Author says Noma Dumezweni is 'best for the job' in West End play Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildJK Rowling has revealed her frustration at online reaction by "a bunch of racists" to news …
Sadler's Wells, LondonCrystal Pite fashions unflinching art from real-life tragedy in this inspiring dance-theatre hybridThe premise for Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young's Betroffenheit stops…
The playwright on his new play, Wild, inspired by the whistleblower, and his forthcoming series Press, about the aftermath of phone hackingMike Bartlett, 35, wrote the award-winning plays Co…
Young Vic, LondonJoe Penhall's dissection of racism and mental health in modern Britain is still compelling, thanks in part to an outstanding central performanceBlue/Orange does not startle …
Dorfman, LondonAlexi Kaye Campbell's new work has plenty of political comment but little to say on the state of present-day GreeceThe theatre, one character proclaims in Alexi Kaye Campbell'…
Barbican, LondonA mesmerising production from Katie Mitchell recounts the harrowing legacy of German chemist Fritz Haber as seen by his wife and granddaughterOne of the best things the theat…
Birmingham Repertory theatreThe second play from Bruntwood prize winner Gareth Farr breaks the silence around the struggle to conceive in an affecting wayJess describes the silence of absenc…
Olivier, LondonA new translation of Brecht and Weill's dark comedy fails to hit its satirical targets but still makes for a good musical"Fake it to seem real," a would-be beggar is advised i…
Royal Opera House, LondonThe choreographer's new work, Obsidian Tear, is a dramatic standout in a programme of light and shadeThe Royal Ballet's triple bill opens with Wayne McGregor's Obsid…
As his TV series returns to our screens, comedian Stewart Lee talks to Will Self about his prickly stage persona, how social media is changing comedy and why you won't see him on Mock the We…
Lee's peevish reaction to being pipped to a Bafta unravels into a rant about James Corden in another set of brilliant routines that force us to puzzle out whether this self-pitying shtick is…
Hoover wisecrack wins almost 20% of public vote and makes one-liner standup Vine first comic to win award twice' 10 funniest jokes at the Edinburgh festivalTim Vine, the proclaimed king of o…
The actor, currently appearing in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown in the West End, was here to answer your questions. Find out how she learned to sing, what happened when Bill Bail…
Sixty years after the former Observer drama critic began his column, we're revisiting some of his classic articles. Here's his first one, in which he reflects upon replacing Ivor BrownAs in …
His play An Octoroon has been called the most eloquent drama about race this decade " but, says the playwright, his work is really about the human conditionIt started when he was about 13. B…
At 31, Simon Stone has adapted Woody Allen, written and directed a movie, and helmed various iconoclastic stage productions " all after starting out as an actor. He explains why going to the…
With a host of TV and film projects, Lily Allen's brother will soon be a name in his own rightLily Allen says she declined Game of Thrones role saying the part involved 'too much incest'Game…
Bird | Beyond Caring | Show Boat | People, Places And Things | The FlickLike a fragile bird whose fiercely beating heart can be detected in your cupped hand, Katherine Chandler's Bruntwood p…
No Body | The Merchants Of Bollywood | Fagin's TwistThe creators of this event " Lucy Carter, Michael Hulls and Nitin Sawhney " have all worked extensively in choreography. Yet here they're …
From Liza Minnelli to bland cake, the comedian reveals the things that make him laugh the most The funniest standup I've ever seen Dave Chappelle. I couldn't believe I was there.The funniest…
Trafalgar Studios, LondonEisenberg's bullying, sexist and racist rich kid has the comic rhythm of Woody Allen and is compelling to watch, even if we don't care about him Related: Jesse Eisen…
Dorfman, LondonAn English couple are manipulated by a domineering CIA man and his alcoholic wife in a fine play that explores the effects of American inverventionismAlexi Kaye Campbell's fas…
Eighteen-year-old recovering in Royal Preston hospital after Thursday evening incident which cancelled performanceAn 18-year-old man is recovering in hospital after falling from the balcony …
Creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit Broadway production about first US treasury secretary's life rumored to have already paid back $12.5m investmentEveryone wants to be in the room whe…
She's famed for playing icy control freaks. But Lindsay Duncan wanted more laughs in her new film Le Week-End. And, really, she'd love to pack it all in and head for India' First look review…