Lyttleton, LondonTwenty five years after its first production, this eight-hour fantasia is revealed as both a document of the Aids crisis and an amply justified vision of US politicsTwo big …
The hit fantasy play, which has broken records in London, will move to the the Lyric Theatre in New York Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two will premiere on Broadway on 22 A…
My mother, Rosemary Frankau, who has died aged 84, was an actor best known for playing Beattie in the BBC sitcom Terry and June.Born in Marylebone, central London, to the comedian Ronald Fra…
Park theatre, LondonThe two stars have fun playing cosmetics queens Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden but this clunky, camp show misfiresWatching Miriam Margolyes and Frances Barber slug…
From a play about Edward Snowden to an opera about Anna Nicole Smith, Miriam Buether's stage designs always astonish audiences. She talks through six of her greatest creationsEnter the theat…
The Yard, London A French teenager and a German boy soldier are unselfconscious lovers in this idiosyncratic fable set in occupied FranceIt's 1944, and teenagers Elodie and Otto are on oppos…
Royal Court, London Paddy Considine stars as a reformed IRA activist in the Jerusalem playwright's deeply involving and abundant new workThe combination of Jez Butterworth as writer and Sam …
Stage and screen actor whose military bearing perfectly suited him to the role of the brigadier in The Darling Buds of MayMoray Watson, who has died aged 88, had a long career as an actor in…
The Place, LondonDidy Veldman launches her company with a terrific show that encourages its audience to experience dance as a surge of emotionAre you happy? This most banal but quintessentia…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghSandy Grierson brings humour and bitterness to Douglas Maxwell's tale of a redemptive mission, directed by Matthew LentonThe eponymous figure at the centre of Douglas …
Roslyn Packer Theatre, SydneyThe world premiere of Taiwanese choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung's Full Moon opens an uneven but ultimately uplifting showIn folklore, a full moon can lead to madn…
He's one of Britain's bravest screen actors. Now Paddy Considine is making a high-stakes stage debut in The Ferryman. Samantha Morton, Olivia Colman and others look back at his extraordinary…
Minerva, ChichesterDespite stumbling over a line, Henry ended the evening looking totally assured in a Willy Russell revival that proves Lashana Lynch's star potentialThis was one of the str…
Donmar Warehouse, London Henry exudes authority as a deadly racketeer but Bruce Norris's version of Brecht's 1941 drama tries too hard to draw parallels with the new US presidentIt is always…
Bette Midler, Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline provide some A-list glamour for this year's nominations, but there's no love for Amélie and Significant OtherAt the Tony awards this year, a com…
Surprise on Broadway as Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 picks up 12 nominations, while British production of Groundhog Day the Musical gets sevenA musical based on volume two, pa…
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 leads with 12 nominations, with Tim Minchin's Groundhog Day in contention for best new musical " here are the nominees in fullA Doll's House, Part…
Finborough, LondonTwo sisters confront each other and the irrationality of hatred in David Ireland's blackly comic political dramaDavid Ireland is our theatre's expert at exploring the psych…
The cast of Friends has reunited " except for Matthew Perry. He is in London embarking on the next chapter of his lifeMatthew Perry will make his playwriting debut when The End of Longing op…
In a blistering one-off show, poet Lemn Sissay heard " for the first time " the record of his suffering as a child in care. He explains why the theatre was the safest place to relive his bea…
An eye-wateringly explicit new stage show celebrates erotic correspondence sent by famous figures through the ages"I did as you told me, you dirty little girl, and pulled myself off twice wh…
Mike Bartlett's mock-Shakespearean take on constitutional crisis over Prince Charles proves an attraction' 'Royally entertaining' ... Michael Billington's review of the Almeida productionAlt…
The main problem is TV presenters' poor articulation, argues Alan HuntingtonIn her letter (29 April), Mary McKeown refers to "hearing" and "audibility". Certainly, audibility is an essential…
Oscar-winning film-maker will headline The Terms of My Surrender, a new play that will be performed just blocks away from Trump TowerMichael Moore is set to star in a Broadway show aimed at …
As Dame Judi Dench has noted, many actors under the age of 30 haven't even heard of the titans who preceded them. And as for their diction …I remember the occasion as if it were yesterday.…