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Queen of the French New Wave who combined sharp intelligence and smouldering sexualityWith her sensual, pouting mouth, her Gauloises-saturated voice, and her combination of sharp intelligenc…
Championed by the BBC, fellow comedians and her own dad, who inspired her debut show, this rising comic specialises in heartfelt funniesAs legacies go, launching your offspring's comedy care…
Royal Court, LondonLemn Sissay stars in a revival of Jim Cartwright's 1986 account of a community scarred by unemployment that couldn't be more relevant or rousingJim Cartwright's play was f…
Old Vic; Dorfman; Apollo, LondonConor McPherson weaves magic with Bob Dylan's songs, Olivias Colman and Williams ignite Lucy Kirkwood's new play, and Sienna Miller's Cat fails to sizzleKnock…
The young actor on working with Mark Rylance and Harry Styles in Christopher Nolan's film, and being directed by Sam Mendes in The FerrymanTom Glynn-Carney, 22, plays a teenager who sets sai…
Royal Opera House, LondonThe British dancer is made a company principal after starring as Prince Siegfried opposite the dazzling Viktoria TereshkinaAt the beginning of the lakeside scene in …
Twitter feed of Royal's youngest ever principal, who was compared to Nureyev and Baryshnikov, had suggested dissatisfactionWhen Sergei Polunin, 21, walked out of rehearsals with the Royal Ba…
Ukrainian dancer fails to turn up for rehearsals for London ballet version of Midnight ExpressSergei Polunin, the Ukrainian who shocked the dance world by walking out of the Royal Ballet las…
We highlight hidden treasures and encourage the arts to flourishWe all know you have to suffer for your art, but should you suffer for someone else's? Two examples from my brief stint as an …
Keith West and Mark Wirtz's haunting 60s hit is centrepiece of completed showGrocer Jack " properly known as Excerpt from a Teenage Opera " the strange novelty song that made the number one …
Controversial Ukrainian star says classical dance must seek out talented directors from the worlds of films and musicalsBallet must get rid of its elitist image, seek larger audiences and wo…
Rival arts organisations cry foul at award of £2m in Arts Council funding to her next theatrical venture, Wise ChildrenThe beleaguered stage director Emma Rice, who is to step down from r…
The 27-year-old was a dancer with the troupe that won Britain's Got Talent in 2009, and had recently emigratedThe dance troupe Diversity has paid tribute to former member Rob Anker, after he…
Black Box, GalwayPlaywright Walsh and composer Donnacha Dennehy's exhilarating blend of opera, theatre and film is a study in heartbreak with a hint of Bluebeard's CastlePlaywright Enda Wals…
Finborough theatre, LondonCicely Hamilton's feminist play from 1911, exposing the plight of women forced to use marriage to gain their independence, is full of attackCicely Hamilton (1872-19…
The angst-mining millennial standup on the things that make him laugh the most, from Frank Skinner to tight vestsFrank Skinner's routine on jealousy changed how I viewed standup. It has ever…
As The Terms of My Surrender opens, the Oscar-winning provocateur hopes the Broadway show will spur substantial change at the White HouseThe tagline of Michael Moore's new one-man stage prod…
Fleabag director Vicky Jones returns with a candid, honest play about sex, while Russia's finest enjoy a second week at the Royal Opera House1 TouchDee is living in chaos in a bedsit in Lond…
This Oxfordshire arts festival's welcomes Grace Jones and Ottolenghi, while Merseyside hosts LGBT art and Atomic KittenMrs OrwellThis new, 1940s-set play is about Sonia Brownell, the young e…
I first met Heathcote Williams in the early 1970s when he asked me to design the poster and programme for a touring production of his play AC/DC to be directed by Pam Brighton with V Theatre…
My friend Willie Payne, who has died aged 94, was a Nigerian actor and dancer from the generation of West Africans who arrived in the UK as seamen during the second world war.He was born Wil…
Curve, LeicesterSue Townsend's sly writing is pummelled to fit narrative arcs of love triumphant and ambition realised in this musical adaptationWhat do you ask of a new musical? Attention-g…
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonWith the help of a vibrant ensemble, Luke Sheppard tells the earnest diarist's much-loved story with wit, craft and crackling Cuban dance numbersSurprisingly,…
As the controversial Adani decision hangs over their heads, and fly-in-fly-out workers threaten the stability of their communities, townships far-flung across northern Queensland are uniting…
Open Air theatre, Regent's Park, LondonThis fierce, unpatronising Anya Reiss adaptation of Dickens' criminal caper is full of invention, but an overcomplicated plot spirals into confusionWe …
