The Ballad of the Apathetic Son and his Narcissistic Mother stands out at a new celebration of performance, alongside a powerful take on black masculinityIn 21cc's show The Ballad of the Apa…
Lyttelton, LondonKate Fleetwood plays an American soldier returning home from a tour of duty in a striking, hi-tech production directed by Indhu RubasinghamWe know virtual reality is changin…
The theatre architect Roderick Ham, who has died aged 91, played an important role in the development of British theatre design in the postwar years. He was also one of the nicest men you co…
His debut show featured a duet in which a dancer never touched the ground. Now, James Cousins is staging his most ambitious piece yet, a modern take on As You Like It set in Seoul and inspir…
Hull Truck theatre, HullStaged for Hull's year as UK City of Culture, this One Man, Two Guvnors-style farce is a merry take on local historyThe road to Hull, they say, is paved with good int…
Kate Mulvany is astonishing in the title role of Bell Shakespeare's latest Richard III, but that doesn't make it politically radicalRichard III, Shakespeare's tragi-history about a tyrant's …
The comic who presented a TV series on the rise of the far right is back with a show that combines goofballery with cultural commentaryDid you see Hate Thy Neighbor on Viceland TV? A sizeabl…
Modern incarnation of the 'Taj Mahal of the Torrens' will serve as festival's hub and have entertainment co-directed by Neil Armfield and Rachel HealyDo South Australia's flappers still have…
Northern Stage, Newcastle upon TyneThis moving verbatim piece about young people in care shows playwright Paddy Campbell's fine ear for absurdity Paddy Campbell's first plays, Wet House and …
Richmond theatre, LondonSally Cookson directs a fine ensemble in a witty and inventive high-wire production with a modern edgeThe last attempt to stage Fellini's Oscar-winning 1954 movie had…
A chamber below Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol is hosting a new version of Orpheus and Eurydice. When does a bold new setting become a gimmick?We knock on the red door. A bell rings. T…
Robert Icke's production of trilogy by Aeschylus is to open at Trafalgar Studios after causing a sensation with audiences who were gripped by its family dramaThe Oresteia " three hours and 4…
Company to make its first appearance in Hull for 30 years in September as part of city of culture celebrations A previously little-known reputation for Hull as a powerhouse for producing bal…
The City of Culture is hitting the waves for Flood, its wildly ambitious flagship show " and even the boat gets a stunt doubleIn a quiet corner of Whitby harbour, Alan Lane, artistic directo…
Stage and screen actor who brought laughs to the ITV sitcom BenidormThe actor Kenny Ireland, who has died of cancer aged 68, crowned a long career on stage and screen by playing the outrageo…
After I was threatened with sexual violence at a gig, I built a routine around it " but looking back, I betrayed the seriousness of the incident' James Acaster: 'Normal people perv solo'' Ph…
Almeida, LondonRobert Icke's staging of Shakespeare's tragedy has fine performances and highly intelligent touches but some of its ideas are eccentrically wrong-headedBy a strange irony Andr…
My husband, James Walker, who has died aged 76, was a dedicated actor whose 40 years of working in the professional theatre took him all over the world.His career highlights included a seaso…
Octagon, BoltonDavid Thacker revives David Rudkin's rarely performed 1970s play about an infertile Ulsterman and his English wifeDavid Rudkin is a major figure in postwar British theatre who…
Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonJohn MacMillan performs unsettling, bleakly humorous monologues for audiences who are herded through this venue's claustrophobic depthsJohn MacMillan has crawled …
The performer and theatre-maker stars in George Brant's Grounded, which portrays war as soul-crushing shift workFor the past few months, Lucy Ellinson has been living inside the mind of an A…
George Brant's electric monologue Grounded was one of the first plays to explore a new form of war. The playwright, actor Lucy Ellinson and director Christopher Haydon recall creating a frin…
How do you come to terms with unspeakable tragedy? For Jonathan Young, who lost three young family members in a fire, one answer is through movement How does the mind respond to a traumatic …
28 February 1959: Dances vary, but there is a real thread of similarity which runs through folk dances the world over"Just think of it. For the past nine years that I have been on the select…
Scott, best known as Sherlock's Moriarty, is playing the highest-profile Hamlet since Benedict Cumberbatch took on the role in 2015. Here is an exclusive first look at the production Continu…