Lyceum Theatre, New YorkJesse Tyler Ferguson's turn as a put-upon restaurant worker has more elements than El Bulli's taster menu, and just as many surprisesOn a nondescript morning a few we…
Tate Britain, LondonPast and present shimmy around one another like three graces at a voguing contest in this stately dance work, casting new light on an old buildingPablo Bronstein has turn…
Get toes tapping in the classroom and celebrate International Dance Day with our lessons plans and ideasAlbert Einstein was better known for his groundbreaking moves in physics than on the d…
Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New YorkBased on the 2007 film, this show about a small-town diner waitress trapped in a loveless marriage is witty and bittersweet, yet its sexual politics leave a …
New commission for the Duveen galleries space features 1980s power dressing and movements from 17th-century Italy Dancers wearing Princess Diana-esque jumpers and fake pearls are to feature …
For his new theatre show, Greg Wohead plays the King at his peak " only there's no quiff and no hip-swivelling. It's more seance than rock'n'roll concertElvis Presley's 1968 NBC TV show Elvi…
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsRoxana Silbert's off-the-wall production, set in a hotel lobby with a working lift, brings disabled and non-disabled performers togetherThere was a time when t…
The melancholic half of The Mighty Boosh reveals why he's terrified of his first stage role as the mayor in Gogol's The Government InspectorJulian Barratt is looking Russian. He has grown a …
'The ballet really gets over the difference between the supernatural people and the human characters,' says Antoinette Sibley, who in 1964 danced Titania opposite Anthony Dowell's Oberon in …
Emma Rice's tenure at the Globe begins with A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Cymbeline hits Stratford-upon-Avon " plus the rest of the week's best theatre Clybourne Park, Bruce Norris' uncomfo…
Roundhouse, LondonDeadpan comedy, athletic tumbling and the politics of men behaving like performing dogs drive Barely Methodical's latest show A smartly dressed woman (Nikki Rummer) watches…
Composer and conductor who wrote music for RSC productions of all Shakespeare's playsIf music is now seen as an integral part of modern Shakespeare productions, the credit belongs to Guy Woo…
Nick Payne might only be 28, but he's already dazzled audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. As his hit play Constellations transfers to the West End, he talks to Maddy Costa about science…
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…
He reimagined live rock performance and taught David Bowie and Kate Bush the art of movement. Ahead of his first event in Britain for 15 years, Lindsay Kemp talks about his incredible life"H…
Royal Opera House, LondonResonant performances ignite Christopher Wheeldon's exploration of Shakespeare's most puzzling tyrantIn Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale, King Leontes of Sicilia…
The choreographer on his obsession with brutalist architecture, Chicago's footwork music and the work of playwright Sarah KaneWayne McGregor was born in Stockport and is a leading British ch…
Birmingham Rep Tom Wells's play about three very different characters coming together through music has freshness, charm and warmthWinnie likes a Guinness on a Friday night (she's Irish, aft…
Dorfman; Temporary theatre; Lyttelton; all LondonRufus Norris's National Theatre is in rude health, with Annie Baker's remarkable The Flick and a verbatim drama about why children join IsisI…
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Barack Obama marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death on Saturday by visiting the Globe theatre for a 10-minute performance of a scene from Hamlet. The visit was something of a pil…
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After a decade at the helm, on the anniversary of Shakespeare's death, Dominic Dromgoole bids farewell to the Globe and the company that has taken the plays far and wideThis weekend is my la…
The Cloud Gate dance company occupies a unique place in Taiwanese society and its founder has become a national treasure. Nicholas Wroe talks to Lin Hwai-min as he brings a signature work to…
What single thing would improve my quality life? A little balconyBorn in Hertfordshire, Una Stubbs, 78, went to dance school at 14 and became a chorus girl at 16. In 1963, she starred with C…