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Barbican, LondonIsabelle Huppert sparkles intermittently in an incoherent attempt to yoke together different versions of the Greek mythAs a showcase for the translucent talent of Isabelle Hu…
Almeida theatre, London N1Ralph Fiennes is a masterly, transfixing Richard, while Vanessa Redgrave curses with quiet convictionHe seduces like a basilisk. Sheer force of self-belief concentr…
Royal Albert Hall, LondonA revival of Derek Deane's production brings its 60-strong backing dancers to the foreDerek Deane's production of Swan Lake for English National Ballet is not especi…
Prince Edward theatre, LondonDisney's Broadway hit is an energetic, Lurex-lined extravaganzaDisney's Aladdin, arriving in the West End two years after its Broadway debut, is a strangely old-…
Home, ManchesterAnu recreates the 1996 IRA attack in Manchester as promenade theatre relying on audience imagination to fill in the gapsOn the stage of the main auditorium is a lorry, hazard…
Chichester festival theatreA first-rate Joseph Fiennes saves the day in Terence Rattigan's timid drama based on TE LawrenceThese days a theatre critic measures out her life in the Fiennes br…
What do clocks, running water, fire and kisses have in common? They kill theatre. The playwright of Adler & Gibb " which invents the past lives of two artists " on the dangers of too muc…
The Pope of Trash behind cult hits like Cry Baby and Hairspray joined us to answer your questions on Bob Dylan stealing his moustache, his Simpsons cameo and Werner Herzog 2.03pm GMT 2.02pm…
Versatile actor and writer often called upon to play toffs and bumbling clericsThe actor Jonathan Cecil, who has died of pneumonia aged 72 after suffering from emphysema, spent much of his …
Near operatic storytelling and inspiring music take Bangarra's brilliant effort on a journey from loss and pain to more hopeful themes such as kinship and artOUR land people stories " Bangar…
One Direction singer and Glee actor linked to screen adaptation of hit musical, along with Billy Elliot's Stephen DaldryA Wicked fan, a One Direction fan and a Glee fan walk into a cinema ..…
5 November 1962: Nureyev, it seems, is good for Fonteyn who evidently relishes his exotic, far from submissive partnershipThe choreography of the pas de deux from Le Corsaire, which Fonteyn …
Rudolf Nureyev is recalled as a troubled man who 'pushed people, behaving appallingly' in new book On stage, they wowed audiences and scaled the heights of artistry. Offstage, some of the w…
From the archive: In this article first published on 1 December 1997, the year that Closer opened at the National, the playwright dubbed 'the new Pinter' talks about his days as a standup an…
Report finds New York endoscopy clinic failed to respond to comedian's waning vital signs, failed to check her weight and performed procedures without consentThe daughter of Joan Rivers said…
The Truth | Bird | The Curious Incident Of The Dog in The Night-Time | Cuttin' It | Can I Start Again PleaseThe Florian Zeller hit factory just keeps on delivering. First came The Father, th…
Marie Chouinard | Birmingham Royal Ballet | LA Dance ProjectThe experimental choreographer presents two contrasting works: a minimalist piece exploring the dynamics of walking is paired with…
From the Fast Show to other people's pain, the comedian reveals the things that make him laugh the mostPaul Foot is a contender. The first time I saw him " about 10 years ago " I thought I w…
I'm a woman and a comedian: here are my boobs. Now can I just get on with my jokes please?For a lot of people, being naked onstage is their worst nightmare. For me, I'm having the time of my…
Almeida, LondonIn Rupert Goold's production, Fiennes sacrifices some of the character's irony while Vanessa Redgrave softens the often scolding Queen MargaretRupert Goold's production begins…
Minerva, ChichesterMark Hayhurst's play about a court-martialled first world war soldier is sharply intelligent and emotionally joltingThe canon of first world war drama is already vast. Mar…
Ancient texts have a cosmic way of speaking to people in our time: for instance, a New York woman who killed her two children, and my mother, who killed herselfPascale, my daughter's school …
The creator and star of the Tony-winning sensation leaves the show in July - but before he takes his bow, the show will be recorded on two separate nightsHamilton star and creator Lin-Manuel…
General administrator of the National Theatre during Peter Hall's time as directorPeter Stevens, who has died aged 83, more or less fell into his eventual career in British theatre administr…
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughThe satire is a little shaky but this neatly acted production finds Torben Betts once more smuggling left-leaning, state-of-the-nation analysis into his co…
