Jermyn Street theatre, London A strong cast imbue Lillian Hellman's 1951 play with a keen malaise, though they are shackled by the author's enervating attitude towards her charactersA group …
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghRanganathan has plenty to say about veganism, choosing schools and interracial relationships, but this is an uneven hour of comedyRomesh Ranganathan was nominat…
The Edinburgh mainstays switch identities to interview each other. It doesn't take long for the insults to start flyingSeann (as Romesh) Seann, Bridget Christie beat you to the Edinburgh Com…
The comedian's mother stole every scene in the first series of Asian Provocateur. Now the pair are back and squabbling about Sri Lankan family politics " and who is most eager to be recognis…
Pussy Riot and Belarus Free Theatre combine in Manchester, Chinese war volunteers are remembered in Liverpool, there are festivals of horror, storytelling and provocation, and a much-anticip…
Back to Back theatre's technical accomplishments are formidable but a sense of intimacy is lostIn the beginning, God (Scott Price) created the heavens and the earth.Under a domed roof of tau…
Actor best known for playing Grandma in Billy Elliot: The MusicalA member of a theatrical family, Ann Emery, who has died of cancer aged 86, spent much of her working life on stage, culminat…
Adam Smith theatre, KirkcaldyThe long-running Scots cartoon strip transfers to the stage with gentle humour and couthie familiarity intact, but also some pirandellian uneaseHas there ever be…
Gaiety theatre, DublinConstantin becomes Constance in this gender-switched production, though it's as much about intergenerational conflict as lesbian loveMichael West and Annie Ryan's conte…
Soho theatre, LondonThe aggressively odd Dutch comedian skirts Bernard Manning territory, but also forces you to interrogate your opinions while you laugh in astonishment"I don't know what y…
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonTom Hollander is sensational in this exuberant Stoppard revivalOn the way home from Patrick Marber's scintillating production of Travesties, I tried to make u…
(Fiction)The poet without borders delivers a second album that places its rich cast of characters against a backdrop of global crisisKate Tempest's refusal to recognise genre boundaries " he…
Park theatre, LondonA birthday party goes wrong for a group of gay 60s New Yorkers in this fine revivalFirst performed in 1968, The Boys in the Band, by Mart Crowley, is being revived for th…
Royal Albert Hall; Barbican, LondonCarlos Acosta bids a glorious goodbye, while Michael Clark keeps ploughing his weird and wonderful furrowLast week Carlos Acosta, the greatest male classic…
Old Vic, LondonLisa Dwan's adaptation of Beckett's 13 short prose pieces is a feat of memory, dedication and courageThere is no mystery about why Samuel Beckett's No's Knife at the Old Vic h…
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, AberystwythThis Welsh/Breton co-production has a fine cast but suffers from prosaic writing and a dramatically challenged translation app"The past is another country…
It's Movie Week on Strictly - can Anastacia bounce back after last week's cancelled dance-off? Join us for lights, camera and action 3.47pm BST Evening all, and welcome to this week's Strict…
Sydney Theatre CompanyHow relevant is a 1947 French play about domestic servitude to a 2013 Australian audience? Jean Genet's masterpiece about Claire and Solange, two maids damaged from a l…
Malian actor renowned for his long association with the director Peter Brook and his work in filmThe Malian actor Sotigui Kouyaté, who has died aged 73, was an important bridge between Afri…
Ustinov Studio, BathTwo nursing-home visitors watch their ailing parents strike up a romance in a play that explores the mysteries of the human heartIs sex the exclusive property of the unde…
Phoebe Boswell riffs on her conflicted attitudes towards Othello in Dear Mr Shakespeare, which co-stars Ashley Thomas aka Bashy. This is the eighth film in the British Council's series Shake…
Part motivational seminar, part big-budget Blue Peter feature, this somersaulting lecture about human survival is unlike anything on the planetSuspended on wires high above Wembley arena, ru…
The standup and Radio X presenter on what makes him laugh the most, from Richard Herring to ludicrous haircuts Related: Monty Python and the Holy Grail review " timelessly brilliant Continu…
Royal Opera House, LondonFrancesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé dance with unforced beauty, imbuing Ashton's 1960 romcom with a rare sense of mutual discoveryBallet is all about illusion and…
Theatre Royal, BathAs the complex chaperone Charlotte Bartlett, Kendal is a pleasure to watch, but her presence unbalances this rich tale of middle-class self-discoveryThe presence of Felici…