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The Windsors star and character comic on the things that make her laugh the most, from Cold Comfort Farm to Basil the Great Mouse DetectiveMy mum gave me a red bonnet for Christmas one year.…
David Ives' dark comedy of desire tells of the power struggle between an actor and a director during an electrifying audition. Take a closer look at one of this autumn's hottest West End sho…
Barbican, London The reckless dance marvel writhes on the floor, dresses as a dominatrix and rides a phallic broomstick as she delivers an exhilarating, high-voltage showThere are very few f…
Theatre503, LondonInspired by a speech to be read if Armstrong and Aldrin hadn't returned to Earth, Andrew Thompson's ambitious debut is a sprawling family dramaAndrew Thompson's ambitious d…
As a young actor struggling with the pressures of identity and blackness, I was sectioned under the Mental Health Act " and came out stronger for itTuesday was World Mental Health Day, and I…
Don't trust a woman who wears too much perfume and know your limits " Viv Groskop on the 10 top tips Chekov, Tolstoy and others have for us todayWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThis is the five-…
Walter Kerr theatre, New YorkThe rock superstar kicks off a four-month residency with two spellbinding hours of stories, reimagined hits and a dissection of his own legendThe audience is in …
In her new Hulu series I Love You, America, the comic will attempt to reach across the aisle and, hopefully, generate laughs in the processOne significant shift in political discourse over t…
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonA crack cast perform Simon Stephens' punchy new version of the Russian dramatist's early play, which shifts between reality and fakeryCreativity and destruction, and…
Olivier theatre, London Rory Mullarkey pits the knight of folklore against the tyrannies facing Britain in three eras of history " and finds today's foe is the hardest to pin downThe Nationa…
Theatre photography normally operates via two angles: the ubiquitous close-up or the mid-torso action shot. But what can the photos really tell us about a play?Here's a question: when could …
The Dane likes his audience to leave their phones on and has a troupe that's the choreographic equivalent of Occupy. He explains why he's aiming for 'something neo-liberalism can't cope with…
Peake is hypnotically belligerent as an ambitious club performer trampling over prejudice and sticky carpets on the 1970s comedy circuitMaxine Peake dominates the screen as producer and star…
Writer Chris Bush says The Assassination of Katie Hopkins will explore issues of 'truth, celebrity and public outrage'Memorable British musicals in recent years have tackled difficult, chall…
Tony Law is going where no comic has gone before: staging a play about global warming " on ice. Our writer gets his skates on and crashes into a chaotic rehearsalYou might not guess it from …
Sadler's Wells, London Working to a tight deadline, Javier De Frutos, Iván Pérez, Christopher Wheeldon and Craig Revel Horwood respond to the theme of balance in new pieces, presented al…
Lyttelton, LondonIn 1746, Carlo Goldoni wrote a classic comedy normally translated as The Servant of Two Masters. Richard Bean has used it for a riotous farce combining the original's struct…
Vaudeville, LondonThe unfairly talented actor recalls a career that has taken him from Olivier's National to British film comedies and Broadway in this exuberant solo showCan it be true? The…
Garrick theatre, London The horror-movie spoof is gleefully reanimated for the stage with even more jokes, superb set-pieces and barnstorming parody songs that stick a pitchfork into good ta…
As Ghost Stories returns to the West End, co-creator Andy Nyman asks why theatre-makers have neglected horrorThere isn't a lot of horror on stage, especially the type that truly unsettles an…
Dressed in capes and drinking Corpse Reviver cocktails, audiences explore a crypt and a vampire's boudoir in the film company's atmospheric theatre showFor anyone who grew up in the 1960s an…
The experimental troupe are giving the UK city of culture a glimpse of what it might look like in 80 years' time " and it isn't pretty. Our writer travels to Denmark to meet the team behind …
Scottish actor to reprise Emcee role that won him a Tony award in 1998 - but not with Anne Hathaway as Sally BowlesLife in the Kit Kat Club is so beautiful that Alan Cumming will return to K…
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome … as Cabaret returns to Broadway, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Michelle Williams and Alan Cumming, take a look at past productions with Liza Minnelli,…
In Rufus Norris's revival of Kander and Ebb's classic musical, Will Young reprises his role as the Emcee and Louise Redknapp stars as Sally Bowles Continue reading...
