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An eclectic range of contemporary artists owe a creative debt to the purple one, from Outkast and Pharrell to Daft Punk, Kanye and Mark RonsonPrince the businessmanPrince the style iconPrinc…
Jonathan Bate (Umasked, G2, 21 April) tracks Shakespeare's storytelling of "the old, old story" back to the "magic, myth and metamorphosis" of Ovid but perhaps there are trace elem…
The film and novel is a pop graveyard of the 1980s " littered with references to brands, nightclubs and cultural figures that didn't quite make it out of the decadeAmerican Psycho is 25 year…
Criterion, LondonThis thrillingly inventive piece about bed-hopping gem thieves is a slapstick delightThe financial prospects of young actors are probably only studied by economists as a hor…
An attractive portrait of the bard has featured heavily in his 400th anniversary celebrations. There's just one tiny problem with itJust in case we were in danger of forgetting, the latest e…
Scottish Dance Theatre | The Winter's Tale | May Contain FoodThe international flair of Scotland's leading modern dance company is highlighted again in this double bill, with the surreal dan…
The Father | The Book Of Mormon | People, Places And Things | In The Heights | King LearSeventy-one-year-old Kenneth Cranham beat both Benedict Cumberbatch and Mark Rylance to win this year'…
As celebrations kick off around the world " including an immersive Romeo and Juliet in a Dubai mall " we look at why his plays are still staged 400 years after his deathOn Saturday the RSC m…
The Place, LondonFoodie culture is carved up gloriously in this lip-smacking fusion of song, dance, mime and sweet aperitif tomatoesIt's best not to eat before you go to see Protein's latest…
Famous for immersing herself in challenging roles, the French actor plays a war photographer in her latest film Louder Than Bombs. She talks about her commitment to directors, acting with Ge…
His name may not appear in the credits, but the playwright has inspired some unlikely renditions of his great worksIn this 1940 episode of Dave and Max Fleischer's classic cartoon, the pipe-…
Shakespeare's ability to distil human nature into an elegant turn of phrase is rightly exalted " much remains vivid four centuries after his death. Less scrutiny has been given to statistics…
Wharf 1 theatre, Sydney Theatre CompanyTerrorism, race and religion are just some issues that swirl through a New York apartment, in the Australian premiere of Ayad Akhtar's confronting play…
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, New YorkThe Wall Street maniac rides again in a musical rich in synth pop and buff bodies, but the meaning of Bret Easton Ellis's original novel slides off the sli…
The real-life story of a rebellious Iranian dancer trips over its own earnestness and clunky allegoryLoosely based on the life of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, this flat-footed drama abo…
A writer with an exemplary, generous eye, she was transgressive, warm, intelligent, surreal and bloody funny " she could gently overturn the worldYou may be old enough to remember when Victo…
Actor who performed in the stage musicals Mamma Mia! and Les Misérables and was admired for her roles in TV series such as Emmerdale and Coronation StreetMorag Siller, who has died of breas…
A poll has found that under-25s know more lyrics from the pop star than they do verse from the playwright. Time to test your knowledgeThey are two people poles apart. One is the globally ado…
The dark underbelly of the internet exploredDespite the fact that it's just a couple of clicks away, most internet users have no knowledge of the existence of the darknet, the murky world be…
The all-male company are debuting a new show Life, full of reflections on mortality " with a few rabbits thrown in. Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton follows them from rehearsal to dress…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe fur flies " and hops, skips and pirouettes " in an inspired and funny programme by Pontus Lidberg and Javier De FrutosWilliam Trevitt and Michael Nunn have bold ins…
Italian company TIDA have made one of the shows of the year with Quintetto. It's not billed as comedy: has that made it more humorous?I went to see the Best of BE festival showcase at the Ba…
Karaokes, baking and hip-hop: there are plenty of ways to mark the 400th anniversary of the bard's death " and his 452nd birthday. Tell us how you're planning to celebrate " and share pictur…
Only Victoria Wood could write a line like: 'And where has it got you, having a pelvic floor like a bulldog clip?' Her comic creations " from scallop-faced punks to menopausal dinnerladies "…
Today everybody reads Shakespeare. But what books did he read? Jonathan Bate on the writers who shaped the world's greatest playwright " and the three books the Bard would pick for Desert Is…
