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Duke of York's, London Kate O'Flynn is outstanding in John Tiffany's beautiful staging of Tennessee Williams's breakthrough play about a fragile girl and her gentleman callerIs there a bette…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe choreographer's piece inspired by Lisbon is sunny and seductive, but ultimately insubstantialIn 1997 the German choreographer Pina Bausch took the dancers of her co…
Revival of play about the Regency dandy reminds its creator of its unusual birthAny promising career can falter when an unguarded remark goes down badly. For the Regency buck "Beau" Brummell…
Debate over bias towards actors from a privileged background persists as London rolls out the red carpetAt the Royal Albert Hall tonight, as glittering prizes are handed out in the annual Ba…
The working-class actor is dying out, as the socially advantaged turn the clock back and leave our culture much the poorer"It's not enough being talented, these days you need cash." Steve Co…
It is an error to see gender-blind casting solely in terms of female advancement. It also prompts the creation of better productionsThe Royal Shakespeare Company's latest production of The T…
National, LondonEvery 20 years or so we rediscover Harley Granville Barker's astonishing play. Following revivals at the Royal Court in 1965 and the National itself in 1989, we now have Pete…
I bought £79-worth of tickets for several ballets but something went wrong and I was also billed £87 for ones I didn't wantIn August I went to the box office at The Lowry in Salford Qu…
Duchess, LondonLenny Henry has won his spurs as a Shakespearean actor in Othello and The Comedy of Errors. Now he takes on the titanic role of Troy Maxson in August Wilson's Fences which won…
Sadler's Wells, LondonIn Pina Bausch's impressionistic travelogue of Portugal and Brazil, the dancers confess intimate memories, put their bodies on parade and enjoy larky gamesIt's nearly e…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonThe latest production from 20 Stories High is a vivid, clever piece that fuses tough subject matter with wicked humour and moments of pungent emotionOne in three…
Barbican, London With dazzling virtuosity, this Complicite/Schaubühne staging of Stefan Zweig's novel brilliantly evokes a doomed romance and the imminent horror of warBalzac, about whom St…
After years of playing minor characters, it was this eternal bit-parter who put me in the spotlightLaurence Olivier handed me the script in his office, saying: "Marvellous part, marvellous p…
The Glaswegian standup and Radio 4 regular on the things that make her laugh the mostBilly Connolly. I've never managed to see him live but when I was younger I had a tape of one of his gigs…
From a full-blooded reimagination of Shakespeare to the best of a celebrated choreographer. Plus: Eurohouse, Joan, BU21 and more1 Richard IIIDavid Hare may be up in arms about the European i…
As Daniel Radcliffe appears in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Tom Stoppard remembers the dandy who wrote it 50 years ago, picks his favourite play " and reveals why he's less interested in da…
From the actor's rarely seen character comedy to an immersive version of Moulin Rouge: your at-a-glance guide to the best in cultureWhoopi GoldbergA brilliant one-off: the award-winning acto…
Playwright Michelle Law talks about her 'dark family comedy' and about her struggle to engage with a predominantly white theatre sceneTheatre in Australia is so white, says playwright Michel…
Schaubühne, BerlinSimon McBurney's production, based on Stefan Zweig's 1938 novel, brings past and present together in a desperate vision of failed empire Related: Rereading: Beware of Pity…
Royal Court, LondonLinda Bassett, Kika Markham, June Watson and Deborah Findlay deliver pitch-perfect performances in Churchill's apocalyptic conversation piece Related: Here We Go review " …
Lalita Carlton-Jones writes: In 1982 the Mermaid theatre in London staged The Portage to San Cristobal of AH, adapted as a play by Christopher Hampton from a short story by George Steiner. I…
Hip-swings, leg moves, arm waggles and staying on the beat are the best moves for women who want to be admired on the dance floor, say psychologists Disco divas looking to tear up the dance …
He's played Sam Cooke, an EastEnders bad boy and a closeted footballer in The Pass. Now, Arinzé Kene has returned to writing plays " and to the violent summer of 2011 " with a searing accou…
Rose theatre, KingstonToksvig's play has plenty of good gags but there's far too little characterisation, leaving an experienced ensemble treading waterSandi Toksvig's new comedy, set in a r…
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsUpdated to a minimalist live/work space full of digital sound manipulation, Sam Pritchard's production plays on the pain of judging people by how they speakNot…
