Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonAnnie Ryan's production does full justice to the sinewy, aphoristic language in Webster's sinister portrait of corruptionWebster's dark Jacobean tragedies sit …
The National's Hedda Gabler, directed by Ivo van Hove, captures all the contradictions in Ibsen's play. It's these shows that help us through dark timesAs the lights went down on Ivo van Hov…
City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds The broadcaster's first standup tour, Cradle to the Stage, is a lucky-dip of nostalgic childhood stories and showbiz anecdotesYou've read the autobiography. …
Their art form already feels distant to some audiences. Do choreographers just make things worse by coming up with obscure names for their shows?I was once having a conversation with Matthew…
Barely out of Rada, Tamara Lawrance cruised into TV and stage roles. Now she's taking on Twelfth Night at the National. Can it beat her weird student version?Playing Viola in Twelfth Night a…
Audience gives standing ovation after actor Emilio Doorgasingh reads statement calling for solidarity with refugeesCast members of the West End show The Kite Runner have used a curtain call …
Described by director as 'Rome meets the West Wing', six-play adaption will be grand finale of the company's Rome seasonThe Royal Shakespeare Company is creating a six-play adaptation of Rob…
Unicorn theatre, LondonA talented team throw everything from shadow puppetry to live fire at the well-loved tale, but it's hard to make out the storyWith shadow puppetry, singing, dancing, s…
A stage version of the box-office hit, which was to star the Strictly celebrity alongside partner Carley Stenson, has been delayedThe world premiere of Sleepless, a stage musical based on No…
Applications are in for the next round of the council's funding for National Portfolio Organisations. Some have decided it's better to opt outThe deadline has now passed for those applying t…
The Pit, LondonEuripides Laskaridis puts on high heels and a fat suit to explore gender in a striking show at the Barbican as part of London international mime festivalImagine Dame Edna Ever…
After six years in 'retirement', Staines's finest is set to return in Ali G: Rezurection, on Fox network's FXX comedy channelAli G is back in da house " at least, if your house is in the US …
Every day millions of internet users ask Google life's most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queriesWe live in a time of profound change and chall…
Mark Gatiss and his husband Ian Hallard star in a play about a gay party that turns toxic. They talk about new threats to equal rights, the Sherlock backlash " and their dog-sitting issuesMa…
In Britain, after 30 years of hollowing-out, government is now seen as invisible or hostile. And those it no longer helps are facing the awful consequencesI left the Royal Court theatre a fe…
An alternative style of artist management is helping talents such as James Acaster and Dane Baptiste take a long-game approach. Rule No 1? Be niceBack in the 1990s, when club comics such as …
Theatre 503, LondonMichael McLean gets under the skin of his characters' lives in Skelmersdale but his play skimps on the bigger pictureWhat happened to the social utopias of the 1960s, buil…
Watermill, BagnorTwo actors play all 14 characters " and the piano " in a smart, jaunty show that transposes the English country-house mystery to small-town AmericaJoe Kinosian and Kellen Bl…
The decade is still associated with the 'In-Yer-Face' moniker but it brought us a thrilling variety of new writing and fresh, boundary-breaking styles of theatre There seems to be a bit of a…
Indigenous playwright and actor takes top honour at Victorian premier's literary awards for work based on Henry Lawson short storyThe Indigenous Australian playwright and actor Leah Purcell …
Depth of research, technical coordination and creative experimentation help bring Amazon adventure to life"I am in your head," says Richard Katz. His voice is, anyway. It will be there for c…
The playwright's concerns over European directors 'infecting' British theatre are misplaced " the two-way traffic between the UK and Europe has benefited us allWith a hard Brexit on the hori…
Belgrade, CoventrySatinder Chohan's compelling play about a woman desperate to become a mother draws intense performances from its castWhen Satinder Chohan commenced work on a drama set in a…
The NT usually manages a balance between revivals and new work. Now, classic plays are disappearing from its stages " and from regional reps tooDavid Hare has made the headlines with a damni…
Traverse, EdinburghFisk, a meditative evocation of mental breakdown onboard a paper boat, is a highlight at the festival of animation, puppetry and movementThere's a turntable in the Travers…