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My father Owen Holder, who has died aged 95, was a playwright, actor, theatre director and television scriptwriter. He appeared on stage in the West End and toured all over the US.His father…
Theatre's obsession with the new is magnified during the Edinburgh fringe. But as well as hunting out fresh talent, we need to ensure that artist development schemes support sustainable care…
The Royle Family star was jailed after the national construction workers' strike of 1972. As a satirical show about the 'Shrewsbury 24' arrives in Shropshire, he looks back on the controvers…
The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonThe RSC's sparky production of Somalia Seaton's fearless new play gets to the core of our fractured society, where divisions lurk beneath a polite veneerW…
He has been beaten up and caught bullets in his previous shows. Now Rob Drummond has turned matchmaker, offering audiences a shot at true loveThe Scottish playwright and performer Rob Drummo…
She's stormed America's late-night talkshows and worked on Chris Rock's Oscars speech. Now Michelle Wolf is taking her political standup to EdinburghThis week, Michelle Wolf is set to take h…
Performances that rely on audience participation can be difficult to instigate. Do flashmobs offer some useful ideas?New forms of public drama ... a flash mob in Sao Paulo. Photograph: Alexa…
Sacha Baron Cohen says he's the funniest man he's ever met and countless comics have learned from his ridicule. Brian Logan attends the classes of the legendary French teacherAn exercise has…
Stratford-upon-Avon and London to welcome huge gathering of academics and fans, 400 years after playwright's deathHow have touring productions of Shakespeare gone down with Japanese audience…
Everyone knows the plucky Lucy Pevensie who ventures to Narnia but the novel's author dedicated the book to another Lucy. Her story is the inspiration for my Edinburgh festival showFour sibl…
JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter book series, speaks to the press at the opening gala of the new play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Saturday. The play is billed as the eight…
Designer Nick Ormerod on how he brought Shakespeare's ancient Britons into the 20th century for Cheek by Jowl's production of CymbelineDesigning for Cheek by Jowl is very pragmatic. We're a …
Shappi Khorsandi felt as if she'd walked on the moon. Isy Suttie watched a man change a dressing on a wound as she spoke. Omid Djalili fell off the stage. So how did the first gigs of Paul M…
There's no plot, no subtext and no apparent point, but the tunes " including Memory, sung by Leona Lewis " drill into your brain like a flesh-eating worm Related: Leona Lewis on joining Broa…
Deep Time event will beam 3D images of volcanic eruptions on to Edinburgh castle to celebrate city's geological historyFestivalgoers in Edinburgh will witness the city's birth from volcanic …
Always one step from disaster on stage, cabaret sensation Meow Meow is charming audiences and reeling in a roll-call of fans from Barry Humphries to David Bowie. Ben Walters meets her ahead …
Stephen Joseph theatre, Scarborough The musicals of John Kander and Fred Ebb have brought us showstopping songs and great characters, from bored housewives to ageing shoplifters " all of who…
What's it like to direct a play amid pickets and religious riots? Stewart Lee on the battle to keep Jerry Springer - the Opera on the roadRichard Thomas' multi-award winning musical Jerry Sp…
Comedian Stewart Lee knows the secret behind the royal wedding " and it's more Wicker Man than fairytale endingThe selection of Kate Middleton, a lowly commoner drawn from the very dregs of …
In an extract from his new book, a collection of pieces written largely for this newspaper, the standup recalls how he learned column-writing on the jobMy new book, Content Provider, annotat…
From the Globe to the Oscars, the actor's work has been rapturously received. Now for the biggest role of his career…Actor Mark Rylance's work ranges across film, theatre and television, i…
Eighteen months into his tenure, the National Theatre's artistic head, a one-time painter and decorator, talks diversity, criticism and making a drama out of BrexitRufus Norris never expecte…
Royal Court, LondonCaryl Churchill takes just 15 minutes to skewer intolerance in Africa with a challenge to both prejudice and the conventions of political theatreOnce again Caryl Churchill…
Royal Opera House, LondonStrutting matadors, fiery señoritas and outstanding soloists show the scandal-hit company at its virtuoso bestWhen I was first learning about ballet as a child I …
Chichester Festival theatreJulian Fellowes and Cameron Mackintosh's reworking of HG Wells has the production values but lacks rounded charactersHit-makers Julian Fellowes (writer of Downton …
