Arcola, London Five actors take turns to portray a woman with schizophrenia in this imaginative, disquieting Belarus Free Theatre adaptation of a bold memoirJust over a decade ago, Belarus F…
Lyric theatre, Belfast Lucy Caldwell freights her well-observed Chekhov adaptation with the tensions of 1990s Belfast, adding to the siblings' sense of stifled isolation "We can't stand it …
If Shakespeare, not Marlowe, had been fatally stabbed as a young man would we even remember him? As the 450th birthdays of both playwrights approach, Andrew Dickson makes…
A new film blurs fiction and reality with its tale of an aspiring comic. It asks to what extent you can study to become funny " or if you're just born that way"The Comedian's Guide to Surviv…
Lazarus and a female Julius Caesar come to King's Cross, Spill festival starts in Ipswich, the Salvation Army delivers compassion in Cambridge, and Ian McDiarmid tackles Enoch Powell at Birm…
UK theatre companies use even negative reviews to sell tickets and drive a vibrant conversation. It is impossible to imagine that happening in AustraliaIn 2013 the Daily Mail's Quentin Letts…
Public Theater, New YorkThe Oscar-winner delivers an electrifying performance as a restless woman in postwar England but the play lacks a sense of place, time and purposeFor Susan Traherne, …
Dramatists to appear jointly on title pages of Henry VI, Parts One, Two and Three in the New Oxford Shakespeare after analysis by team of 23 academicsThe long-held suggestion that Christophe…
One of the greatest British TV comedy writers best known for Dad's Army, Hi-de-Hi! and It Ain't Half Hot MumWith his co-writer David Croft, Jimmy Perry, who has died aged 93, created one of …
Tron, Glasgow Rob Drummond harvests unnerving humour as well as tension from a rural family torn by grief, guilt and sacrificeRob Drummond never fails to surprise. Last summer in Edinburgh i…
Barbican, London The striking movements of classical Indian dance produce many arresting images as the choreographer teases out the threads of life's experienceA man gasps and shakes his hea…
Bristol Old Vic Circus freaks, puppets and soaring songs collide in a new adaptation that deftly walks a tightrope between romantic and grotesqueYou can see why Victor Hugo attracts the make…
Lyttelton, LondonDavid Hare's adaptation of a Georges Simenon novel is a tense affair featuring a mesmeric Elizabeth DebickiHow do you put on stage someone who is bored with being themselves…
Tron, GlasgowThe detached acting in Rob Drummond's horror-flecked melodrama render it less than the sum of its partsSet in a present that could be any time, on a remote Scottish farm that co…
Almeida, LondonElla Hickson's new play about our relationship with 'black gold' is hardly subtle, but has a star turn at its heartYou could steer your way through Oil by Lucy Carter's lighti…
Young Vic, LondonIsango Ensemble's musical about a Somali boy fleeing from terror has marvellous songs and breathtaking actingA Man of Good Hope is not a story set to music. Music is the sto…
Dorfman, LondonThough Bryony Kimmings's extraordinary musical is overlong and a little messy, it delivers an essential message about the experiences of real peopleMusical theatre has been a …
Sadler's Wells, LondonJérôme Bel's mixed ability show is full of charm, if not entirely artlessJérôme Bel is a French choreographer whose work challenges the conventions of dance as …
Britain's favourite Dadaist comedians and our last great comedy duo are celebrating their 25th anniversary with a new live show. Tim Adams listens inBob Mortimer has arrived for our intervie…
Theatrical impresario and film producer behind The Rocky Horror Show, Oh! Calcutta! and Monty Python and the Holy GrailWhen he was awarded a lifetime achievement gong at the Olivier theatre …
Artistic director Jonathan Holloway infuses his electrifying first Melbourne festival with a series of interior realisations that reckon with the public self There are few reviews that centr…
Her Majesty's theatre, Melbourne The Australian production of the musical that has conquered Broadway and the West End is polished, infectious and a joyYou would have to be a total sourpuss …
Competitors and coaches gave writer of Deny, Deny, Deny insights into blurred boundaries around cheating in sportOne of Britain's leading experts on doping in sport, and an adviser to a new …
Soho theatre, LondonOnce you're over your participation-phobia, Riches' combination of broad character-comedy and coercive stunts makes for daft fun' Paul Flecky: 'My job is to hurl things, …
Star of 1990s CBS series Uncle Buck dies at home in New YorkJudd Apatow: 'Kevin was as funny as they get and the nicest man'Kevin Meaney, a "comic's comic" who worked the standup circuit, wa…