From Garbage to Funny Girls, the comedian reveals the things she finds the funniestThe Soup remains one of the most consistently funny shows. The writing on that encouraged me to keep talkin…
Wrecking Ball | Tonight I'm Gonna Be The New Me | Boy | People, Places And Things | Matilda The Musical Action Hero's latest show is a clever and coolly manipulative look at what is real and…
Northern Ballet: 1984 | What Remains… Anatomy Of An Artist | International Dance Festival BirminghamJonathan Watkins is making a name for himself with adaptations of literary works. Follow…
Young Vic, London With tremendous performances from Daniel Kaluuya, David Haig and Luke Norris, Penhall's drama packs even more of a punch 16 years after its debutJunior doctors are in the n…
Theatre Royal, YorkHumans are reliant on a vast video-conferencing network in an uncanny tale featuring aerial contortions and a score by Ultravox founder John FoxxFor a writer associated wi…
That our lucky stars of stage and screen benefit from the EU's largesse should hardly be a clincher for anybody elseWho can possibly argue with 250 luvvies crying, "Remain!"? How can anyone …
Based on true stories and with a new song by the Manic Street Preachers, Patrick Jones's latest play, Before I Leave, examines how choral singing can transform the lives of people with demen…
In a show inspired by men she met on Tinder, with supporting roles for her family and her dog, the Invisible Dot's Natasia Demetriou elevates her anxieties to an art formWithin the opening m…
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's relentlessly filthy 70s albums anticipated punk, and influenced both alternative comedy and a generation of smutty teenagers. But is this re-release just too of…
The Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme has played a role in growing the careers of many established artistic directors. Now, the scheme is focusing on how its participants can stay embed…
Stage shows can be problematic for those on the spectrum, but a growing number of companies are adapting productions to bring great art to everyoneTheatre is on an accessibility drive " and …
Tricycle theatre, LondonThe arguments about global economics in Akhtar's follow-up to the Pulitzer-winning Disgraced are so dramatic that it's a shame when the plot kicks inOscar Wilde's Mis…
Birmingham RepA film star and her make-up artist debate nude scenes, paparazzi and awards ceremonies in this revealing play from Stan's CafeIt is a well-established fact that if you want to …
Rose theatre, KingstonDespite terrific performances from Jamie Ballard as the sad, silly king and Maggie Steed as his mother, this production feels dated and drawn outKing John is the 36th o…
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, LondonAlan Ayckbourn's vintage comedy about adultery and male bullying is shockingly up to dateTheatrical snobs still patronise Alan Ayckbourn. Alan Strachan's clev…
British poet delivers passionate speech at Sydney writers' festival and urges 'empathy, humility, reparation and change'There is "a damaging and poisonous racism at root" in Australia, the B…
Manhattan Theater Club, New YorkPlaywright Penelope Skinner offers a powerful portrait of an anguished woman fixating on the prospect of a baby as a source of affection, hope and escapePenel…
Thirty years ago, I put on a frock, crossed Leicester Square and received a death threat. That night led me to create Stella, my show about an extraordinary Victorian gender experimenterIn D…
The star of The Office has turned plenty of people off with his boorish public image, and even more with his non-PC standup. But his best-loved character still has much to offerSo Ricky Gerv…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe junior wing of Nederlands Dans Theater have poise, speed and accuracy: if only the programme stretched them as much as they stretch themselvesIt's pretty much a giv…
Orange Tree, RichmondThe performances are full of Shavian vitality in this invigorating modern-day revival mocking the disparity between high ideals and personal practice George Bernard Shaw…
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonNothing is out of bounds in Baddiel's new standup, which exposes his father's dementia and his mother's hyperactive sex life to the same affectionate scrutiny…
Royal Court, LondonMitchell, Alice Birch and Chloe Lamford deliver a forensic study of an imprisoned Ophelia, stalked by the Prince of DenmarkVirginia Woolf knew the importance of having a r…
A collaboration between Australia and the UK, the family drama is tender, physical and deeply relatable " set in Adelaide, but looking towards the worldAs children move into adulthood their …
Chichester Festival theatre, West SussexA vivid revival of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus christens a newly refashioned Chichester Festival theatreChichester Festival theatre reopens this summer, n…