Opening ceremony sees debutantes performing classical dances. With the ball still hugely popular in Austria, it attracts big TV audiences, celebrity guests " and the president Continue readi…
In 1977, over an epic Chinese meal, Mike Leigh was persuaded to return to theatre. It was supposed to be a quick, forgettable job but became a hot ticket and triumphed on TV. He looks back a…
La La Land, Moonlight and co fight it out for best picture on Sunday night, while Philip Ridley's dark tale of abandoned children returns to LondonTwo Man ShowAn Edinburgh fringe favourite, …
Soho theatre, LondonLike a British Doug Stanhope, the provocative comic oozes scorn, cynicism and sardonic spleenThere's a gap in the market for a British Doug Stanhope, although Alfie Brown…
Everyman, LiverpoolGemma Bodinetz's loving, elegant revival of the Russian villagers' story is joyful and warm in the hands of the theatre's versatile new repertory companyAn old Broadway mu…
The actor and producer will join us to answer your questions in a live webchat on Monday 27 February " post them in the comments below 2.01pm GMT Permanently tracksuit-clad and put upon to m…
Palace theatre, Manchester Smith is never less than astonishing as she kicks off a UK tour of the musical based on Fanny Brice's rollercoaster vaudeville life"That's where I live, on stage,"…
Olivier, LondonSimon Godwin's inventive gender-fluid production of Shakespeare's most perfect comedy has a vital elan and some great performancesThe casting of Tamsin Greig as Malvolia is bo…
She has blazed a trail from Granada to New York to Paris, rapping, partying and dancing in a latex flamenco dress. Is Britain ready for Blanca Li and her ramshackle dancing robots?I didn't r…
Arcola, London Trevor Griffiths' version of the masterpiece is staged in London for the first time in a modern-dress production implying we too are on the brink of changeThis enterprising th…
Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal and Charlotte Ritchie star in Simon Callow's production of Christopher Hampton's 1970 comedySimon Callow has gathered some of the UK's brightest young TV comedy sta…
Vineyard Theater, New YorkJohn Kander and Greg Pierce's melancholy production about a teenager recovering from kidnapping, abuse and rape is an admirably offbeat effortWhat good is it sittin…
Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev were the Bolshoi's golden couple " on stage and off. But their love affair is over and they're flirting with new kinds of dance. Judith Mackrell asks them w…
The detail, the exquisite control, the lyrical flow ... this clip shows why Kirkland remains a cherished legend of American balletThis is Gelsey Kirkland dancing the Act 1 variation, or solo…
Steven Cantor's intimate film about the rebellious dancer exposes the pressures heaped on young prodigies " and has vital lessons for the industryIn Dancer, Steven Cantor's new film about Se…
Soho theatre, LondonScout leaders haunt the woods with crossbows and there are groansome puns aplenty in this deliciously silly coming-of-age showAfter half a dozen shows together, Max Olesk…
Want to be a ballerina? No problem. But any girl dreaming of a career in choreography had better mind the glass ceiling…As a nation we are well supplied with choreographers. Matthew Bourne…
Northern Stage, Newcastle As the heroine of Ibsen's psychodrama, a pistol-packing Victoria Elliott rages against corseted constriction in Selma Dimitrijevic's adaptationThe fashion for Hedda…
Tobacco Factory, Bristol Director Richard Twyman's riveting production excels at depicting the racial and religious tensions underlying Othello and Desdemona's peril"So much ado, so much str…
Theatre-makers are creating personal work that might be hard to deal with but that shouldn't make it out of bounds for artists, critics or audiencesLast weekend's The Sick of the Fringe fest…
Phoenix theatre, London The Take That star and Tim Firth have collaborated seamlessly on a show that is far superior to its predecessors on stage and screenIt might be fair to assume that th…
DBC Pierre wrote in a fever, Frank Turner dabbled in thrash and Nikki Amuka-Bird jumped off a cliff. Artists reveal how they got to the top " and how you can tooThe actor: Nikki Amuka-Bird, …
Assembling a lineup of actors requires a keen eye, passion and diplomacy. Plus, it's the perfect excuse to watch lots of playsWhat is your job description?The casting director is a kind of c…
Library dust jackets altered with surreal jokes, which saw playwright Joe Orton and his boyfriend Kenneth Halliwell serve six months in prison in the 1960s are finally seeing the light of da…
Joe Orton is being honoured with a festival and exhibition, but what about Kenneth Halliwell, his muse and murderer?Don't you hate it when you miss someone's birthday? It was Kenneth Halliwe…