For Russ Vickery, creating My Other Closet " a stage show about surviving intimate partner violence " was as much about raising awareness in the LGBTI community as it was his own healingRuss…
Maddie Rice performs Phoebe Waller-Bridge's filthy smash, Stacey Gregg delivers a scorching study of gender fraud and there are life lessons at a wakePauline Goldsmith resurrects her alterna…
Young Vic Studio, London Rating: **Sam Shepard was once regarded as the quintessential American playwright. But, on the evidence of the recent revival of the rambling A Lie of the Mind and t…
R&B singer-songwriter plans stage version of successful 'hip-hopera' about one-night stand gone surreally awryDefecating midgets are hardly a Broadway staple, but R&B star R Kelly ha…
A stash of film shot in the 1990s chronicles the rise of comedy's big names including Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon and Jo BrandAs the Edinburgh festival prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversar…
Lou Conran terminated her pregnancy after five months when she discovered her baby would not survive outside the womb. Now, she is telling her story at the Edinburgh fringe"Nobody has cried …
Lyric, LondonWacky songs, animal sounds and upbeat performances abound in this charming stage version of the popular children's picture bookMy six-year-old goddaughter Blue is now too big to…
New play from writer of King Charles III will explore ideas of British identity against backdrop of a country house A new work by Mike Bartlett, the writer behind hit play and BBC drama King…
Leicester Square theatreHer misanthropic nymphomaniac shtick may be purposefully provocative, but Pam Ann's lewd talk, Asian accents and airline industry stereotypes make for deadening humou…
I met Heathcote Williams through the No Glory in War campaign and got to know his wit, insights and impeccable manners through a few high teas at his home in Oxford. Although he fused art an…
Jez Butterworth's hit play about the 'disappeared' of the Troubles fails to capture the complexities of that period of history. Then there's the cliches…Early in the summer of 1981, when t…
When the new Sun editor pushed circulation above the Mirror's in the early 1970s, it was not by dragging the press into the mud but by responding to readers' hopes and interestsHow do you re…
Upper Campfield Market Hall, ManchesterJane Horrocks stars in a collage of song, history and drama whose most powerful presences are its stage projections"Can you help me a bit?" A spotlit J…
Boris Charmatz's blistering new work is, he says, like life " a blizzard of unique moves, never repeatedIt's the idea of dance, the thought behind movement that most fascinates the radi…
Romola Garai is the scheming, glamorous Sarah Churchil in Helen Edmundson's absorbing but uneven study of 18th-century intrigueThe RSC's Queen Anne offers no end of unflattering reflections …
Museum of Science and Technology; Royal Exchange; Home; Mayfield, Manchester A captive audience is ruffled in immersive refugee drama The Welcoming Party. Elsewhere, powerful tales of sons a…
The new generation of Indigenous creatives are vital. They stand on the shoulders of our ancestors, and build on 40,000 years of historyThere's such an enormous sense of anticipation to a wo…
Edinburgh's next installation should be more signposts to GlasgowIt's at this time of the year that I start to make my arrangements for the Edinburgh international festival and fringe. Altho…
From primary school teacher to author of a stage hit, the author is now subject of a V&A exhibition celebrating his workTwo sides, 45 minutes. Get on with it. Detention if you don't fini…
I think about all Garofalo's combined experience on screen and stage, and smile at how lucky I am to have seen her in the fleshOne of my favourite romantic comedies was released all the way …
Heywood Civic Centre, Rochdale; Grange festival, Hampshire; Royal Opera House, LondonAn audience of under-twos is captivated by Scottish Opera's latest new work " and so, for many reasons, i…
One act offers Badults-style sketches, the other does mindbending meta-gags. Both bring new shows to a station that specialises in self-satisfied comedyThe Pin and Daphne were part of a wave…
Wayne Sleep remembers a remarkable dance duet at the Royal Opera House in December 1985Our paths first crossed when she approached me for dance lessons in the early 1980s. Diana loved ballet…
The standup and podcaster on the things that make her laugh the most, from Sunil Patel to Curb Your EnthusiasmKatherine Ryan is the queen. I opened for her on tour and she would just kill ev…
Mayfield Depot, ManchesterWith capoeira kicks, pirouettes and the odd buttock scratch, Boris Charmatz's show tests the limits of how we experience danceBoris Charmatz's 10,000 Gestures can b…