Sharpen up your low-light photography skills, recite poetry and sing along to Messiah " or the MuppetsWhen darkness falls at the 19th-century Waddesdon Manor, the grand house and gardens pro…
Gate, LondonJonas Hassen Khemiri's disturbing, topical exploration of what it's like to be a foreigner in the aftermath of a terrorist attack is stalled by a series of flashbacksWhat must it…
Imperial Theatre, New YorkIts storyline might come from the second volume of War and Peace, but this adaptation flips convention on its head to create truly unique musical theaterWhen the da…
New London TheatreWhen Lloyd Webber and Julian Fellowes let down their hair, the results are hardly anti-establishment. But the kids are genuinely talented and this is good-natured entertain…
Theatre companies have no reason to be jealous of Bell Shakespeare's Othello, but artistic director Peter Evans may just be finding his feetWatching Othello once again in Sydney, my first th…
Despite high ticket prices, many actors are still fighting for pay equity, with negotiations ongoing and some claiming their careers are financially impossibleFor many of us, there's a time …
JJ Abrams will co-produce US version of Mischief Theatre company's comedy, which began in front of four people above a pubThey began as three struggling actors performing to an audience of f…
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonTate's talent and personality propel this thrilling live comedy comeback that is peppered with TV sketch-show oldies, creaking gags and committed daftnessRed faces …
The Oscar-winning actor will answer your questions in a live webchat on Wednesday 16 November " post them in the comments below 2.41pm GMT Respected as one of the finest stage actors of his …
Teatro Vivo bring ghost stories into your own home, Mark Rylance stars in new comedy Nice Fish and Peter Pan flies into the National TheatreTeatro Vivo's The Residents is a ghost story being…
How do you top a hit play about global politics? By tackling the end of the world " from nuclear meltdown to Brexit and Trump. The writer talks eavesdropping and honestyWomen who go to see a…
81-year-old cements position as an all-time stage great with best supporting actress award, as Denise Gough wins best actressOlivier awards 2016 " the full list of winners from Kinky Boots t…
Roslyn Packer TheatreSydney Theatre Company's production of David Mamet's play is lean and mean. But the source material is showing its ageFrom the very first lines of Speed-the-Plow, David …
Actor and former pop star hailed for stage portrayal of woman struggling to conceive in Yerma at the Young VicA stage performance variously described by critics as "devastating", "earth-quak…
Oscar-nominated star appeared in stage and screen versions of Lionel Bart's Dickens adaptation' ObituaryThe actor Ron Moody, best known for playing Fagin in the hit film version of Lionel Ba…
Walk among pirouetting dancers or get drawn into the world of a breakdancing wolf this seasonMatthew Bourne's latest production promises to be more Powell and Pressburger than Hans Christian…
Playhouse, LondonA timely revival of Daldry's expressionistic staging of JB Priestley's moral thriller repeats its plea for a fairer and more compassionate worldThat inspector keeps on calli…
The British artist on east London's Institute of Light cinema, Michael Clark's Bowie tribute and Jarvis Cocker's flair for radioArtist Gavin Turk, 49, found fame in the 1990s as a key figure…
They were some of the loudest voices against Trump. Now that he's president, how will comics cope " and how should audiences handle the new world? As 49% of the nation reels in the wake of t…
King's Cross theatre, LondonDavid Bowie's creative end note feels like a stylish, trance-like pop videoDavid Bowie called it "a play with my songs". When Lazarus opened off-Broadway at the e…
Royal Opera House; the Place, LondonWayne McGregor celebrates a decade at the Royal Ballet with dystopias and dreamy la-la lands. And Charlotte Vincent patrols the pre-teen battlegroundIn ce…
John Godber mines his own life for this tale set in an NHS at breaking pointWhen John Godber returns to Hull, Hull turns out. From 1984 to 2010, the writer-director's name was synonymous wit…
Old Vic, LondonLess is more as Glenda Jackson exudes command in Deborah Warner's fitfully brilliant productionSandpaper voice; gliding movement; complete, ferocious concentration. Glenda Jac…
Playwright Mike Bartlett knew he wanted King Charles III to be a Shakespearean drama " a family epic in five acts, complete with a ghost and a comic subplot. But would writing in iambic pent…
Chris Rock is one of the world's funniest, most gifted standups but he's never made a decent movie " until now. He talks about his new film Top Five, divorce, Kanye " and America's race prob…