plenty of laughs but resorts to too-simple answersReturning to his village having failed as a knight, our chivalrous hero Ge…
Barbican, LondonAt once lyrical, raunchy and impeccably danced, Molina's fiercely provocative work is unforgettableIt's said of many flamenco artists that they have reinvented the form, but …
Wyndhams, LondonSimon Stephens's May-to-September love story is beautifully played by Anne-Marie Duff and Kenneth Cranham in Marianne Elliott's inspired productionSimon Stephens's new play i…
Spode Works, Stoke-on-TrentA young woman comes to fear that her dying father is harbouring a grim secret in this powerful domestic thrillerThe title of Deborah McAndrew's new play for Claybo…
As a schoolboy, Harold Pinter took on bullies and fought with fascists. Later, as a playwright, he took on the entire critical establishment. Henry Woolf, who is appearing in a revival of Th…
Nottingham Playhouse celebrates its 50th aniversary with a night of little-known worksLost short plays by Harold Pinter, John Mortimer and Shelagh Delaney are to be performed again for the f…
Memoir tells how legacy of tragic first wife haunted his workFor 60 years actor Henry Woolf was the intimate friend of Harold Pinter, the Nobel laureate widely judged the greatest theatrical…
National Theatre, London David Eldridge's new play is a poignant real-time examination of relationships with two damaged people reaching out at the end of a partyTwo lonely, damaged people c…
Some say she's killing 'real' flamenco " but RocÃo Molina has no time for conservatism. She's teaming up with a Korean hip-hop dancer and takes her inspiration from Nietzsche and Brueghel…
Barbican, LondonThe riveting Spanish dancer plays goddess, burlesque seducer, sex kitten and more for her raw and ritualistic new show' RocÃo Molina: flamenco and beyondThere's not a cafe…
