Theatre Royal, HaymarketDamian Lewis and Sophie Okonedo do their best with Edward Albee's provocative play, but it is too knowing for its own goodIn the seven months since Edward Albee died,…
Watford Palace theatreThe magic and nuance of the written word are missed in this musical adaptation, despite colourful songs and an inventive setA scaffolding structure rises on the stage, …
After 10 years at the Globe, Dominic Dromgoole will direct and produce films, following in the footsteps of Stephen Daldry and Sam MendesA former director of the Globe theatre in London is t…
Lauren Hibbert, 32, on why she loves to danceI have always loved to dance. It's a brilliant way to keep fit: it's so much fun and doesn't even feel like exercise. I've had lessons since I wa…
Her voice is the happiest sound you'll ever hear, like the best of summer holidaysI'm a screen addict, so a fair chunk of my childhood memories are intimately tied up in film. Around the age…
The actor's imposing vocal and physical presence equipped him to play Lear and a future Charles III as well as a series of police and army officersCombining height with a voice of unusual br…
The rising dance star on the exchange of ideas in her collaboration with Richard Alston, kathak's rhythm and grace, and meditating before rehearsalReaching the final of the BBC Young Dancer …
In the first of a new series in which actors write about pivotal moments in their career, Tim Pigott-Smith recalls the year he appeared alongside Ian McKellen … and met his future wifeBy e…
Almeida theatre, LondonMike Bartlett has written a speculative play about the future of the monarchy that has the courage to ask serious questionsMike Bartlett has written a speculative play…
Best known for The Jewel in the Crown, he was awarded an OBE last month and due to star in Death of a SalesmanThe actor Tim Pigott-Smith has died at the age of 70.His career spanned over fou…
Theatre, film and TV actor Tim Pigott-Smith came to the British public's attention as Ronald Merrick in the 1984 TV series The Jewel in the Crown, and starred in plays and films including Ki…
Theatre Royal, NorwichThere are powdered wigs and romps galore in Kenneth Tindall's first full-length story ballet, but he never truly gets at his hero's mind and heartThere is a properly ri…
Barbican, LondonDeclan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod bring imagination and striking visuals to a modern-day retelling that is easier to admire than to loveDirector Declan Donnellan and designer…
Britten theatre, London The Royal College of Music's European collaboration brings clean-edged chic and character to the French composer's opéra-ballet spectacleThe distinctively French for…
From squid pelts to neurotic standup, the misanthropic US comic, writer and musician reveals the things that make him laugh the mostKevin Meaney, the recently departed Boston comedian, had t…
Sally Cookson captures the fragile heart of Charlotte Brontë's novel, while Crystal Pite's astounding take on grief and addiction returnsJane Eyre Continue reading...
The R&B up-and-comer performs with the Internet, the erstwhile king of British comedy reclaims his throne and radical writer James Baldwin is rememberedPure ComedyFather John Misty's new…
Kevin Spacey's first season in charge of the Old Vic starts tomorrow. Will he boost the fragile ecology of British theatre? Or will he leave us cold? Stuart Jeffries reportsIn the long queue…
New York preview of A Steady Rain, starring Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig, is interrupted by a mobile ringtone, leading actors to ad-lib in characterRichard Griffiths ordered its owner out o…
As a Kickstarter campaign is launched to fund Infidel: the Musical, the comic and author explains why his cult comedy about Jews and Muslims was ripe for a stage makeoverPerhaps surprisingly…
Traverse, Edinburgh Stef Smith's dystopian sci-fi two-hander, staged during the Edinburgh international science festival, anatomises our relationships with technologyThe lines of Neil Warmin…
Finborough theatre, London Paul Bradley as a hopeless boozehound, Susan Penhaligon as a haughty mother and Rebecca Collingwood as a sparky sister light up TW Robertson's 1867 playIt is 150 y…
Oslo, a behind-the-scenes look at the talks that led to the deal between Israel and the PLO, has already enjoyed critical success on BroadwayA stage play based on the behind-the-scenes talks…
New Wolsey, Ipswich Disabled and non-disabled actors, mixing in sign language and audio description, bring fresh dramatic insight to Ramps on the Moon's pinball wizard musicalSwaggering and …
State Theatre, Arts Centre, MelbourneMatthew Bourne and Scott Ambler's dance-theatre production is at its strongest when its performances are most rawWe're not quite on a Pacific island in M…