Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonEchoes of Gaza and Guantanamo ripple through the violence of Shakespeare's paradoxically poetic play, immaculately staged by the RSC It is not just heads tha…
Perth theatreTwo working-class lads become modern-day highwaymen in this adaptation of the Scottish film but the plentiful songs slow down the story One of the stories British cinema loves t…
Wyndham's theatre, LondonIbsen is moved to the Hamptons in Lila Raicek's play, co-starring Kate Fleetwood and Elizabeth Debicki, about the destruction wreaked by adultery Henrik Ibsen's Icar…
With star names, a Hamlet in shades, orgiastic murder and a miners' strike musical, Indhu Rubasingham promises something for all. But can she attract newcomers while keeping diehards happy? …
John Niven's debut play explores rivalry between the two British bands who vied for the No 1 spot in the charts in 1995 It was the great Britpop showdown in the summer of 1995, billed as a c…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonPatrick Marber's debut play about a group of poker players brims with banter, but this pallid 30th-anniversary revival exposes its weaknesses In 1995, two British pla…
The US playwright and anglophile behind much-revived comedies has a flair for crime and is following a crowd-pleasing Murder on the Orient Express with Death on the Nile If you ever face a q…
The RuPaul's Drag Race star, whose real name was Bianca Castro-Arabejo, died on Sunday 'surrounded by family and friends' The drag queen Jiggly Caliente has died aged 44 after a "severe infe…
Sydney comedy festival, then touringThe UK comedian's standup set is both a dishy conversation with a friend and a thrilling rejection of the good mother archetype One must imagine Sisyphus …
Season's Greetings, which was removed from the town much to residents' sadness, is focus of touring show It materialised just before Christmas seven years ago, turning the industrial town of…
Booker-nominated writer Deborah Levy is thrilling audiences with her play about a psychoanalyst dealing with a very unusual patient, seized with anxiety about modern life. She explains how i…
Once upon a time revealing a magician's secrets could get you blacklisted, now anyone can learn an illusion or two Magicians have been around since 2700BC when the father of the art, Dedi, s…
York Theatre RoyalOldman gives an emotional encounter with his past selves as he single-handedly directs, set-designs and performs Samuel Beckett's existential monologue Gary Oldman's decisi…
Circle in the Square Theatre, New York Jonathan Groff uses his considerable charisma to embody the late singer with pizzazz in a rousing yet incomplete Broadway show It is more than likely t…
Oakland Ballet Company takes on a harrowing chapter of US-Chinese history with a piece about Angel Island, 'the Ellis Island of the west' One sunny March day on Angel Island, a hilly landmas…
The central London institution champions new talent, amplifies LGBTQ+ voices and always takes risks. With a new outpost opening in Walthamstow, artists discuss how the West End venue is not …
Old Vic, London Terrific performances from Chris O'Dowd and Rosie Sheehy lead a populous family drama hinging on a broken-down country farmhouse Conor McPherson's family dysfunctional drama …
Coliseum, London F Scott Fitzgerald's classic jazz age novel ought to be the perfect basis for a musical, but no amount of Charlestons from a fine cast can put the fizz into this There is a …
Park theatre, LondonNeil LaBute's mordant humour comes to the fore in this three-hander, full of hyper-real dialogue, about the right to choose the manner of our departure Neil LaBute has a …
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonBenedick is a midfielder for Serie A team FC Messina in a show with top-form performances and a clever visual metaphor, albeit some pacing probl…
Hampstead theatre, LondonBea, a hoarder, is visited by Veda, who carries a secret, to fix the rift between them in Chloë Lawrence-Taylor's debut play, full of vivid dialogue and forebodin…
The 1999 teen hit is set to become a Broadway musical with the Girls creator and pop singer-songwriter teaming up Nearly 30 years after it cemented 1999 as a watershed year for teen movies, …
The millennial musician and comedian on the clips that melt her brain, from Christian rap to 2012-core esoterica and an epic televised free-jazz fail Get our weekend culture and lifestyle em…
Sharon Watson and Mark Osterfield say small dance institutions are at risk under current funding provisions, which will only deepen inequality in access to the arts Your excellent coverage o…
Darren Henley says regional arts leaders do not have same newspaper coverage as those in the capital The chief executive of Arts Council England has launched an impassioned defence of the or…