Performing arts companies tend to cluster in inner-city precincts but taking the road less travelled can lead to transformative theatre experiencesHeigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to the theatre…
Chicago-born dancer will perform with his troupe at Liberty Ball on FridayOrganizers had struggled to attract A-list talent to inauguration eventsRetired "Lord of the Dance" Michael Flatley …
A new verbatim theatre piece stars teachers, consultants and cleaners who have all earned a living through the sex trade. The creators, including a dominatrix, discuss a show that's about lo…
Project Arts Centre, DublinThis tale of a daughter and her dead father, a former Maze prison hunger striker, is strong on symbolism and has an incantatory performance by Olwen FouéréA daug…
My mother, Olive Braman, who has died aged 82, was always strong-willed and impatient. Even on her deathbed, she sent people away, saying "boring" " only half joking. After my father, Geoffr…
Orange Tree, LondonA middle-class family accept a stranger for Christmas, but is he what he seems? This radical, transfixing play is about Germany but has universal relevanceThe timing is pe…
The Pit, LondonMachetes fly as Sacékripa's skilful two-hander for the London international mime festival brings lethal clumsiness and passive aggression to the Barbican A lovely, low-key sh…
Royal Court theatre, LondonTim Crouch's show explores our obsession with artists' lives, but occasionally lets the form get in the way of its message' Playwright Tim Crouch: 'Avoiding the st…
Comedian's response to US anti-abortion law no laughing matter for Republicans. Elsewhere, Stewart Lee blasts elitism in comedy and Lenny Henry's thespian thunder rages onNot for the first t…
Southwark Playhouse, London A revival of Neil Simon's adaptation of the Billy Wilder classic, with songs by Bacharach and Hal David, is well performed but gratingly anachronisticThis musical…
The Kibera ballet school is part of Anno's Africa project, working in slum areas in Kenya. Weekly ballet classes are held by teacher and former dancer Mike Wamaya. In collaboration with a ba…
Greenwich theatre, London Misfit teen Martin goes in search of his absent father and his pop idol in a sharply observed, compelling one-man showThose unacquainted with the lyrics to David Bo…
The first US treasury secretary, on whom the hit musical is based, would understand why tickets for the British shows are already reselling for £2,500Tickets for the musical Hamilton, whi…
Hollywood star will make his London theatre debut in The Kid Stays in the Picture, directed by Simon McBurneyDanny Huston is to make his UK theatre debut in The Kid Stays in the Picture at t…
It is with sadness that I read of the closure of the Barnum & Bailey/Ringling Bros Circus (Animal rights campaigners celebrate closure of 146-year-old US circus, 16 January). It was a ph…
Richard Nelson's plays portray modern liberal America, as reflected in a family setting over the course of US election yearA trilogy of plays tracking the lives of a family during key moment…
In his obituary of Colin George, Paul Allen conflates two separate road-to-Damascus moments when he suggests that "Tyrone Guthrie had discovered the 'thrust' configuration in Edinburgh when,…
Arcola, London A cast of 18 bring the Russian writer's drifters and derelicts vividly to life in a production that captures his blend of compassion and crueltyMaxim Gorky's 1902 play is one …
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonLucy Bailey's returning revival of this vicious, bloody tragedy is still ingeniously disturbing, and much more than just a splatter festNasty, but oh so very, very…
Theatre has often depicted women subjected to degradation but context is key. The appalling final scene in the NT's production made me see the play anewWe all know that British theatre still…
The Bunker, LondonWhen the relationship depicted in Fiona Doyle's fractured-chronology drama falls apart, it's left to the audience to pick up the piecesWoman in her 20s meets man in his 40s…
Old Red Lion, London The laughs keep coming in David K Barnes' play about a party where awkward small talk descends into a drunken debate about personal desiresDiane (EJ Martin) is nervous w…
With productions from Brisbane's Circa and Montreal's Cirque Éloize, the Parramatta program clearly demonstrates the artistry of Big Top performersRoll up, Circus City has come to town: …
Her plays arrive fully formed " and she refuses to talk about what they mean. Mark Lawson talks to actors, directors and her publisher about what really makes Churchill tickSince the death o…
They were founded for a dare in 1984, but Les Ballets C de la B's mix of surrealism, slapstick and semiotics has made them one of the world's most influential dance theatre companies Continu…