Her champions regard Katie Mitchell as Britain's greatest living stage director " but her critics see a vandal smashing up the classics. After staging her most ambitious work in Europe, can …
How does Australia want to be seen and to see itself? The attacks on our national institutions, the arts and science limit our ability to answer that Australian cultural identity is balanced…
Vineyard Theatre, New YorkA tender unconventional new play explores the furore created by Sholem Asch's play God of Vengeance, a flashpoint in Jewish and queer theatrical historyIn 1923, God…
Brooklyn Academy of Music Harvey Theatre, New YorkThe 1998 production faltered, but David Hare's play is back with Everett physically transformed to play the famed wit, sharp of mind but foo…
From Frank N Furter to king of Spamalot, via voiceovers - and some turkeysIt was 1968, and a young Tim Curry was in the gods at London's Palace Theatre looking down at Judi Dench as Sally Bo…
Hundreds of previously unpublished letters reveal passionate exchanges from one of Hollywood's greatest affairsIt was one of the greatest Hollywood love affairs, beginning in a whirlwind of …
The former EastEnders star is back in the West End, and she came in to talk about reincarnating as a guitar, HP sauce, training with the army and lots more 2.05pm BST Well, that was fun. Tha…
Sherman Cymru, CardiffKatherine Chandler's award-winning play about two girls living in a care home takes flight under the superb direction of Rachel O'RiordanAva (Georgia Henshaw) has been …
Foundations of the Curtain where Romeo and Juliet and Henry V were possibly first staged uncovered in ShoreditchThe foundations and shoulder-high walls of the Curtain theatre, where Shakespe…
The outspoken standup talks about teenage bad behaviour, panel shows and the 'stubborn' iPhone pest who inspired her Manchester international festival showThe seeds of Sara Pascoe's Manchest…
Soho theatre, LondonPascoe makes for charming company with a dose of self-deprecating skits on body image, being good and 21st-century sexYou'd think from the title of Sara Pascoe's new stan…
Taking 'artist in residence' to the next level, Battersea Arts Centre is offering live-work spaces designed like 3D paintings'Artist in residence' is a phrase that gets bandied about a lot. …
Tired of their meaningless slogans and soundbites, we decided to use politicians' own words against them in a show that feels like an exorcismAnyone who has ever watched Prime Minister's Que…
Hula House, developed in conjunction with the English Collective of Prostitutes, is championing the cause of decriminalising sex work at the fringeAn immersive play where the audience are to…
From Hogwarts robes to Hermione's wand: take a look at some of the designs for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which begins previews at the Palace theatre, London, in JuneNoma Dumezweni o…
When a cisgender person tells a trans story, the potential for damage is high. This #Idahot, trans writer Fury discusses why it's important to get it rightThere's a reason trans people say c…
Set in a Palladian villa in Richmond Park, White Lodge is already one of the most fiercely competitive schools in the country. But young British dancers are finding it tougher than everIt's …
Faulty Towers Dining Experience founder Alison Pollard-Mansergh says she tried to get permission for her show 20 years agoThe Australian creator of the Faulty Towers Dining Experience has re…
Ian Lavender was 22 when he was cast as mummy's boy Private Pike in Dad's Army. It was a role that would come to haunt his career, stopping him from getting meatier parts. His one-man Edinbu…
She's acted in every edgy show going, from Jam to Ashes to Ashes to State of Play " and written many of her best lines. As her own hit play Di and Viv and Rose reaches the West End, Amelia B…
Donmar Warehouse, London David Leveaux's fine revival featuring an expertly balanced cast shows this 1997 play is much more than the product of its timeDoes it still resonate? That is the ob…
Manchester ArenaFeaturing a musical mashup of Gary Glitter, Rolf Harris and Jim'll Fix It, this show finds Peter Kay and co as off-colour as everPhoenix Nights fans have been waiting since 2…
Inspired by The Vagina Monologues, 10 South Asian and Indo-Caribbean women shared intimate narratives in an absorbing and revealing eveningNadia was sitting by the pool in a bathing suit whe…
With two new plays announced and his most famous work revived at the Donmar, Patrick Marber is staging a comeback. Tim Auld talks to the cast of Closer, the playwright's portrait of sexual b…
Twenty-one years ago teachers and directors began telling the National Theatre that they wanted relevant and challenging new plays for young actors. We responded by launching Connections, ou…