West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsReece Dinsdale is increasingly nasty as the predatory architect heading for catastrophe in Zinnie Harris's sharp rebootSomeone texts the master builder: "I kno…
The standup and Infinite Monkey Cage podcaster on the things that make him laugh the mostThis is a tie between Brian Gittins's manic attempt at musical chairs at the Green Man festival and J…
Everyman, LiverpoolThe company's surreal and gleefully inventive adaptation transforms the Günter Grass novel into a riot of theatre, puppetry and musicGünter Grass's 1959 novel The Tin Dr…
Barbican, LondonA revival of the Japanese director's 1985 production, filled with cherry blossom, poetically explores the obsession for power " and its emptinessThis production by Yukio Nina…
Duke of York's, LondonAt the heart of Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman's Ghost Stories is a thought-provoking and emotionally moving proposition: that paranormal phenomena do exist, but they…
Sadler's Wells, LondonBeginning by sequencing his own genome, the maverick choreographer has fashioned a show that is mysteriously beautiful and curiously frustratingWayne McGregor's titles …
Like Kate Tempest and Inua Ellams, the Nigerian-born performer is breaking new ground with Coat, his tale of two cultures, told while he cooks up a stew on stage'It's amazing how not-so-simp…
Young Vic, LondonErin Doherty emerges as one of the year's great discoveries with a stunning performance as the young American desperate to rectify the world's injusticesTime changes things.…
Stephen Rosenfield, founder of the American Comedy Institute, reveals how to make an audience laugh while using on-stage nerves to your advantage As the founding director of The American Com…
As Bruce Springsteen treads the boards in New York, fans reveal what to expect, including an unconventional structure and a pro-immigration statement Bruce Springsteen, the Boss, the Boardwa…
Unicorn theatre, London The story of the stray that became Russia's first cosmonaut is interwoven with a mother and son's plans to visit the red planet in a show for six to 12-year-olds Some…
Chichester Festival theatre Blanche McIntyre's mordantly comic revival of the 1973 trilogy spotlights the plays' sadnesses along with their orgiastic frenzies Related: Blanche McIntyre: the …
In Steve Best's new book Joker Face, standups pick some of the funniest gags they've told. Here are 10 of our favouritesJenny Collier: The worst sport ever is throwing a hand-sized round thi…
On the subway it's forbidden but breakdancing has been part of New York life for decades. Now, visitors can see top performers in the streets and parks, for freeCommuters on the New York sub…
Updating the covert living-room theatre of protest in 1977 Czechoslovakia, an interactive trilogy shows how easily our own freedoms can be dismantledOn the corner of a suburban Richmond stre…
Cottesloe, LondonWith plays such as My Child and Contractions, Mike Bartlett has established a reputation as a theatrical miniaturist. Now he has written a big, epic, expansive play about cl…
Noël Coward theatre, London Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig give sparkling performances as a reforming MP and his constituency agent fighting through Labour's fluctuating fortunes James G…
Three-part epic about firm whose collapse triggered financial crisis is one of highlights of 2018, alongside Labour leadership dramaSam Mendes is returning to the National Theatre to direct …
My old friend Peter Kiddle, who has died aged 73, was an inspirational teacher of writing and drama at Dartington College of Arts in Devon in the 1970s and 80s, and founder of the community …
Bathtime routines | Regional galleries | Paying more tax | Piebury corner | Theatre ticketsVivienne Westwood, like me, although a few years younger, was brought up in the austere 1940s and 5…
At the Dublin theatre festival, Shakespeare is reunited with his son, Sebastian Barry's prisoners look back, Ibsen's Nora lands in a dystopian future and Anu Productions deliver an urgent ta…
The TV comic has turned his talents to mastering the piano " so can he really do a good impression of Chopin? He'll be here to answer all your questions on Wednesday 4 October at 1pm BST. 1…
The brainbox of British dance is creating choreography from his own genetic code in an adventurous new show. It's the latest experiment at his hi-tech dance HQ, where the lift changes colour…
Sadler's Wells, London"Sutra" literally means thread. In Hinduism and Buddhism, it is the term given to a collection of aphoristic verses linked by a common theme. That makes it perfect as t…
Royal Court, LondonThe Chilean dramatist's new show about urban violence explores the tensions between two young anarchists and a veteran bomb-makerThe Royal Court's international programme,…