Royal Exchange, ManchesterA luckless New York dancer takes scraps from a rich man's table in a terrific-looking and sounding revival of the 60s show written by Neil SimonHas there ever been …
Fuel's Situation Room is a night of performance and debate prompted by our changing political landscape, but such events must reach out to include the voices absent from our stages"We have a…
Hampstead theatre, LondonMichael Frayn excavates Chekhov's six-hour drama, written when he was 20, for this bittersweet comedy about a schoolteacher torn between romantic rivalsIt is strange…
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Battersea Arts Centre, LondonComedian Kearns celebrates the pain and joy of a family Christmas with wit, whimsy and wistful silencesHow do you sustain a loser persona after winning the most …
From the Rogue One to Heavyweight: your at-a-glance guide to the best in culture across the UKRogue One: A Star Wars Story Continue reading...
Trouble In Mind | Beasty Baby | Shakespeare Trilogy | School Of Rock | The Tempest | Romeo And Juliet | The Nutcracker | Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes1 Trouble In MindTanya Moodie turns in …
Royal Ballet principal ballerina Lauren Cuthbertson prepares for her opening performance of the classic Christmas production The Nutcracker at London's Royal Opera House. Alone in the studio…
At 22, Hayward is already being fast-tracked into principal roles and is one of the Royal Ballet's most promising talentsAct II of Kenneth MacMillan's Manon takes place in a high-class broth…
O2, LondonIn the opening sequence of Michael McIntyre's new show, a video portrays him as some sort of machine: a standup Terminator, assembled backstage by hi-tech gadgetry. It's a revealin…
The standup comedian is set to earn £10m this year. What is the secret of his success?Age: 33.Appearance: Gives the impression of an overexcited guinea pig wearing a suit. Continue r…
As another standup is exposed for his seriousness about getting rich, over in the US Louis CK kicks out the middlemanYou'll have been forgiven this week for not noticing anything else happen…
Polka, LondonThis Dick King-Smith adaptation is a bit unsteady on its trotters but its merriment has some of the audience bouncing in their seats"Why do those sheep look like people?" asks m…
Derby theatre The results-driven school system provides a framework for Mike Kenny's inventive adaptation, in which the despotic Queen of Hearts is headmistressUpdating Lewis Carroll's class…
Britain's highest-earning standup comedian says fellow comics who accuse him of playing safe are 'doing everything except make people laugh' Michael McIntyre, Britain's highest-earning stand…
Liverpool Playhouse was once home to mesmerists, acrobats and all sorts of variety acts. A new show, The Star, celebrates the artists who knew how to make the audience laugh, cry and sing al…
McIntyre may be a floppy-haired berk who has built a career out of listing things people do, but his cheeky Big Show is the best weekend variety telly in yearsLet me begin by running through…
Menier Chocolate Factory, London The cult 1960s show lives up to its Broadway pedigree and the performances are perfectly pitched in this skilful, intimate staging "This may be the best prod…
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsThe stage version of Baz Luhrmann's movie gives the audience a good time and there are moments when Drew McOnie's choreography burns up the floorBaz Luhrmann's…
The status quo, where male experience dominates British theatre, will continue as long as the unelected quango, the Arts Council, refuses to challenge this sexual apartheid (Editorial, 15 De…
Soho theatre, London The Australian comic's stories and mickey-takes spin along well, but there's a stale cynicism to the material"Modish crap" was Michael Gove's verdict on Turner prize-win…
UnderbellyPhoebe Waller-Bridge's up-for-anything antiheroine provides a distinctive take on the effects of porn on 21st-century womenForty years ago, Erica Jong coined the phrase "zipless fu…
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughIn two Christmas stocking-fillers, Knowing Her and Knowing Him, a couple celebrating 40 years of marriage discover the deep freeze in their relationshipIt'…
Young Vic, LondonPlaying a studio mogul at the dawn of the talkies, Enfield makes an assured theatre debut but this production puts visual bravura before verbal precisionHarry Enfield, as we…
Soho theatre, LondonPhoebe Waller-Bridge expertly controls the audience as she performs the original monologue that led to her TV smash It's unusual for the text of a theatrical monologue to…