How best to mark the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death? With parody, according to John Crace, who rewrites some famous scenes, and John Sutherland, who casts a critical eye over the foot…
Park, LondonRadical half a century ago, Mart Crowley's portrait of Manhattan's gay scene can seem hackneyed and bleak, but a strong ensemble make a reasonable case for itMart Crowley's 1968 …
Menier Chocolate Factory, London Political and artistic revolutions collide in a sprightly revival, directed by Patrick Marber, highlighting the emotion as well as the erudition of this bril…
In Pube, Eugénie Pastor gives her audience scissors and asks them to donate some pubic hair. Stuart Jeffries gets snippingI part the curtains and enter a tiny room. It's an intimate, low-li…
A London school programme will persuade pupils to adopt Rosalind and Viola as role models instead of social media starsGirls are to be taught to see Shakespearean heroines such as Cleopatra …
As West Yorkshire Playhouse presents a futuristic take on the 19th-century Villette, here are five shows that reimagine a story in a surprising new settingI'd be surprised if there's a more …
She's worked on stage with Edward Albee, befriended Maggie Smith and, in Body Heat, played one of the definitive screen femme fatales. Now Kathleen Turner is turning her thoughts to bereavem…
Old Vic, LondonDwan's vocal range is astonishing in her adaptation of Beckett's Texts for Nothing, but the ingenious staging still struggles to give physical life to mysterious proseLisa Dwa…
Unicorn theatre, LondonParts of the narration may fly over the heads of its youngest watchers, but this show about a bird branching out into the world is vivid, sweet and gently thrillingSho…
The comic talks about why he identifies as a socio-political comedian and the difficulty of knowing when to tell jokes about raceW Kamau Bell would like you to know that he is a socio-politi…
Jean-Paul Gaultier has dreamed of staging a revue ever since he saw footage of the Folies Bergère on his grandmother's TV. 'I got in trouble at school the next day because I was sketching t…
The Royal Court has staged work by top-secret playwrights and Dance Umbrella is presenting new commissions by unnamed choreographers. Mystery performances can be liberating for artists as we…
The Place, LondonStreet dance meets Victorian workhouse as choreographer Tony Adigun imagines the childhoods of Oliver Twist's villainsStreet dance might seem an odd style for a Dickensian t…
A family is Torn at the Royal Court, Manchester's Home launches its Orbit festival and you can spend One Night in Miami with Cassius Clay at the DonmarJamie Wood's utterly delightful O No! b…
Comic Jerry Sadowitz denounced Jimmy Savile years before he was exposed. Now, writes Brian Logan, he's asking why the death of his friend Mark Blanco has never been properly investigatedThe …
British choreographer Richard Alston has leapt from hippy rebel to member of the modern dance establishment with impressive ease, writes Sanjoy Roy Continue reading...
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsAnthony Shaffer's meta-thriller is not so much an "ultimate game of cat-and-mouse" as an old mog prodding at its toy before settling down for a snoozeAnthony S…
Finborough, LondonElmer Rice's 1923 satire about a browbeaten wage slave gets added musical spice in this savagely comic adaptationEuropean expressionism had a big impact on American theatre…
London Palladium The Dynasty star treads a line between spontaneity and laziness in the company of her fifth husband and an adoring audienceAlthough the London Palladium is famous for hostin…
From his 80s ballet-punk aesthetic to the heroin and despair of the 90s, Michael Clark always danced to his own tune. Now 54, here he talks about the effects of ageing, his mum and the inspi…
The Birmingham Royal Ballet choreographer on adapting Shakespeare, the challenge of forgiveness and the importance of stories in danceDavid Bintley is a choreographer, and since 1995 has bee…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterHeavy-handed direction mars this prize-winning play about the challenges faced by young people at the bottom of the heapKatherine Soper's Bruntwood prize-winning te…
Royal Court, LondonSuzan Lori-Parks's ambitious trilogy marries black history to a classical structure but suffers from static stagingThe London stage has always been a very white place. The…
Palace theatre, ManchesterEnglish National Ballet's dancers delight in Khan's 21st-century Giselle. All it needs now is a plot…Akram Khan's new production of Giselle for English National B…
Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonTerry Johnson gives Stephen Jeffreys's 1994 tale of Restoration depravity the full rumpy-pumpy, but Cooper's Rochester is stuck in surly modeOn stage, everythi…