Over a quarter of a century, Jude Law has blazed through a succession of challenging and controversial theatre productions on the way to his latest role as a lover with murder on his mind in…
Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash musical with singing, rollerskating trains opened in a Westphalian warehouse in 1988 and never closed. Can it transport a superfan back to his childhood?"This is …
As the spin-off movie hits cinemas, we celebrate the series about ballet dancers coming of age that was really about showing compassion for misfitsDance Academy was the show with biggest hea…
Reconnecting to 60,000 years of Indigenous tradition through dance and culture clears my head, allows my spirit to be free " and saved me from ending my life, writes @IndigenousX host, Joe W…
A factory dispute in the American Midwest shouldn't be the stuff of musical magic. But The Pajama Game earned its stripes with Broadway pedigree and Hollywood pizzazz. As Richard Eyre's hit …
Eton alumnus and comedy upstart with a keen interest in quiz show Pointless discusses impressively long texts and irresponsibly messy bedrooms' Read our Edinburgh festival 2014 coverage here…
Various locations, RhylThis ambitious but opaque roving community theatre piece by National Theatre Wales and Mark Storor goes to some unlikely places in search of the heart of RhylI love Na…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonEven the magnificent Sharon D Clarke can't make this long and cluttered musical shine as it shouldCy Coleman's The Life, with lyrics by Ira Gasman and book co-auth…
Dominion theatre, LondonFabulous choreography " and an extra helping of Gershwin " light up Christopher Wheeldon's airy musicalAn American in Paris is a lightfooted antidote to gloom, filled…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonSimon exudes feline grace and infinite variety in Iqbal Khan's excellent if unadventurous productionIt is impossible to predict how Josette Simo…
Opéra Bastille, ParisParis Opera Ballet deliver a beautifully chic but variable production of Balanchine's classic 1962 workGeorge Balanchine didn't make many traditional story ballets. Nar…
Wyndham's, LondonTennant is dissolution personified in Patrick Marber's brilliant update of his 2006 take on MolièreIf Don Juan doesn't know when to stop, I don't know where to begin in des…
It was 1974 and tension was high between the Soviets and Americans. The dissident poet Joseph Brodsky and the dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov met in New York and had a lot to talk aboutI first me…
Creator of acclaimed West End show and Royal Court chief raise fears due to limited access to training for those from outside LondonBritish stage triumphs such as the West End's Harry Potter…
The singer on a stolen kiss, her love of cursing, and not being a flash in the panBorn in Scotland, Sheena Easton, 57, has won two Grammys and sold more than 20m records; her songs include M…
If you are reading this blog, it probably means that you are interested in theatre. So why are some areas of theatre valued over others, particularly theatre for young audiences?This is an e…
The Wooster Group's latest production centers on the notorious 1971 debate between feminists " including Germaine Greer " and Norman Mailer. Almost 50 years on, the arguments they had are st…
Everyman, LiverpoolIt's impossible not to be moved by the new rep company's revival of Manfred Karge's unemployment drama, playfully directed by Nick BagnallIt's an almighty leap from their …
The standup and Friday Night Dinner star on the things that make him laugh the mostDave Chappelle on Sesame Street. Continue reading...
Leicester Square theatre, LondonIn his upbeat new show, Westphalia Is Not an Option, the playful standup tackles the EU referendum resultIn the age of Brexit, is self-styled German comedy am…
English lecturer stumbles across 'nonexistent' screenplay in British Library for film scuppered by financial problemsFor more than 50 years it has been one of the great questions of British …
Young Vic, London The audience play their part in the Arab Spring and debate whether Occupy curbed capitalist power as the journalist interrogates a decade of revoltThis live incarnation of …
British Library releases 'Baines note' in which playwright Christopher Marlowe scandalously suggests Christian communion should be smoked in a pipeA controversial document in which the playw…
Traverse, EdinburghStevie finds out about her husband's affair in Edward Albee's thrilling drama from a letter sent by their old friend Ross. What he wrote, she says, was "awful and absurd, …
Sergei Diaghilev set early 20th-century Paris ablaze with his Ballets Russes " and his impact on the world of dance can still be felt todayIn the tangled narrative of 20th century art, there…