False starts and outmoded techniques make this latest iteration of Noël Coward's creation seem dated, leaving its star with too much heavy liftingSt James Theater, New YorkDressing gown e…
Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonLewis plays an architect in love with a goat in Edward Albee's tragedy about uncontrollable sexuality " with Sophie Okonedo equally riveting as his wifeAs we k…
Sir Antonio Pappano says while latest trend of booing villains can be fun, calling out a bad performance is a step too farTo boo or not to boo at the opera? The Royal Opera House would rathe…
Orange Tree, Richmond Servants and employers swap places with a great deal of amorous confusion in a sparkling revival of Marivaux's classicIn the past, we've seen Marivaux's classic comedy …
Southwark Playhouse, LondonThree young people find that online validation comes at a price, in Glenn Waldron's hugely enjoyable dramaParental neglect can come in many forms, and it does so i…
Dorfman, London The audience become judge and jury in Nina Raine's intelligent play about a rape case full of opposing narratives, starring Anna Maxwell Martin and Ben ChaplinAside from John…
My friend Roanne Dods, who has died of cancer aged 51, was founding director of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, through which she distributed £14m of grants to a vast range of arts org…
For its 2017-18 season, the Royal Ballet pays tribute to Kenneth MacMillan and Leonard Bernstein " and brings in Liam Scarlett, Edmund de Waal and a take on a deranged silent movieOne of the…
Abortion and suicide are hot topics in this latest hour of standup for Netflix, but the quirky left turns that once made this material feel so fresh can't be foundWhen I saw Louis CK perform…
Curve, Leicester"You're going to go out there a youngster, but you've got to come back a star," director Julian Marsh (Tim Flavin) tells young Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street. And there was high…
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, LondonSheena Easton brings poise and star quality to an energetic revival that suffers from its bloodless and out of date source materialIf you like musicals staged…
Standup comedian Richard Herring defends his 'Hitler Moustache' act following an article by Guardian critic Brian LoganBlog: Join the debate On Monday I was astounded to read an article by …
Director-general says collaboration with UK arts funding bodies will create 'moments of scale that no other organisation can'A TV adaptation of the National Theatre's current Brexit play, a …
Pleasance, LondonThis lovably stupid group breathe fresh air into traditional material " even the throwaway jokes are hilariousI'm all for the shock of the new " but sometimes the old, done …
Pleasance, LondonWade's riotous Oxford students get a gender reversal in a revival of her 2010 play that brims with high camp and swagger"Who run the world?" one of the characters belts out …
After a series of poetic and emotional productions, Gecko director Amit Lahav is now asking what it means to be in a 'forced marriage'. He explains why his shows change every night " and why…
It's taken almost 300 years for the French composer's genre-crossing opéra-ballet to come to the UK, with a Royal College of Music staging opening tomorrow. Why the wait? This week the Roya…
The actor, who is on Broadway in The Glass Menagerie, talks about being typecast and struggling to find roles while balancing life as a parentLast fall, Sally Field turned 70. Her celebratio…
The Walter Kerr Theatre, New YorkThe Pam MacKinnon-directed adaptation of the whimsical 2001 film struggles to deliver the goods, hemmed in by a saccharine songbook and passionless plotIn Am…
The British comedian talks Trump, marriage equality and why he's telling golliwog jokes in his show at the Melbourne international comedy festivalStephen K Amos is back in Australia after 12…
I recently spoke to a young British Muslim playwright about the attention he was suddenly getting from a few mainstream theatres and TV companies. He is one of many plucked from the north of…
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonChappelle kicks off with gleeful, scorching indelicacy, but his cock-of-the-walk comedy doesn't always match his considerable charisma You'd think it was a rock sta…
The onstage returns of Ricky Gervais and Dave Chappelle have both brought criticism of their jokes about trans people. Can their approach of tackling taboos with a sledgehammer ever work or …
With its shameless courting of wealthy New York, George Balanchine's plot-free ballet Jewels was initially seen as tacky. But its magical synthesis of ballet history means it has endured for…
Salisbury PlayhouseA rural Wiltshire community during the first world war is depicted with quiet poetry in Barney Norris's play on childhood friendship and adult expectationBarney Norris is …