Bush theatre, LondonThe Scottish coast is the setting for Sophie Wu's witty play about crustacean-loving Jim, his girlfriend and his kooky exLike many actors who turn to writing, Sophie Wu h…
For Edward Watson they're terrifying and exhilarating. Sarah Lamb struggles to return to reality after performing them. Twenty-five years after Macmillan's death, his visceral works have mad…
This low-interest, no-risk reboot of Radio 4's long-running culture strand is yet another reminder of how terminally timid BBC TV always is with the artsFront Row, on Radio 4, is reliable, i…
Lyric Theatre, SydneyEsther Hannaford brings gravitas and heart in an inspiring production that shows just what the jukebox musical can accomplishThe standing ovation began before the final …
Welsh-born actor and Richard Burton's first wife, she moved to the US after their split and co-founded a famous New York discoSybil Christopher, who has died aged 83, was the injured party i…
Prime minister appears at Banbury's folk festival with the Foxs morris dance troupe, who perform with blackened facesIn a move that many politicians might have avoided, David Cameron posed f…
Berlin's avant-garde theatre, given to lengthy and messy productions, names the Tate Modern director as its new leader amid suspicions that profit-making will edge out experimentationThe ann…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonFrom his long process, after coming out, of self-acceptance to his newfound romantic happiness, this is classic, neurotic, angst-ridden Amstell If there were …
Protesters fear Chris Dercon, formerly head of Tate Modern, will make avant garde Volksbühne theatre more commercialBerlin's legendary Volksbühne theatre has been occupied by a group of pr…
Outrage ensued when Amol Rajan, Giles Coren and Nikki Bedi admitted to being less than ardent theatre-goers. But shouldn't we take their honesty onboard?The presenters of the BBC's new TV ve…
The actor on his role in feted diplomacy drama Oslo, evading typecasting and his other life as a night-time driver for the NHSNabil Elouahabi, a British actor of Moroccan heritage, is curren…
The Place, London WC1David Rosenberg and Frauke Requardt's latest surreal exploration of our fears and desires entertains as much as it unsettlesDirector David Rosenberg and choreographer Fr…
Dean Clough Mill, HalifaxA fast-paced adaptation of the 18th-century French satire sees Northern Broadsides director/performer Barrie Rutter bow out in style"He's a guggling midden-daup"; "A…
A powerful production about the Tata steel plant crisis resonates with the strength of real people's livesSix years after Jesus took his cross through the streets of Port Talbot, National Th…
Young Vic, LondonThe actor gives an extraordinary performance, but even she cannot quite convey the turmoil of a woman who has suffered a strokeSometimes Juliet Stevenson looks like a parach…
National Theatre, LondonA riveting reimagining of the secret talks that set up the historic Oslo peace accordsI went into Oslo expecting to be informed, and fairly confident of being interes…
Hampstead theatre, LondonRobert Lindsay plays the role of the late cinematographer Jack Cardiff with astonishing skill, but the play lacks focusTerry Johnson has given himself a hard task wi…
Watch a scene from Richard Eyre's revival of Ibsen's Ghosts for the Almeida theatre which won Oliviers for best actress (Lesley Manville) and best actor in a supporting role (Jack Lowden). A…
Royal Shakespeare theatre/The Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon This well-matched pair of tragedies in the RSC's Rome season give us strong images, unforgettable lines, probing psychology " and a lo…
After last-minute cancellation in July, Bolshoi to bring life story of gay dancer who defected to stage in DecemberA controversial ballet about the Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev will premier…
Shakespeare plucked an obscure Roman general from Plutarch and made him a principled but uncompromising hero. As the RSC brings the play back, its brutal statement on class divide and convic…
Royal Exchange, Manchester Sarah Frankcom stages Thornton Wilder's 1938 drama with tenderness, bleak honesty and a community choirEdward Albee loved Thornton Wilder's 1938 paean to ordinary …
The Canadian standup and actor on the things that make her laugh the most, from suede waistcoats to PG WodehouseThis is so hard. I feel sick. OK, I'm going to say Tom Allen taking out a drun…
Dominic Cooke's revival of Stephen Sondheim's beautiful musical continues its run at the National, while the celebrated choreographer returns to London1 FolliesStephen Sondheim's flawed but …
Art was Tim Sharp's way of communicating as a child; now it's inspiration for a joyful 90 minutes of puppetry, live music, animation and dad jokesTim Sharp takes things literally. Consider t…