The lift engineer-turned-standup has always thrived on being a fish out of water " now she's a US primetime star and Trevor Noah's regular 'Brexpert'Britain has an emigration problem. While …
The Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonOwen Horsley's inventive production sheds little light on what it means to be gay today, but highlights Wilde's passionate, transgressive textEveryone currently …
Barbican, LondonThere is perhaps unfair pressure on Binoche to pull off miracles in Ivo van Hove's eagerly anticipated take on SophoclesIt's an ill wind that blows at the beginning of Antigo…
Private homes in Toxteth, LiverpoolKeith Saha's drama for the Sgt Pepper anniversary expands on its domestic setting with puppetry and magical realismThe Beatles didn't just come from Liverp…
Piccadilly theatre, LondonMiranda Hart is just too nice in Nikolai Foster's revival " it's the kids who really shineBeware Annie! You will exit with an earworm. Although not the slickest dan…
Royal Opera House, LondonMusic, choreography and dancing were superb at the Royal Ballet's celebration of Frederick Ashton. But, oh, the costumes…In Marguerite and Armand, which closed the…
Manchester Royal ExchangeAn irreverent adaptation of Jane Austen's last novel puts a fun spin on the source material, but fails to honour her characters' complexitiesTo describe this as a fr…
She's not a feminist, but says women are born creative. Juliette Binoche talks to Laura Barnett about her spat with Gérard Depardieu, bad reviews " and why acting is like peeling onionsOne …
Dorfman, LondonAn African world full of anecdote and argument is conjured up at the barber'sIsn't this what all playwrights would wish for? To come across in their daily lives a dramatic are…
Olivier, LondonWords fail everyone in a play about the loss of common land in the early 1800sHow has this to pass come? Lower down explain will why like this I write. DC Moore author of good…
TV writer Steven Moffat's demand for fewer intermissions 'does not make financial sense'Theatre and concert hall managers are mounting a fightback this weekend in defence of an endangered cu…
Open thread: Les Miserables has been crowned best musical by fans of a show-mad radio station, but does it really deserve to top the bill?And the winner is ... Les Miserables, apparently. Je…
Linbury Studio, LondonSimon Callow's artfully constructed one-man show is essentially a 100-minute lecture on Wagner " but it feels like anything butSimon Callow's one-man show about Wagner …
Standup is supposedly a leftie haven. But from what I saw this week, the scene offered little support for the Labour leader " and, despite some droll insights, a lack of real debateWhere wer…
The biggest awards in theatre are Sunday, and the competition is fierce as Bette Midler shines in Hello, Dolly! and Dear Evan Hansen looks set to sweepIf one thing is certain, the 2017 Tony …
The Aussie comic on the things that make her laugh the most, from tomatoes on toast to 30 RockMy favourite would have to be Ellen DeGeneres's HBO specials. She hugely influenced me when I fi…
As his new show The Wind in the Willows opens in London, the Oscar winner and Downton Abbey creator will join us for a webchat from 1pm BST on Tuesday 13 June 1.00pm BST Julian Fellowes will…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonThis musical revue " which originally flopped on Broadway " features exquisite performances and songs by Hamilton's creator but still feels quaintly nostalgicWorki…
Calling all budding critics: enter our annual competition for ground-breaking reviews of new works in the artsAnthony Burgess died in 1993. Today, in the centenary year of his birth, the aut…
Bea Roberts reworks Madame Bovary for the modern age, while Henri Oguike, Dane Hurst and others bring new works to Kingston's Rose theatre1 Angels in AmericaThere is something very satisfyin…
It's 22 years since the playwright's chronicle of an election-losing Labour leader, The Absence of War, premiered at the Olivier theatre. On the eve of its revival he calls for the party of …
It's the last two weeks to catch John Boyega's on the stage as a soldier in 80s Berlin, while Rachel Weisz stars in a seductive, gothic thrillerMy Cousin RachelIt's summer! So no better time…
The Observer's theatre critic chooses the 10 sets that changed the face of modern theatre, from a 1912 Hamlet to Punchdrunk's immersive Faust Continue reading...
Last year's best newcomer nominee returns " feeling pensive, paranoid and on the brink of a breakdown' 10 questions for Russell Kane' 10 questions for Mark WatsonHello Romesh Ranganathan. Ar…
Richmond theatre, LondonNorthern Ballet's production, based on John Boyne's novel about an unlikely friendship at Auschwitz, is performed well but plagued by drastic failures of toneJohn Boy…