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Frith Street Gallery, LondonThe former Turner prize nominee's portrait of the painter toys with truth and artifice as cleverly as her first foray into theatre with actor Stephen DillaneSitti…
Enigmatically droll comedian Tim Key is in Edinburgh with his show Single White Slut, and he's answered your questions " from what it was like being trussed in tinfoil for the Alan Partridge…
Royal Court Upstairs, LondonNathaniel Martello-White's drama warps past, present and future as a first-rate ensemble portray a fraught and fragmented south London family Angel has gathered h…
The Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonA cavalier meets his match among strong women in Loveday Ingram's carnivalesque production of Aphra Behn's 17th-century comedyAphra Behn is acclaimed as the firs…
Blow Off | The Cheviot, The Stag And The Black, Black Oil | The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time | Doctor Faustus | The Glasgow GirlsWhen the pressure gets too much, something h…
Pattern Recognition | L-E-V " OCD Love | Richard Alston Dance CompanyAlexander Whitley's fascinating collaboration with the digital artist Memo Akten creates an inventive, innovative dialogu…
From Dan Brown to Graham Greene, the papacy has long proved fascinating to writers. Mark Lawson examines the mysteries around this powerful figure and the church he leadsThe first duty of a …
From Woody Allen's books to 90s fashion, the standup and Last Leg co-host reveals what makes him laugh the mostIn terms of straight, pure standup, it's Rhod Gilbert's Mince Pie show, which h…
Morris minors, spitfire pilots and 'endless surprises' to descend on Welsh capital in remembrance of city's beloved storytellerFiremen, spitfire pilots, a parade of bald men and one hundred …
Director's 11-year tenure at the venue in Islington, London, saw him overturn a sizeable deficit and produce twice as many premieres as his predecessorsMichael Attenborough is to step down a…
She played the loyal PA to Norwich's deluded DJ and the cake-scoffing vicar's wife in Nighty Night. Now back on stage as Mrs Bennet, Felicity Montagu explains why humour is a deadly serious …
RSC's artistic director says use of digital characters live on stage 'takes the audience's imagination into new realms'The head of the Royal Shakespeare Company may be better versed in the l…
The Vaults, LondonRodent goujons and nettle cocktails are on the entertainingly monstrous menu but this immersive theatre show is far from fillingIn the Ghastly Garden a troupe of skittish c…
York Theatre RoyalNorthern Broadsides offer a surprisingly genial take on the tale of three couples whose silver wedding party descends into confusion When Barrie Rutter launched Northern Br…
Stepping into Lin-Manuel Miranda's shoes was daunting " but having coped with two life-threatening illnesses, Hamilton's new star was up to the challengeJavier Muñoz had been waiting in t…
Being mates these days demands endless admin. Who has time for a decent chat? Still, you can say so much with an aubergine emoji. Kerry Godliman weighs up the different expectations of male …
Brooklyn Academy of Music, New YorkStretching to well over three hours, three interpretations of the myth of Phaedra turn into a rugby ruck of postmodernismIt's tough to feel too much pity f…
Laura Wade's play Posh ushered in the Tory government in 2010. Is the film version, The Riot Club, here to bury the Bullingdon boys' era of inequality? She tells Emine Saner how she got into…
Epsom Playhouse Fury at Britain's political masters has been replaced by mild tales about life's inconveniences in the News Quiz host's latest show, Songs of FreedomUntil his last tour in 20…
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughNow three decades old, this play about a desperate father in a voyeuristic world may have lost some of its cutting edge, but its wistful tone is as strong …
Donmar, LondonTennessee Williams's play is so inexhaustible that it is always worth seeing. With Rachel Weisz playing Blanche DuBois there is also no doubt this production will be a popular …
It is one of 2014's hottest tickets. Before A Streetcar Named Desire opens at the Young Vic tonight, take a look at Gillian Anderson's Blanche Dubois. Photographs by Tristram Kenton' From Gi…
Young Vic, LondonAlthough this modern update of Tennessee Williams's play isn't always plausible, this is a powerful production'Anderson is utterly compelling' " Susannah Clapp's reviewAmeri…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterMaxine Peake excels as Blanche Dubois in a nightmarish production of the Tennessee Williams classicMaxine Peake is not automatic casting for the role of Blanche Dub…
They're the cartoon characters who've entertained Scotland for 80 years. Now the Broons are going on tour. But will the show make Granpaw choke on his falsers?Paw Broon is sitting at the win…