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Stage and screen actor admired for his many classical theatrical roles who played the obsessed father in the 1970s TV drama Bouquet of Barbed WireAs an actor, there was something sinister an…
Actor Geraldine McEwan, famous for her 1985 portrayal of Lucia in EF Benson's pithy comedy, and who in later life became the face of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, has died Geraldine McEwan …
British actor became a household name as Manuel in the 1970s sitcom Fawlty TowersActors pay tribute to Andrew Sachs, who has died aged 86 Continue reading...
Trafalgar Studios, LondonHarris impresses as a whiskey-soaked old wreck in Shepard's gothic story of loveless inertia and poisonous guilt in a dysfunctional familyIt is good to see Hollywood…
The Britain's Got Talent judge says she was attacked by an unnamed comic, 21st-century comics grapple with homosexuality, and David Brent realises his rock-god dreamsNot much to laugh about …
He has been called 'the German Orson Welles' and carries the torch of political theatre lit by Bertolt Brecht. As Edinburgh prepares to stage Man to Man, his play about a woman forced to pas…
Comedian, writer, vegan and Edinburgh festival regular, Sara Pascoe joined us live to answer your questions " read the highlights belowSara Pascoe never set out to be a standup. Comedy start…
From the impact of 'The Scully Effect' on young women, her dreams of doing a comedy with Jason Bateman, to why Paolo Nutini is a 'living genius', the actor was here to answer your questions.…
The Volksbühne, designed to bring art to the working classes, has its own workshop to 'build things you cannot buy'. This curiosity shop of props is at the heart of the row over Chris Derco…
Playwright who also wrote Privacy, about the surveillance state, will focus on the campaign that led to vote to quit EUPlaywright James Graham, known for his political plays tackling surveil…
Recent graduate Leah Harvey shares her experience as the only black female student in her year at drama schoolAndrew Lloyd Webber warns of diversity crisis in British theatreI was the only b…
Cracker jokes can fall apart in the middle, so we asked 10 comedians to come up with their own festive groaners …Revealed: the nation's No 1 toilet jokeLiam WilliamsWhy did Santa's helper …
The agreement between Michael Cassel Group and the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance aims to maximise theatre roles for AustraliansThe Australian production company behind commercial th…
It's the time of year that brings people together " whether they like it or not. Three playwrights explain why this is the season for tales of regret and despair'Christmas is ripe for disapp…
The Theatre by the Lake in the northern Lake District has staged a Christmas play every year since it opened in 1999. This year it's The Emperor and the Nightingale, adapted from a Hans Chri…
Composer publishes report saying he fears for 'hideously white' industry's survival unless it reflects diversity of population Andrew Lloyd Webber has said he fears for the survival of Briti…
Garrick, LondonGraham captures the daily machinations of politics, and raises questions about our current parliamentary system, in this account of Labour's 1970s strugglesIt has taken four y…
Play loosely based on the Bullingdon Club will be performed as it was initially written, using the male names and the 'he' pronounPosh, the play depicting the privileged world and debauched …
Lyric Hammersmith, London Daftness trumps topicality in a magic carpet ride that finds the actors working the audience really well, even if the dame gets a bit lost in the washVice is except…
Playwright who explored the themes of race and identity in his stage and television work, most notably in the BBC drama series Empire RoadThe legacy of the colonial experience in the Caribbe…
New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeTheresa Heskins whisks Andersen's fairytale back to its Danish roots, adding a snow flurry of hygge and revealing its debt to DickensAt the end of a year in whic…
Festival Square theatre, Edinburgh Bandleader Louis Jordan's songwriting skill shines through in this breezy jukebox show, which makes up for sparse plotting with abundant feelgood spiritHow…
Half a century after their first gig in a bookshop's basement, the innovative group are staging their 132nd show which promises to be as unpredictable as everIt's almost impossible to define…
In his new show, comedian Liam Williams gives the panto a postmodern twist. We need a bit of silliness in these austere and divided times, he explains Related: The best pantomimes of Christm…
Soho theatre, LondonAdrienne Truscott fights misogyny with hilarious slapstick, audience engagement " and she's naked from the waist downHere's a dilemma: if you're a feminist comedian deliv…
