The Royal Court in London is celebrating its 60th birthday with 60 short films in which actors, directors and playwrights celebrate the theatre. In this video, filmed in 2015, Alan Rickman r…
Season comprising Julius Caesar, Henry IV and The Tempest to be staged at 420-seat venue next to King's Cross stationThe Donmar Warehouse is building a temporary theatre for an all-female Sh…
Arts theatre, LondonGeorge Osborne becomes a sex slave in a lethal piece by David Hare alongside short political plays by Caryl Churchill, Mark Ravenhill, Alistair Beaton and Stella FeehilyA…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghScandalous affairs and royal tiffs abound in this excellently acted, Scots-tinted take on the brilliant but self-destructive French playwrightThe watery greys of Neil …
Young Vic, LondonBenedict Andrews's revival of the Tennessee Williams classic steams off the revolving set of the Young Vic' Gillian Anderson in Streetcar " in pictures' From Anderson to Lei…
Ladyboy performers talk about touring Australia in a big top extravaganza of diamentes, sequins and feathersThanyakarn "Micky" Rattanarak began thinking of herself as a girl when she was sev…
Melbourne Recital CentreGetting this many superstars of Australian musical theatre on stage together is nothing short of a miracle " and a night to rememberA great production of Follies In C…
Manhattan Theatre Club, New YorkThe multi-narrative work sees the cast " including Charlie Cox " shift through neurological oddities. But is the whole thing too cerebral for its own good?Ima…
The plays of Ibsen and Shaw have extensive stage directions but are they a constraint to creativity or an invitation to imagine?At a recent workshop, as part of the excellent Mousetrap Theat…
She's a rapper, playwright, poet, novelist " and much more. In her restless, relentless creativity, this unique talent hops freely from one artform to anotherKate Tempest was in Australia ea…
Award-winning French photographer Patrick Willocq has recreated the experiences of children who have fled Burundi and Syria using personalised theatre sets. From perilous journeys to the bat…
Finborough theatre, LondonThis rarely revived piece about a Victorian blasphemy trial reveals the playwright's complex feelings about ChristianityWritten for a 1960 television production sta…
Infertility treatment had an enormous effect on Gareth Farr and Gabby Vautier and their relationship. The experience inspired him to write a play about the highs and lows of itHere's somethi…
Crucible, SheffieldWith its ravishing sets and fine comic performances, the story of a charlady's quest to acquire a frock is a perfect fillip for a new age of austerityMrs 'Arris Goes to Pa…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterAspects of Caryl Churchill's 1994 collaborative fantasy remain obscure, but magnetic Peake and a 12-strong ensemble offer an intensely theatrical experiencePlays ch…
'Hopefully I'll crush it,' says the Pitch Perfect film star, who will play the part of Miss Adelaide for eight weeks at London's Phoenix theatreThe Australian actor Rebel Wilson is heading t…
He cites Hegel as a key influence and compares his music to TS Eliot. The pop-star turned symphonist discusses his plans to bring the first world war's legacy of 'mass-mechanised butchery' t…
Exclusive: Actor will portray Blanche DuBois in Sarah Frankcom production of Tennessee Williams playThe role was originated by Jessica Tandy, played on stage and screen by Vivien Leigh and h…
BBC2 The show perked up when it got round to the plays but tried to cram too much into one eveningIt is always worrying when an entertainment promises "something for everybody". That usually…
Palace theatre, LondonThe nation's favourite mentalist explores faith healing in a show that leaves sceptics' and believers' minds jitterbuggingDerren Brown doesn't have a good word to say a…
Ophelias Zimmer presents Hamlet from the perspective of its tragic heroine. There are plenty of other supporting characters I'd like to know more aboutIt's said that Shakespeare wrote The Me…
A festival at Siobhan Davies dance studio featured Julie Cunningham's moves to match Tempest's verse and Jamie Atherton's solo for Fred HerkoAt the Siobhan Davies dance studios this weekend,…
A doctor and a private-hire driver are just a couple of the amateur actors starring along RSC members in a touring production of the Dream. The experiment is a success but it shouldn't set a…
Theatre scholar and cultural commentatorThe suspicion of intellectuals in the British performing arts runs deep, so it is hard to appreciate exactly the status and reputation throughout the…
Camden People's theatre, LondonWill Adamsdale, Lloyd Hutchinson and Brian Logan find themselves trapped inside a gag in a piece that pays homage to the theatrical imaginationThe way humour r…