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Outstanding actor of stage and screen who made his name as Bri in A Day in the Death of Joe EggThe British theatre changed for ever when Joe Melia, as the sardonic teacher Bri, pushed a…
It is time for the possibilities, dreams, imaginations and capabilities of female actors to be properly reflected on stageIn London, the Donmar Warehouse has just opened its all-female The T…
Sparkling pieces on twelve key productions from the New Yorker's theatre criticJohn Lahr was theatre critic of the New Yorker for 20 years. The "joy ride" refers both to the existential trip…
Andrzej Wajda was a creative and imaginative theatre director.I met him at the Aldwych theatre in 1970, when I was a young, hopeful actor. I had worked in the émigré Polish theatre in Lond…
Young Vic, LondonBased on the book by Jonny Steinberg, Isango Ensemble's powerful music-theatre production tells the true story of an eight-year-old refugee's journeyCape Town's Isango Ensem…
Hull Truck theatreJanet Plater's play about the factory vessel that went missing in 1974 breaks like a wave of grief in a perfect stormIn theatrical terms, Hull's tenure as UK city of cultur…
Sadler's Wells, LondonDavid Bintley's adaptation of Shakespeare's play conjures a convincing sense of wonder but conveys too little of the emotional drama Related: David Bintley: 'The Tempes…
Profit, pollution, civil unrest and contact lenses: oil seeps its way into the lives of millions. It's a big issue " so big that Grid Iron theatre's new theatre work is set in a dockside war…
Homeland and Wolf Hall star will appear in The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? at Theatre Royal Haymarket in spring 2017Damian Lewis is to star in the second West End revival of an Edward Albee play…
The Scottish standup and this year's Edinburgh award-winner on what makes him laugh the most, from Laurel and Hardy to cowboy boots Related: Comedian Richard Gadd: 'I've punished myself so m…
Join us on Tuesday 18 October to watch Rambert's dancers in action. We're streaming a day of rehearsals, performances, documentary material and debate, lifting the lid on its creative proces…
From Miranda Sings on Netflix to the BFI's celebration of black actors, here's your at-a-glance guide to the best in culture across the UKMiranda Sings Continue reading...
For 35 years, Tim Webb and his crew have created ambitious sensory productions for children. He explains how it's all about disassembling the theatre machine and putting it back together for…
Adding Machine: A Musical | Séance | And Then Come the Nightjars | The Cheviot, The Stag And The Black, Black Oil | The Book Of Mormon | 2Faced Dance | Candoco Dance Company | Jasmin Vardim…
Hollywood only has two modes of East Asian character: Mr Miyagi or babbling madman. Why can't we be boring too?' More coverage of the Edinburgh festival 2014Reading on mobile? Click here to …
Duke of York's theatre, LondonReece Shearsmith is a waspish factotum to Ken Stott's earthy, contradictory Shakespearean actor in Ronald Harwood's grot-behind-the-greasepaint drama Ken Stott…
The Emmy-nominated comedian, who has been away from standup for eight years, is also planning a world tour to coincide with first show's recording in 2017Chris Rock is making his return to t…
When it comes to making a dramatic entrance, you can't beat JB Priestley's inspector, Alan Cummings' cheeky Bacchae and a certain French elephantThe unexpected ring at the doorbell is such a…
The Great Evanion, then down on his luck, gave photographs, tickets, playbills and posters to library in 1895In 1895 the British Library did something extraordinary: it bought, for 20 shilli…
Fo combined a profound love of humanity with a detestation of the abuse of power. He was also a performer of extraordinary physical plasticity and vocal skillDario Fo, who has died at the ag…
Nobel prize-winning dramatist and satirist who touched the heights of geniusThe dramatist, director, actor, painter and political provocateur Dario Fo has died aged 90. When Fo was awar…
Lyric Hammersmith, London Market forces rule in Sean Holmes's calculating post-crash revival, where everything comes at a price " and the cast even sell off seat upgradesThe emphasis is on t…
Whether finding those responsible for putting Jack the Ripper onstage or unearthing early work by Jeff Wayne and Tim Rice, Stage Door's reissues are worth making a song and dance about'One c…
From the archive: The Guardian's review, published on 16 October 1979, for the London production of Fo's classic play, starring Alfred Molina at the Half MoonWe tend to associate political t…
Dario Fo, playwright, Nobel laureate and - at 79 - still the most subversive man in Italy, is running for mayor of Milan. But why? And what will he do if he wins? Well, for a start, he'll so…
