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This week La La Land, whose stars sing and dance, got 14 Oscar nominations. What did former Strictly judge Arlene Phillips think?I had read all the reviews before going to see La La Land and…
A cult American show 'celebrating the change', Menopause the Musical has arrived in London to a host of truly horrific reviews.Written by Jeanie Landers, Menopause the Musical was first perf…
The singer with 20m album sales to his name has realized a dream by making his Broadway debut starring in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812Last year might have been an annus horrib…
The outspoken comic answered your questions in a live webchat from the Edinburgh festival " and addressed everything from Donald Trump to the phrase 'the n-word' 12.37pm BST Reginald is wrap…
Breaking Bad actor to make UK stage debut in media satire, as NT also announces productions of Pinocchio and MacbethBryan Cranston is to make his UK stage debut as the unhinged TV news ancho…
The Drifters star on the things that make him laugh the mostProbably Daniel Kitson. But I remember crying with laughter the first time I saw Phil Nichol and, most recently, Colin Hoult as An…
Initial names announced ahead of London opening of the record-breaking Broadway musical " but no word on the lead roleThe first cast members have been announced for the West End production o…
A remarkable look at the Beslan school tragedy and a homage by Wayne McGregor to Virginia Woolf. Plus: The Glass Menagerie, Letters To Windsor House, Love, Travesties, Sampled and Cinderella…
From the soul pianist's debut album to Matthew McConaughey's new film and the return of the Arctic drama: your at-a-glance guide to the best in cultureYou Must Remember ThisKarina Longworth'…
As a new production of Bread and Butter opens, Alan Plater celebrates CP Taylor's unique contribution to British theatreCecil Taylor died in 1981 at the age of 52 leaving, in the words of h…
The Grammy-winning singer/songwriter will work with playwright Paul Rudnick on an adaptation of the hit fashion comedyElton John has been tapped to write the music for the Broadway adaptatio…
Puppets and opera aren't such strange bedfellows, as this exclusive video of Wattle and Daub's new show " about the French spy with a monstrous appetite " proves. The new opera features 10 c…
The true story of the French revolutionary soldier was so grotesquely dramatic, we knew it had to be told " with puppetsWhen we first came across the story of Tarrare " a perpetually hungry …
Arts theatre, LondonRichard Marsh and Katie Bonna's verse romcom is a wry, sweet-natured account of a totally believable relationshipHaving started out as a 10-minute pub poetry duet in 2010…
Alan Partridge, Paul Calf and other familiar faces return in Coogan's first standup tour in a decade. Was it worth the wait?With a new BBC2 comedy drama (Sunshine), a box-office smash (Tropi…
Soho theatre, LondonThe Iranian-born comic, marking 40 years since her arrival in the UK, makes a compelling argument for the multifaceted nature of nationhoodThe first 10 minutes of Shappi …
How do you capture the spirit of Lisbon? With a show featuring fado, sunbathing dancers and an enigmatic walrus. The Tanztheater Wuppertal star recalls making Masurca FogoIt's bitterly cold …
Australian actor pulls no punches when appearing on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show to promote Broadway play The Present. The Australian actor Cate Blanchett has described Donald Trump's ascenda…
Sydney Dance Company collaborated with a naturist society for a world-first all-nude event. But be careful where your eyes fall"Here?" I ask. "We undress here?" The man beside me already has…
Actor who used TV sitcom for her portrayal of an independent modern womanThe actor Mary Tyler Moore, who has died aged 90, spent decades as "America's sweetheart", her time in that role refl…
As suppers are held for Robert Burns' birthday, here's a toast to the standups of Scotland whose attitudes and accents are perfectly suited to comedyWhen I saw Scottish standup Scott Gibson …
He brought sex dolls to Measure for Measure and a food fight to The Changeling. As his Midsummer Night's Dream looms at the Young Vic, the director discusses the dark truth to fairy storiesN…
Dorfman, London Emmet Kirwan stars in his play about rave-addicted Dublin youths, which displays a lust for language but offers little more than a sensory impressionWords, words, words. That…
Wright, whose films include Atonement and Anna Karenina, will take on Bertolt Brecht's classic play Life of GalileoThe British director Joe Wright is returning to the theatre to direct an ad…
Young Vic, LondonCarrie Cracknell's production certainly puts a new spin on Ibsen's 1879 classic. As if to remind us that this is a play about domestic revolution, Ian MacNeil's design revol…
