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…
O2 Arena, LondonThe statistics alone for this show are mind-boggling. It requires 620 tonnes of sand, involves a cast and crew of 400 and a total of 46 horses, donkeys and ponies. But specta…
The audience is invited to chew the scenery at this Fringe festival show. But attention spans might be a problemSome theatre-goers dress to the nines; others prefer to keep it casual and com…
Producers of a show based on the film franchise are banking on there being enough petrolheads to fill arenas the world overIt will have a fuel tanker engulfed in flames bouncing across the a…
Soho theatre, LondonI Could Have Been an Astronaut is an amusing ramble through Brand's childhood obsessions, fate and the factors that make us who we areSome comics have extraordinary stori…
Standup Sara Pascoe's scattershot production throws into relief how funny Elizabeth Bennet and co already were, without any need of updatingJane Austen gazes out from the £10 notes handed…
Young Vic, London Performing 360-degree loops, pummelled by voices and piecing together her shattered speech, Stevenson goes bravely to the limit in this high-concept showJuliet Stevenson mu…
This engaging documentary focuses on a couple who once dazzled audiences with their intimate dance routines but whose off-stage love turned to heartbreak The return of what is now known as S…
Malthouse theatre, MelbourneMeow Meow steals the show from a diverse " or disparate " cast, but the cult fable resonates regardlessIt's a helluva thing to be born to play the devil … but t…
Byass Works, Port TalbotThe community speaks out about the fight to save its steelworks in a kaleidoscopic promenade-style production that is laced with earthy humour'This town is ours. They…
Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is the biggest production the Australian Ballet has ever undertaken and it's also one of the most spectacular. Created for the Royal B…
Harry Dean Stanton | Boris Johnson | Dancing about architecture | Fatberg | Ornithology of meetings | Ambridge antidoteYour obituary for Harry Dean Stanton (18 September) mispunctuates the t…
Railways played a crucial role in partition, as Hindus and Muslims took crammed, dangerous and often deadly journeys to their new homes. Those momentous days have now been turned into a deva…
Viaduct, Halifax Blake Morrison transposes a corrupt, covetous 18th-century Paris to 1920s Yorkshire in a lively satire directed by and starring Barrie RutterNorthern Broadsides have made a …
The wig-wearing comic's new show about humdrum heroism is his best yet. But as his act strives for knockout poignancy, does the goofy get-up help or hinder?When John Kearns corpses, is he co…
National Indoor Arena, Birmingham"Oh my God, Birmingham, England!" yelled Jerry Seinfeld as he came on stage suited and shouting as though he sought to sell us something disreputable. "Do yo…
As his first solo album hits the stage, the You Am I singer asks playwright Aidan Fennessy the all important question: 'what the hell were you thinking?'There's something poetic about the fa…
As his new tour kicks off, the Irish stand-up reveals his loathing of cosy British comedy, and why he's still laughing at those who threaten our freedom of speechDylan Moran is an energetic …
Adelphi, LondonThere is much to enjoy in Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical. The score is one of the composer's most seductive. Bob Crowley's design and Jack O'Brien's direction have a beauti…
She was a demon hunter, stole scenes as Michaela Coel's sister and is in a farce about Labour's identity crisis. But Susan Wokoma is turning to her own family to write her next roles'You're …
Gate, LondonAdapted from José Saramago's short story, Ellen McDougall's grownup fairytale draws spectators into a circle of bread, wine and storytellingThe Gate's new artistic director, Ell…
Camden People's theatre, LondonA crack cast of trans and gender-fluid actors deliver a playful and often moving version of the Greek mythGender fluidity and the trans experience were highly …
The first night of Ann Jellicoe's The Sport of My Mad Mother at the Royal Court in the spring of 1958 was a truly riotous affair. I was one of the original cast, alongside Wendy Craig, Phili…
Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonSam Holcroft's comedy, which debuted at the National and is now directed by Simon Godwin on a UK tour, begins in Ayckbourn mode then turns vicious'Too much, …
19 September 1913 The subject of the play is the battle of social advancement, the atmosphere is "provincial" and the ambitions are pettyLONDON, THURSDAY NIGHTMr. Henry Arthur Jones's ingenu…