The Absolutely Fabulous star will play the Duchess of Berwick in a production of the Oscar Wilde comedy directed by Kathy BurkeJennifer Saunders is to return to the West End stage for the fi…
Belgrade theatre, Coventry A dazzling ensemble play dogs and chickens, as well as brutal soldiers and their prisoners, in this account of the horrors of the gulagHelena Kaut-Howson is one of…
In Orton's dark farce, staged uncut for the first time, Anah Ruddin plays the recently deceased Mrs McLeavy whose body is extravagantly manhandled. She describes the stiff challenges of the …
National Theatre, LondonImelda Staunton is unforgettable in Dominic Cooke's ingenious revival of a musical that perfectly fuses splendour and poetic sadnessAlthough it has legions of admirer…
It's impossible to get tickets to see Tom Hiddleston. But if the play's being staged to raise funds for Rada, why not be less elitist, and broadcast it in cinemas?The arts world is facing a …
Hull Truck theatreJames Ngcobo's adaptation of a story about a couple finding their way in 1950s Durban is refreshingly direct and galvanised by Hugh Masekela's compositionsThe suitcase on s…
Director Christopher Haydon on his new staging, which casts Sierra Leonean actor Patrice Naiambana in the role of Davies, a tramp whose predicament mirrors the immigrant experienceDuring reh…
Marquis, New YorkWith its themes of youthful callousness, middle-aged regrets and vital emotions pumping beneath crusty surfaces, all mixed together in a tangy marinade of nostalgia and clea…
Beginning our series of Guardian writers' favourite musicals, Lyn Gardner describes why she loves Stephen Sondheim's 1971 'pas de deux of regret'"Without music, life would be a mistake," sug…
A lapdancing club in upstate New York is arguing that it should be tax-exempt because its performances are 'art'. Has it got a point?On Wednesday, the classily named strip club Nite Moves in…
Olivier, LondonHelen McCrory excels in this modern-dress take on Euripides that is alive with complexity and psychological astutenessAfter her success with Ibsen's A Doll's House, Carrie Cra…
Belvoir Street theatre, Sydney The New York playwright lightens the weight of gender theory, places it in a family home, and then detonates it. Shrapnel flies everywhereRadical ideas should …
The Daily Express blasts Lee Mack for his views on female comedians, a bunch of comedians take part in skirmishes, and Hello Ladies gets lacklustre reviewsYou know you're in trouble when the…
Actor and comedian who first became known for his 'sitdown' routines with an imaginary telephoneIn the 1950s and 60s, Shelley Berman, who has died aged 92, was the US's favourite "sitdown" c…
Lucky few able to see company's latest immersive show must trek across London and cannot be of 'nervous disposition'Audiences for a theatre production inspired by Greek tragedy will be limit…
Dancers are cast as string instruments in a show set to the composer's 'frighteningly powerful' late work. Lucinda Childs, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Maguy Marin discuss turning his musi…
Birmingham RepStuffed with gags and overflowing with an easygoing, laid-back liberalism, this comedy about a vinyl-shop owner fighting developers has the feel of a stonking hitIf there is a …
Jamaican-born actor, whose television career included The Bill and Inspector Morse, has died aged 70Sir Lenny Henry has led tributes to the actor Larrington Walker, who died at the weekend a…
From mapping the journey of The Curious Incident's teen hero to putting Shakespeare in prison and erecting a towering newsroom for Ink, Bunny Christie talks through five of her creationsBunn…
Tony Kushner's play, which opened in Melbourne last week, is more relevant than ever as same-sex marriage opponents attack the push for equal rights"We will not die secret deaths anymore. We…
Dramatist David Edgar was struck by the Dickensian sound of names such as Tinder and Tibshelf in adaptation of classic storyCharles Dickens's extraordinary invention of names is among the gr…
Theatre By the Lake, KeswickHigh-flying writer Laura Eason's latest drama doesn't quite hit the markBrooklyn-based Laura Eason is an acclaimed writer with notable hits to her credit, includi…
Park theatre, LondonA classy cast ground Joe Orton's comedy, despite a distractingly fabulous setGabriella Slade's design looks fabulous but it very nearly mutes Loot's thunder. Half the fun…
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughThe audience is in on the joke in the playwright's own production of his comedyHow do you make a farce with no doors? This was the challenge Alan Ayckbourn…
Playwright finds inspiration for his new play in the travails of the faction-riven partyJames Graham's 2012 hit play This House, set in parliament in the 1970s, raised a few pertinent quest…