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Royal Court, LondonEcstatically received on the Edinburgh fringe, Fiona Evans's play has been expanded here. First, we get a close-up study of a female teacher-boy pupil relationship during …
The singer who stunned Pharrell, the writer to rival Pynchon, the son of a stone carver making art out of his body … we choose 20 names to watch in stage, film, books, art, design, music a…
The actor on growing old happily, not being a morning person and eating lemons covered in saltLondon-born Nicola Walker, 46, starred in the BBC drama Spooks from 2003 to 2011. In 2013, she w…
Hilarity to come this year includes Bridget Christie battering Brexit, Sue Perkins' post-Bake Off trip to Leicester comedy festival and a breathtaking bout of escapologyUnmissable Theatre | …
Hamilton comes to London, Sherlock villain Andrew Scott adds Hamlet to his CV, Damian Lewis falls in love with a goat, and Ivo van Hove directs Jude Law in a tale of lust, greed and murder M…
Carlos Acosta's Cuban company comes to the UK, Javier de Frutos assembles a dream cast for Philip Glass's dance opera and Shobana Jeyasingh explores the Indian diaspora … the best dance to…
She was the first woman to be admitted to the club of American dramatists, writing a hit play when she was 29. Her love affair with Dashiell Hammett was a scandal and her memoirs were n…
Actor whose unpredictability never undermined his electrifying talentNicol Williamson, whose death of oesophageal cancer at the age of 73 has been announced, was arguably the most elect…
Soho theatre, LondonThe Anglo-Iranian comedian ranges entertainingly from racism to combative encounters at the school gateIt's not easy being a single mum on a council estate, but it's a gi…
As Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire opens in the West End, we celebrate a writer with a strong social conscience who saw the human condition " especially his own " as faintly ab…
Currently playing Antigone at the Edinburgh international festival, the French actor answered your questions " and spoke about everything from the joy of Three Colours Blue to her lack of re…
When I arrived at London's Unity Theatre as an enthusiastic young would-be performer in the mid-1960s, Liz Smith was one of a group of professionals lending their experience to a regular rep…
Wonka bars at the ready! The West End musical ends its run this month before opening on Broadway in March. How well do you know the show?Willy Wonka opens his doors to the golden ticket winn…
The actor, comic and News Quiz host on the things that make him laugh the mostI used to go to The Stand comedy club a lot and I remember thinking Craig Campbell was just otherworldly. I saw …
Finborough, LondonTony Harrison's collision of high and low art fashions a Greek satyr play into a barbed comment on the lack of imagination in contemporary cultureMy abiding memory of Tony …
The author of a hit show about desire explains why she's staying anonymous " and why her play is only performed by male comediansYou've written a hit play, it's been programmed for a run at …
From the Oscars favourite to annual dance festival Resolution 2017: your at-a-glance guide to the best in culture across the UKLa La LandThis year's Oscars best picture frontrunner, La La La…
Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen's girl band musical, plus The Witches, Wish List, The Snow Queen, The Little Match Girl And Other Happier Tales, Fall Out, Giselle and Resolution 2017It's been a l…
How two young impresarios turned a former chocolate factory into one of our most exciting theatres. By Maddy CostaDavid Babani and Danielle Tarento vividly remember the first time they walke…
The comedic Sheffield organist will answer your questions in a live webchat from 1pm GMT on Monday 9 January " post them in the comments below 1.59pm GMT Channelled by comedian Graham Fellow…
Before his breakthrough in Sherlock as the Baker Street detective's nemesis Moriarty, Scott shared the stage with Julianne Moore, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Ben Whishaw in new plays and classi…
Friedman, also behind Dreamgirls, Funny Girl and Nice Fish, is only the second woman to top industry newspaper's annual league tableSonia Friedman, the West End producer responsible for some…
After undergoing brain surgery, call-centre worker Scott Gibson quit his job to have a crack at comedy " and ended up storming EdinburghEight years ago, while returning home from a stag do i…
Gold TV has polled the professionals about their favourite comedy. But even the funniest of the funny can't easily be reduced to scenes and one-linersSurveys of Britain's favourite comedy " …
This feature-length animation set in the prestigious Paris Opera school boasts choreography based on real performances and takes the art form seriouslyAsk any ballet dancer about the film Bl…
