Charing Cross theatre, LondonHenry Ford and Harry Houdini pop up in this rose-tinted show based on EL Doctorow's novel and directed by Thom SoutherlandTerrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and …
Soho theatre, LondonIf the style is unadventurous, there are still plenty of good jokes as Forde scours the aftermath of the EU referendumBrexit comedy shows are coming thick and fast, and t…
Child prodigy who danced with legends including Rudolf Nureyev regarded as one of France's greatest ever classical dancers Yvette Chauviré, a grande dame of French ballet, has died at the a…
ACE has published a survey of the nation's theatregoing and theatre-making, with proposals including investing in three regional arts hubsArts Council England (ACE)'s new theatre report, pub…
Writer and actor Richard O'Brien and composer Richard Hartley remember how three weeks at the Royal Court turned into a gender-bending 20th Century Fox extravaganzaI'd been in Jesus Christ S…
20 October 1952: The Hollywood legend's performance on stage in The Millionairess does not impress the criticsNEW YORK, October 18.Miss Katharine Hepburn crashed on to Broadway last night an…
Roundabout Theatre Company, New YorkTwo narcissistic 60s children go to war with their disgruntled offspring in Mike Bartlett's hilarious and scathing state-of-the-nation family play"All you…
Tron, GlasgowA small academic industry is building around the work of David Greig. Books are appearing with titles such as The Sense of Place and Identity in David Greig's Plays and the…
Evidence that consumer rights laws are being routinely flouted has led Nigel Adams MP to table an amendment to digital economy billTouts who use computer software to buy concert tickets for …
The comedian said 'I'm sorry you didn't want me ... to mention the biggest thing going on in our country right now' in response to those who booed and left her Tampa show after she called Tr…
For Bristol Old Vic's 250th anniversary, War Horse director Tom Morris is putting on a tragicomedy based on a Victor Hugo novel. In this diary he explains what it's like to manage a 'wild te…
Orange Tree, RichmondThis long overdue revival of Churchill's 1997 plays captures the fragility and savagery of family relationships Related: 'Her work haunts me': Caryl Churchill by those w…
Unity, LiverpoolBacked by a brilliant band, Josette Bushell-Mingo mixes story and song as she connects her own life with Nina Simone'sJosette Bushell-Mingo created the role of Rafiki in the …
Sadler's Wells, LondonIn Bel's riveting piece, a mixed-ability cast of 20 moonwalk, waltz and pirouette, performing routines the others have to copyThere is a masterful range of styles and s…
The standup's latest show ponders democracy and technology, but what will the world look like in years to come? He asks the older himAhir, age 25 Hey mate. How are the gigs going?Ahir, age 5…
It's hard to poke fun at politicians in an era when they're held in contempt and every joke is policed for offence, say top television writersIt has become a commonplace to remark on the hyp…
Courtauld Gallery, LondonCubists captured the madness of the early 20th century in abstracted shards; Auguste Rodin showed it in dance, with sculpted figures that are erotic, aerodynamic and…
It's the job of standups to hold institutions to account " laugh by laugh " so why aren't more of them laying bare the anachronistic daftness of the royal family?Is it just me, or are we liv…
The writer has reimagined The Cherry Orchard as The Hotel Cerise, replacing Russian aristocrats with African Americans. She talks about fleeing gentrification, how millennials are going to s…
Until they didn't. The society osteopath Stephen Ward was scapegoated in the Profumo scandal and branded a pimp. Fifty years on, as Andrew Lloyd Webber turns his story into a musical, Xan&nb…
The Shed, LondonChinese-American playwright David Henry Hwang uses humour to look at the implications of being racially hyphenated in this peach of a playWhat exactly is racial identity? Doe…
The Lloyd-Webber musical was due to open next month in Omsk until a local conservative organisation complained it mocked religionA theatre in one of Russia's largest cities has cancelled a p…
Celebrity performances and monologues highlighted Hillary Clinton's sway within the industry in a musical-themed night in New YorkIf swing state equivocators come across for Hillary Clinton,…
On Wednesday 14 October, Rambert will throw open its doors: watch a morning class and rehearsals for Rooster and Transfigured Night, plus a debate on female choreographersWatch Rambert Live …
Ã’ran Mór, GlasgowAlan Bissett evokes the whimsy of The Wind in the Willows in his insightful eulogy to Pink Floyd's wayward geniusChapter seven of The Wind in the Willows is called Th…