It's not a surprise Chandelier took home Best Choreography at the MTV VMAs. We catch up with the designer of this odd and unforgettable piece of dance about what's nextOne of the most unsurp…
Costume designer whose work enhanced many theatrical productionsAnnena Stubbs, who has died aged 92, was a talented costume designer for the stage. Over 40 years, she worked with many notabl…
Edinburgh PlayhouseShe may be negotiating the move from everygirl to A-lister, but Schumer is truly at home on stage, hilarious on pills, guns " and even the odd heckler"I just say whatever …
Failed comic Archie Rice was one of Oliver's finest roles. Yet it nearly didn't happen. As The Entertainer is revived, John Heilpern tells a story of snobbery, Suez and censorshipJohn Osborn…
He was one of theatre's most daring stars, whose best films bear witness to a talent many never had the chance to see on stage' Picture from the past: Dalà paints Olivier in 1955It's a sh…
Garrick, LondonBranagh is highly watchable as the music-hall veteran Archie Rice, but John Osborne's portrait of a collapsing culture is undercut in a misjudged productionKenneth Branagh has…
Cardiff goes all in for Roald Dahl, David Bowie falls to Earth in London, and David Hare's new play takes a tramp through the Connecticut snow. Plus, Glenda Jackson does Lear, and McKellen a…
The grandfather of Indigenous theatre is also the survivor of a reprehensible government policy, and 10 years ago walked out of jail a self-proclaimed 'lore' manA strong and formidable brow …
The artistic director of the American dance-theatre company explains why they are taking on Wayne McGregor's speedy, scribbling moves and Hofesh Shechter's bleak and brutal Uprising"I relish…
John Osborne's classic allegory The Entertainer is back. But the UK is now so fragmented that no modern playwright could pen a drama to sum up who we areKenneth Branagh, whose career has oft…
The comedy branch of Sydney Fringe has a reputation as a star-maker. Here our festival highlights choose the shows you can't missEstablished just six years ago, Sydney Fringe Comedy " the co…
A tale of music and memory is unspooled through a schoolgirl's mixtape. Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Tobias Menzies star in a microplay written by Robin French and directed by Bijan Sheibani, a…
Comic actor who brought hysteria to The Producers and charm to Willy WonkaAfter more than 30 years in show business, the frizzy-headed comic actor Gene Wilder, who has died aged 83, was most…
Mel Brooks's 1968 film makes even greater sense on the stage " especially with the peerless Nathan Lane in the lead roleI adore Renoir. I revere Bergman. I bow at the altar of Tarkovsky. But…
A politician learns an uncomfortable truth about food-bank Britain. Katherine Parkinson stars in a microplay written by Laura Wade and directed by Carrie Cracknell, after conversations with …
Akram Khan unleashes a radical Giselle, the Alvin Ailey company bring a hip-hop battle and secret choreographers keep audiences guessing at Dance UmbrellaJig your memory: the dance marathon …
From bopping to Top of the Pops to a failed Cats audition, Quarantine's five-hour show Wallflower asks its performers to recall every time they've ever danced Jump to it: the must-see dance …
Yasmina Reza's 2008 play God of Carnage was a worldwide hit. Here she talks about working with director Roman Polanski on the film adaptation and the year she spent with Nicolas SarkozyIn la…
As she stars in her second revival of A Taste of Honey, Rebecca Ryan talks about the enduring appeal of Delaney's contradictory Jo " and how growing up on Manchester's Chatsworth estate as D…
Director, actor and writer who in later life turned her skills to psychotherapyLiane Aukin, who has died aged 80, is probably most widely remembered for casting and directing Alan Howard in …
The heads of the Serpentine, Secret Cinema, Glasgow International, the Young Vic and others on how they find fresh talent and new ideasSwiss-born curator, writer and art historian and artist…
Various venues, EdinburghLove, death and fairytale footwear are explored in the smallest of spaces at the Edinburgh fringeDance always puts up a good front on the Edinburgh festival fringe, …
King's theatre, EdinburghJames Thiérrée's performance piece contains a glorious coup de théâtre but exists in a closed world without dramaWhat The Toad Knew and how or why he knew it i…
Almeida, LondonThe interests of a London 'awareness-raising festival' for the Congo and the realities of life there collide in Adam Brace's intelligent and funny playWhen I first said I was …
Lyceum, EdinburghLars Eidinger plays Shakespeare's arch-villain with gleeful, knock-kneed energy in Thomas Ostermeier's productionBernard Shaw famously compared Richard III to a Punch and Ju…