From Bill Murray to The Day Today, the comedian reveals the things he finds funniestSean Lock at the Edinburgh fringe in 2002. Pure funny bones " instinctual. Every bit he did was a surprise…
Comedians tend to apologise for making any highbrow references in their material. I wish more felt at ease quoting poetry like Liam WilliamsI've been listening to Liam Williams's recent Come…
Natalia Osipova | Rosas: Fase, Four Movements To The Music Of Steve Reich | Ballet CentralThe brilliantly unpredictable Russian ballerina is partnered by the equally maverick Sergei Polunin …
Our Ladies Of Perpetual Succour | The Flying Lovers Of Vitebsk | Matilda The Musical | Cuttin' It | The AlchemistHeading to the National Theatre in August, Lee Hall's adaptation of Alan Warn…
Tiffany bowl, engraved with name of her terrier Spike, sells for 30 times estimate at auction of late comedian's possessionsA silver dog bowl from which Joan Rivers' terrier once lapped has …
Leonard Bernstein's hostility towards writer of musical's book almost halted project, newly released correspondence revealsIt is regularly judged one of the best musicals of all time, yet We…
New artistic director has chosen ex-cabaret star to play Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's GlobeEmma Rice's appointment at Shakespeare's Globe was always going to shake t…
The sold-out hit Broadway musical gets a cast shakeup after three leads leave next month " but an upcoming PBS film will give fans a taste of the original castTime has nearly run out to see …
Renowned for his good looks and superb technique, David Wall " who has died of cancer aged 67 " was once, at 20, the youngest principal the Royal Ballet had ever seen. A regular partner to D…
The Pit, LondonThis 45-minute plunge into Japanese celebrity mania is like a cross between reality TV, Les Mis and a toddlers' food fightWe are often told, "you will never have seen anything…
The writer and star of the groundbreaking show on the drag queen no one could resistAs soon as I started writing, other writers stopped wanting me acting in their shows " maybe they thought …
Daniel Kitson doesn't do tours, interviews, TV or DVDs. So how did a reclusive enigma become the most sought after standup of his generation? As the comic prepares to appear at Edinburgh, Br…
Open Air theatre, Regent's Park, LondonMichelle Terry is riveting as Shakespeare's wartime king in a production that emphasises how roleplaying is integral to monarchyAside from Hamlet, I ca…
In getting to parts that other arts don't reach, outdoor shows attract audiences that genuinely represent the wider population, as a new study findsThe weather may still be a bit iffy, but i…
Theatre company Cardboard Citizens casts untrained actors who have experienced homelessness, and tells their storiesWorking with actors who lack formal training or are from the streets is mo…
Letter signed by 180 directors, actors and designers decries change in direction at avant garde theatre under new chief Berlin's local newspapers have painted it either as a melodrama about …
When photographer Trevor Rogers moved out of his old studio he rediscovered his archive of portraits of the 1980s alternative comedy boom. Now, his snaps of Rik, Ade, Dawn, Jennifer and frie…
Standup, panel-show regular and Stephen Fry's favourite Canadian funnywoman ... Katherine Ryan answered your questions live at the Guardian"I talk funny cause I come from Canada." So says co…
The Mancunian punk poet beloved of Alex Turner and Plan B was with us and answered many of your questions " from his favourite word to his favourite owl, via his admission of a decade-long w…
Hampstead theatre, LondonEdward Snowden-a-like Andrew is visited by two shadowy WikiLeaks employees in Mike Bartlett's intelligent new play, exploring the 2013 revelationsMike Bartlett's pla…
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsAlice Nutter's gripping story of munitions factory workers is full of verve, but veers towards soap operaThe "women behind the guns" were the thousands of fema…
'Hamilteens' may not have seen the show, but they know everything about it. Who needs One Direction when you've got a musical about the founding fathers?Everything I used to know about Aaron…
Royal Court, LondonMega-fame and limitless cash can turn a man into a monster, and Simon Stephens's new play excellently evokes its hero's spiritually shrunken worldNo one will be surprised …
She helped Scott shake his hips like a rock god in Birdland and set Fiennes boogying in A Bigger Splash. For actors, Ann Yee has all the right movesRalph Fiennes struts like a chicken, shimm…
Russian dancer Diana Vishneva pirouettes between Moscow and New York " with masseurs on speed-dial around the world. The superballerina tells Judith Mackrell about why she's worried about th…