Roedale allotments, BrightonArtist Marc Rees's deliciously understated promenade piece unearths the story of eccentric Shakespeare scholar James Orchard Halliwell-PhillippsThe Brighton festi…
James Fritz explores modern love through multiple references to the US sitcom in his dark play which is about to open off-Broadway and embark on a UK tourRoss & Rachel. You know the ones…
Henry V is a play about war yet we only see two conflicts " and the way the characters do combat tells us plenty about them, says fight director Terry KingIt's one of the simplest stage dire…
Actors do not effortlessly waft from one job to another, dropping names and stardust as they go. It's hard work, involving tough rejections and long hours"What have I seen you in?" is inevit…
There are festivals all across the country, while Philip Ridley's Radiant Vermin returns and James Graham's Monster Raving Loony arrives in SohoThe Ricochet Project's Smoke and Mirrors looks…
He's the bad boy of ballet, she's the Royal's Russian superstar. Natalia Osipova and Sergei Polunin talk about fear, pain and falling in love on the dance floor "I'd heard about his reputat…
New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeThis revival of Cicely Hamilton's 1908 play about a downtrodden shopworker has an admirable lightness of touch An actor, activist and contemporary of George Bern…
The dancer and choreographer on Kate Tempest's poetry, Asif Kapadia's Amy Winehouse documentary, and astonishing jazz pianist Brad MehldauAkram Khan was born in Wimbledon, south-west London.…
Chichester Festival theatreHugh Bonneville as a whistleblower driven by sibling rivalry shows how Ibsen's play switches emphasis with every stagingHere is Hugh Bonneville, the amiably stuffy…
Dane Hurst escaped township life to become a dancer with the Rambert in London. Now he's bringing his dream back home. Frances Byrnes charts his next stepThe school where Dane Hurst, star of…
Royal Opera House, LondonThe dancing is superb, the sets magnificent, but Liam Scarlett's new full-length ballet Frankenstein squanders Mary Shelley's great novelThere's a riveting scene in …
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonEmma Rice's first production as artistic director at Shakespeare's Globe is a glittering, unnerving comic triumphA sitar player sends music pulsing through the act…
The playwright on his new play about Motown giant Marvin Gaye, absent fathers and why his work strikes a chord with black audiences in AmericaBafta and Evening Standard award-winning playwri…
The Henry VI plays are condensed into two servings of power battles, sex and witchcraft with fine performances from Hugh Bonneville and Sophie OkonedoShakespeare's early histories used to be…
Wood's central power was an infallible ear for the nuances of the national languageIn taking so long to say something about Victoria Wood's early death, I fear that I'm making an entran…
Coel is fearless. No joke is too risque, no comedic situation too outrageous to explore in pursuit of the funny Generally speaking, I love being surprised. It's an increasingly hard thi…
The troupe has accused China's government of forcing cancellation of shows in Seoul because of its links to a spiritual movement Beijing calls an 'evil cult'A New York-based dance troupe has…
Charles Linehan Company | Rambert | New ShootsDance at the Brighton festival opens with this double bill, featuring a duet for original BalletBoyz Michael Nunn and William Trevitt that riffs…
Fake It 'Til You Make It | The Encounter | The Flick | Boy | The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-TimeIt was only some time into their relationship that performance-maker Bryony Kimm…
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Sadler's Wells and Dance Umbrella have announced their autumn seasons and here are the highlights, including naked duets, ordinary Londoners and PinocchioContemporary dance audiences have ge…
Director of The King's Speech, The Danish Girl and Les Misérables reportedly keen to cast Suki Waterhouse in big-budget adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage hit Related: How the new wa…
Hampstead theatre, LondonWhy did TE Lawrence turn his back on fame after assisting the Arab uprising? Brenton's solidly acted play explores the mystery of a troubled figureThe centenary of t…
When it comes to Britishness, comedy doesn't tend to get further than Michael McIntyre's benign observations. As the EU referendum approaches, comedians should be digging deeperIn 2000, Chri…
The American playwright says the rest of us may claim to want straight white men to take a back seat, but then we deem them duds when they do"Destroy the audience" is the motto powering one …