Twelve years after it first opened, Ayub Khan Din recounts how a play about growing up in Salford's Asian community went from kitchen-table scribblings to worldwide successFifteen years ago,…
Lionel Bart's 'roaring' rewrite of Dickens gets 23 curtain calls at the New Theatre, June 30 1960When Lionel Bart took on Charles Dickens, he had no plans to be reverential. After all, this…
The Breakin' Convention founder on fantasy horror, rocking out to Slick Rick in his faux fur coat, and rasta pasta to die forAfter graduating from the London Contemporary Dance School, Jonzi…
The actor, a household name in the Netherlands, is soon to star opposite Law in a new stage production of the film Obsession, adapted by director Ivo van HoveFirst impressions are important …
Octagon, BoltonA magnificent Phoebe Pryce in the lead role ensures the 19th-century classic still packs an emotional punch for a modern audienceWhen Acton Bell's second novel was published i…
Barbican, LondonCheek by Jowl rise to Shakespeare's challenge, including a wonderful awakening for Hermione. But the beast scares no oneThe Winter's Tale is a series of dares for a director.…
Coliseum, LondonKatherine Jenkins and Alfie Boe sound as good as you might expect, but 'semi-staged' here signifies a woeful lack of acting talentThe English National Opera has said that to …
The comedian tells us why Francis Crick, Brian Cox and Stephen Hawking are the butt of his jokes in his new book and radio seriesWhen I meet Robert Newman, he is wearing a homemade brain sca…
The 2001 staging at Shakespeare's Globe, with Mark Rylance tackling a trio of roles, gave clarity to this convoluted playNot a play for rationalists. Dr Johnson wrote of its "unresisting imb…
The actor on being changed by Hamlet, good suits and playing the piano badlyBorn in London, Edward Fox, 80, went to Rada. During the 1970s, he starred in The Day Of The Jackal and won Baftas…
I will never not laugh at his bit on chicken and racismBack when easy streaming was a twinkle in some young executive's eye, some TV was just… unavailable. If you were desperate to wa…
Trafalgar Studios, LondonA sleeper fringe hit that has been steadily gathering momentum, this farce about an incompetent amateur dramatic staging of a murder mystery began at the Old Red Lio…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonThis tipsy performance of giggly, off-script improvisation is pointless if it's put-on, cruel if it's real, and staggeringly bad if you're soberThe most shock…
Ustinov studio, BathThe Homeland actor plays a tetchy older author clashing with a younger dramatist in Daniel Kehlmann's compelling study of creative anxietyThis show has the aura of an eve…
The Homeland actor talks about going to boarding school aged eight, why his family notion of duty is not always helpful and how his mother told him not to marry an actorI grew up in London, …
From crisps to his co-host Danny Kelly, the long-serving radio personality reveals the things that make him laugh the mostNot exactly standup, but Monty Python at Drury Lane in 1974. I had t…
Twenty years ago director Declan Donnellan brought Kushner's great play about the Aids crisis to London. Its latest revival at the National is a reminder of its profundity and wicked witAt t…
Two tales tackled by Disney are reimagined for the stage. Plus: Sally Cookson adapts Fellini's La Strada and Dance International Glasgow returns1 The Lion KingIn hindsight it seems absurd th…
The actor finally returns to the Barbican stage and the precocious Tavi Gevinson interviews her pal Lorde, while elsewhere Stormzy's cousin plays liveCambridge literary festivalAlthough many…
Wilton's Music Hall, LondonDerived from a mocking tome on how to lie and cheat your way to the top, this musical brings a welcome note of satire amid a daft plot with beguiling songsMusicals…
Lyric, BelfastPatrick O'Kane embraces both the humour and humanity of the troubled abstract expressionist in John Logan's award-winning playHumour is not readily associated with the abstract…
Victoria Dock, HullAs a feat of logistics, this thrilling odyssey played out on water looks likely to be a highlight of Hull's year as UK City of CultureWhen the waters rise, Hull may be the…
Bush, LondonHuman curiosity and the capriciousness of power are central to this story of two footmen forbidden to look on the splendour of the Taj Mahal in 1648 Related: Bush Theatre boss Ma…
Peacock theatre, LondonThe young dancers perform beautifully, and there's no denying the magic of the story, but ENB's show could do with less chat and a bit more sparkleIt's seven o'clock. …
Brother of Eddie Murphy, who turned his encounters with Hollywood's great and good into much-loved TV skits, has diedCharlie Murphy, the older brother of Eddie Murphy and a comic performer w…