Royal Court, LiverpoolMotherland writer Helen Serafinowicz transforms a dubious account about the footballer and his then girlfriend into a storybook tale of broad-stroke comedy Sometimes fa…
Grosvenor Park, ChesterThe debonair detective heads north for this breezily daft mystery featuring a missing masterpiece, vicious nuns and a full-bodied rendition of I Will Survive We think …
Chichester Festival theatreTwinkly eyed Phillip Attmore and silky-singing Lucy St Louis have natural chemistry in this stylish, witty adaptation of the mistaken identity drama It looks like …
York Theatre RoyalWith an 80-strong cast, this moving play about social reformer Seebohm Rowntree finds a universal message in the most local of stories There are myriad reasons why this par…
An undead club manager, sperm donor shenanigans and the pitfalls of trying to work with AI " just a few of the themes of this year's hottest tickets Kent-Walters, winner of best newcomer at …
The theatre legend talks his feelings on Trump, the fall of the Kennedy Center and why he finds it hard to trust straight men Harvey Fierstein is sitting here bleeding to death, he announces…
Lyttelton theatre, London With anarchic energy, Pike plays a judge whose world is upended in a companion drama to Suzie Miller's hit, again directed by Justin Martin Three years ago, playwri…
Playwright once dubbed 'the American Noël Coward', who skilfully poked beneath the surface of his middle-class characters' lives The American playwright Richard Greenberg, who has died ag…
James Ijames was told Shakespeare wasn't for the likes of him. Yet his Hamlet revamp electrified Broadway and scooped up Tony nominations. As Fat Ham hits the UK, he talks violence, vengeanc…
The performer and creator of the show I Watched Someone Die on TikTok shares what she has watched on TikTok, which is mostly creepy AI filters Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email I l…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonYaël Farber's production manages the problem play's shift from dark to light well, but is often opaque in meaning Male sexual jealousy drives…
Unpacking the president of Zimbabwe's psyche felt urgent in 2001 when he remained in violent power. But the play has found fresh relevance today I am standing outside the hallowed walls of t…
The warning comes after a string of shows by women comedians joking about men went viral Chinese provincial officials have warned comedians against stirring up discord between the genders, i…
Standup has become an escape for many as the conflict drags on, and comics see dark humour as part of their mission to 'stop people going crazy' Anton Tymoshenko is exhausted. Ukraine's most…
She was Saturday Night Live's oldest hire, then faced a torrent of abuse after her role in the Ghostbusters reboot. She talks about the deaths of her mum, dad and brother " and why she's giv…
Savoy theatre, LondonThis adrenalised adaptation of the 2010 film is stuffed with superb voices and sensational moves What a tremendous breath of fresh air. Amid the indefatigable rise of mo…
Austria's month-long ImPulsTanz celebration goes beyond the norm to turn rope jumping, navel-gazing and masked protest into explosive shows Matteo Haitzmann is a violinist who has tonight sw…
The comic was all set to make her debut at the Edinburgh fringe. Then, with hours to go, she had a medical emergency. The former dancer explains how it all fed into her new standup show 'M…
Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence combines comedy, songs and athleticism as a young netball player reckons with her own ambitions against an electro-pop score A spate of Macbeths will hit the…
A treasure trove of manuscripts, notebooks and recordings from the theatre legend has been acquired by the Library of Congress in Washington DC Mark Horowitz had done his homework before Ste…
TV channel U&Dave has announced its award for best joke at the fringe, launched in 2008, won't be given this year It's beyond a joke for pun-lovers. The traditional list of the funniest …
Witty and elegant actor whose roles ranged from Shakespeare to Dot Cotton's gentleman friend in EastEnders There is a dying breed of classically trained, romantic, heroic actors who should n…
Lawmakers note cancellation follows Colbert's criticism of parent company Paramount for settling Trump suit Democrats are condemning CBS for its recent decision to cancel The Late Show with …
It started in a strip joint and ended up bringing alternative comedy to our TV screens. Ahead of a new Edinburgh show, Peter Richardson tells us why his riotous creation still makes audience…
Driving through Manchester one Sunday, at the wheel of a Nissan Micra, Foot suddenly woke from decades of anxiety, anger and misery. He talks about the friends who tried to help him, and the…