Briton is chosen to take over from Jean-Luc Choplin at theatre celebrated for its range of cultural eventsParis's Châtelet theatre, celebrated for its range of cultural events including E…
It wasn't exactly a heckle, but Hall's outburst from the stalls on the opening night of a starry West End Chekhov starring Laura Carmichael and Anna Friel was clearly critical of the product…
Selina Cadell is playing Madge in Ronald Harwood's backstage drama The Dresser. Here she gives a glimpse of a night in the life of the productionAs the audience find their seats they listen …
Old Vic, LondonBilled as a "Victorian thriller", Patrick Hamilton's Gaslight was written in 1938. But it is that rare thing: a re-creation of an old form which works in its own terms. And it…
Tom Stoppard's comedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is returning to the Old Vic in a 50th-anniversary revival. Test your knowledge of the adventures of Hamlet's other charactersWhat …
The controversial writer-director's latest misogyny-fest, Fat Pig, lacks subtlety as well as compassionCharmingly titled ... Fat Pig at Trafalgar Studios. Photograph: Jonathan Hordle/Rex Fea…
One of our best dissenting, provocative voices has become collateral damage in a war between economics and artPatricia Cornelius jokes that her son will make a packet when she is dead. She i…
Could Richard III handle Hamlet in a punch-up? Is Benedick more fanciable than Beatrice? Is Falstaff craftier than Cleopatra? Celebrate Shakespeare's 450th birthday by pitting his characters…
Actor who appeared in several popular TV dramas and sitcoms and memorably played Mrs Perks in the 1970 film The Railway ChildrenDeddie Davies, who has died of ovarian cancer aged 78, will be…
The outcry over the all-white cast of In the Depths of Dead Love is a sign of shifting attitudes. But the industry still has some way to goThe "yellowface" dispute that blew up just before C…
Don't expect to be in control, never stop looking for the next role: Siân Phillips, Timothy West and Janet Henfrey on how they turned acting into a life's workActors don't retire, they ju…
Laughing Horse @ the Cellar Monkey, EdinburghThe Yorkshire standup's free show Capitalism is an extraordinary cri de coeur about the shallowness of modern life' Liam Williams: 'I've had nerv…
Liam Williams quit standup fearing his pessimissm about the state of the planet was making audiences worryingly apathetic. But is a sunny outlook really any healthier? We sat him down for a …
The best song had to go, as did a beloved (by the writer, anyway) song-and-dance number in the stocks. But finally, after four years of rewrites and cuts, a musical set in Tudor London is se…
The choreographer, known for his radical updates of classic works, is to create a new version of Tchaikovsky's ballet in which the princess will wake up in 2011 " and not fall in love at fir…
Sadler's Wells, LondonBourne's imagination thrives where others fail and his reinventions " a puppet Aurora, battling suitors and homages to Petipa " transform fairytale into dramaBaby Auror…
The English graduate from south London has gone from open-mic contender to Edinburgh comedy favourite thanks to her one-woman cast of sharply drawn characters' Click here to see the Observer…
She has already played opposite Glenda Jackson, Dominic West, Rhys Ifans and… a lamb. Now the former Cardiff schoolgirl with 'zero confidence' is desperate for some light relief' Click her…
This gorgeously photographed documentary charts the takeover of Paris Opera Ballet by the charismatic Benjamin MillepiedIn 2009 veteran documentarian Frederick Wiseman released La Danse, an …
Savoy theatre, London Amber Riley, of Glee fame, leads three wronged women in a show that packs a punchOnce upon a time, it was romance that roused the audiences in musicals. In Dreamgirls i…
Old Vic, LondonRufus Sewell is poised and sleek in Yasmina Reza's tale of three friends and a very expensive white canvasIn 1998, Yasmina Reza won a Laurence Olivier award for Art. The prize…
Crucible theatre, SheffieldThe songs still hit their mark in Irving Berlin's musical western, but 1940s stereotyping leaves the show creaking with ageIn this 1946 comic-romantic musical, set…
Paulo Szot is becoming a big name in opera " thanks to a musical'It was the best part," says Paulo Szot, relaxing in his smart flat, a stone's throw from St Paul's Cathedral. "And it st…
Fatherhood has changed him, so has his radio show. But not completely …Frank Skinner suddenly grew up two years ago, when he became a father. At 54, one could argue, he really had little o…
The government should not underestimate the value of our arts output in terms of global branding and wealth generationThe sector that, more than any other, wanted a different result in the E…