I'm a writer and performer who once did a TED talk about gender-neutral bathrooms. Now it's all anyone wants me to talk aboutI was 15 years old the day I cashed my first art cheque. It was f…
Producers of a new version of George Orwell's classic suggest his dystopic fiction is chillingly relevant' Michael Billington's four-star review of 1984' Top five theatrical dystopiasOn 8 Ju…
Nearly two decades after it first hit the London stage, Ayub Khan-Din's play has been revived. How have racial stereotypes altered " and does the leading character seem any less detestable?O…
Graeae and the Royal Exchange are staging Lorca's classic in a show that creatively incorporates BSL, captioning and audio description and takes a great play to another level"Right," says di…
Soho theatre, LondonAt one point in Jack Whitehall's new show, he stops shouting, and addresses his recent encounter with the News of the World, who photographed him using cocaine. The ears …
The Made in England and Line of Duty actor is joining us to answer your questions at 1pm GMT on Friday 27 January " post them in the comments below 3.18pm GMT Vicky McClure has played a seri…
Charing Cross theatre, LondonThom Southerland gracefully directs this strange musical, but the delightful songs and touching performances merely decorate a story that lacks biteLove is as st…
Corn Exchange, CambridgeThe foppish comedian is a terrific performer but his tightly scripted comedy doesn't compensate for the dearth of anything real or insightful to say'God, these storie…
Clowns might be getting a bad press just now, but clowning has long been an essential part of British theatre traditionEverybody loves to hate a clown, and news of sightings of clowns on str…
Octagon, BoltonJessica Baglow is radiant as the gobby but intellectually insatiable hairdresser who spars with her boozy Open University lecturerIf one thing has altered in the 37 years sinc…
Tron theatre / National Piping Centre, GlasgowThe story of fearless balladeer Margaret Barry is told on stage in a gentle and poignant tribute, and Leveret bring the finest of traditional fo…
When Bez started bouncing around with Happy Mondays, no one could believe their eyes. But is there more to it than popping pills and shaking a tambourine? Three legendary dancers reveal all'…
The Pitchfork Disney overturned my ideas about British theatre in 1991 " and Tender Napalm shows Ridley remains an unmissable talentIn 1991, I went to the Bush theatre in west London. I'd le…
Obscure language in show descriptions and reviews prevents us from opening the conversation to everyoneI was browsing through the programme of an international festival recently. The visuals…
The choreographer's latest project explores the 'intelligent body', as her audience follow their own path through the Barbican's Curve galleryWhen does a simple movement become a gesture of …
Park theatre, LondonDavid Spicer's humorous play about animal rights boasts deft one-liners and giant amphibians, but it ends up down a dramatic cul-de-sacMartha is dead but no longer buried…
Drum, PlymouthIt's not often that you hear mass sobbing in the theatre, but it's all sniffles during the latter stages of this new Frantic Assembly show. It's hardly surprising: Abi Morgan's…
Escaped Alone returns, Gary Barlow opens his musical The Girls, Vault and Manipulate add to the festival fare and The White Devil walks againOwen Sheers's Pink Mist, about three lads who joi…
Continuing our series in which actors write about pivotal moments, Linda Bassett explains why a series of workshops in rural Norfolk opened up a new world of theatre for herWorking with Cary…
The departing head of Arts Council England reflects on the thrill of artistic magnificenceThere used to be a rather sterile, self-regarding debate in the arts world between the "arts-for-art…
Gate theatre, LondonChristopher Haydon ends his Gate reign on a high note with gripping story of a young African woman's conversion to CatholicismChristopher Haydon's final production at the…
Former shadow chancellor and what the programme tactfully calls his 'entertaining approach to dance' steal the showSeconds after the stars of the tenth anniversary Strictly Come Dancing live…
The writer on Riz Ahmed in The Night Of, his favourite cafe, the insights of William Empson and extraordinary Indian bharatanatyam dancingPankaj Mishra is an essayist and novelist. Born in 1…
Lyceum, EdinburghA vivid adaptation of the classic Australian tale about the disappearance of a group of schoolgirls in 1900When Joan Lindsay wrote Picnic at Hanging Rock in 1967, she create…
Coliseum, LondonEnglish National Ballet guest artist Xander Parish " British star of the Mariinsky " is world-class. Isn't it time he was lured back to London?Mary Skeaping's production of G…