The actor, about to star in A View from the Bridge at the Young Vic, on taking liberties with Arthur Miller " and the lure of playing the bad guy' Monroe and Miller's sensational year " in p…
In 1948 my father, Michael Redington, was a young member of the Old Vic Company's triumphant tour of Australia, headed by Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. His admiration for both actors wa…
Actor Susannah Harker and relatives bid farewell to Joseph Harker's 1905 London studio which may be turned into flatsThe actor Susannah Harker and a chorus line of her theatrical relatives h…
SSE Hydro, GlasgowFord Kiernan and Greg Hemphill return to the stage with an even more ambitious live show " and just as many laughsWhen does a sitcom get too big for its boots? It's a worry…
Charing Cross theatre, LondonEven musical maestro Thom Southerland's gifts can't help this flight of fancy rise above its silly premiseThom Southerland has made himself a master of the unexp…
This moving documentary charts the impact that Madonna's Blond Ambition world tour had on seven of her dancers' livesThe year is 1990. Madonna, at the height of her fame and influence, embar…
Barbican, LondonTop dancers, Javier de Frutos choreography, Philip Glass score and Cocteau's twisted tale don't quite add upJean Cocteau's 1929 novel Les Enfants Terribles is the story of a …
Birmingham RepA taut cast makes the most of this 2010 hit comedy, directed by Jeremy Sams in its British premiereIn a loft conversion in Peckham, south London, lecturer Peter (Jamie Glover) …
Nottingham ContemporaryThe social upheaval of the Thatcher years saw an explosion of work by black and Asian artists. This compelling show recaptures a pivotal eraConfronted by a black man i…
Home, ManchesterLizzie Nunnery's play with music captures bittersweet memories of the North Atlantic convoys as documentary meets melancholy balladNarvik is not like anything else I have hea…
We see quotes from critics plastered all over adverts, posters and book jackets. But is their use always what it seems?The novelist Anthony Horowitz should not really have been surprised whe…
Coming-of-age novel I Capture the Castle is adapted for the stageOne of Britain's most popular romantic novels, Dodie Smith's coming-of-age classic I Capture the Castle, beloved of writers i…
The people's Maria is under incredible pressure to perform. I reckon people should give her a break.Relax, it's only a Lloyd Webber musical. Photograph: Tristram KentonLoss of innocence has …
The contestants can belt out a tune but can they cut it in musical theatre? The stage show cast from the BBC1 series will fall flat if it doesn't find acting talentReality TV and talent show…
The director describes the gruesome appeal of staging Stefan Zweig's novel about the faultlines running through a society on the brink of destruction"Why Zweig? Eeeuwww …"No. That doesn't …
After the EU referendum result, Bridget Christie ripped up her Edinburgh show and created a new one in just a few weeks. This is an anatomy of a standup set that has changed with the headlin…
Hampstead theatre, LondonEmilia Fox and Theo James star in Laura Eason's two-hander about an implausible relationship between writers in a Michigan B&BThe title is certainly titillating.…
Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonJamie Lloyd's revival of Philip Ridley's 1991 dark fable, starring George Blagden and Bafta-nominated Hayley Squires, is vivid and monstrousThe gaudy excesses of …
From Stephen Daldry's ground-breaking production to a visceral take on the welfare crisis. Plus: Worst Wedding Ever, Material Men Redux and more1 An Inspector CallsThat inspector keeps on ca…
From the super-sharp standup latest set to the hip-hop megastar's mammoth tour: your at-a-glance guide to the best in cultureBridget ChristieThe queen of feminist comedy continues her two-we…
Described as 'horribly relevant' by its directors, the global tour of the acclaimed production follows a surge in sales for Orwell's seminal novelAs George Orwell's seminal book 1984 enjoys …
The comedian, writer and blogger on what makes him laugh the mostWatching Billy Connolly at the Hammersmith Apollo in the late 90s was a masterclass of long-form comedy. I also shared a hote…
He's the ex-cleaner who ended up playing a pirate in Game of Thrones. Now Lucian Msamati faces his biggest challenge yet " as the RSC's first black Iago. He talks to Ryan GilbeyLucian M…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonGemma Arterton brings beauty, determination and moral goodness to one of the great female rolesA new theatre is often a challenge. Until weathered and worn by …
Many a playwright owes a debt to a radio commission. Audio drama allows an ambition and scope that can't always be achieved on stageEarlier this week, at the Critics' Circle theatre awards, …