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The former EastEnders star is back on the West End, and will answer your questions in a live webchat from 1pm BST on Wednesday 13 April " post them in the comments below 11.17am BST For many…
Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonAlan Bennett makes a shrewd point in his Diaries. Attending a performance by Complicite, he remarks that some theatre companies have become like rock groups attracti…
Text adviser Giles Block on how the Bard made everything from pauses to awkward phrases sound as natural and intensely theatrical as possibleIf I had to describe what I do in a sentence, I w…
The new boss of Shakespeare's Globe admits she doesn't always understand the world's biggest playwright. But a gender-swapping Midsummer Night's Dream shows she won't be playing it safeEmma …
Big openings include Maureen Lipman in My Mother Said I Never Should, and New York hit The Flick " plus the rest of the week's must-see productionsPeople, Places and Things is unmissable at …
Victoria Palace Theatre, London Director Stephen Daldry made amusing artistic virtue of legal necessity and Sir Elton John savoured the show's success Even before sampling the refreshments a…
The Royal Ballet soloist on portraying Hermione in The Winter's Tale, taking a year out after surgery, and her dream role…Claire Calvert is a Royal Ballet soloist, admired for the lush tex…
This single mother, standup comedian and panel show favourite has barely a minute to spare… but still found time to tell us about waitressing at Hooters, fighting sexism, dealing with deat…
Old Vic, LondonCompelling performances from Timothy Spall, Daniel Mays and George MacKay fail to elevate Matthew Warchus's production of the Pinter classicHere is an idea about The Caretaker…
Coliseum, LondonGlenn Close plays Norma Desmond with as much panache as she did more than 20 years agoIt is more than 20 years since Glenn Close first starred in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset…
Royal Court, LondonJessica Raine proves herself a stage natural in Alistair McDowall's ingenious but taxing tale of future humanity adrift in despairX is another of Alistair McDowall's dysto…
Royal & Derngate, Northampton; Royal Exchange, ManchesterMichael Pennington's powerful performance isn't helped by the period trappings, but Don Warrington's flummoxed king is a Lear to …
They were rarities in Restoration theatre. But, as a new exhibition shows, the Bard's first actresses were brave pioneersGreat Elizabethan and Georgian stage stars, such as Will Kempe, Richa…
You don't have to sit in the dark and clap politely. It's time to remember what live shows are aboutSex, miscarriage, murder, insanity and suicide are the staple of every TV soap, often seve…
Her turn in new play Peoples, Places, Things is what the critics call a tour de force: the kind remembered long after the final curtainEvery two or three theatrical seasons a performance com…
Suddenly two of the Royal's biggest stars are leaving the company. Why are they going " and who will replace them?Much of the UK ballet world is in mourning today, following the announcement…
From Abraham Lincoln's White House readings to Hollywood westerns and West Side Story, Shakespeare's plays are an integral part of the American dream. So how did this icon of Englishness bec…
Creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit Broadway production about first US treasury secretary's life rumored to have already paid back $12.m investmentEveryone wants to be in the room wher…
I first worked with John Gunter in 1969 at the then Hampstead Theatre Club, and it was from John that I really learned to be a director. I was then 26 and he was 30, but he had already made …
The Pulitzer prize-winning playwright's All the Way, which premieres as a biopic on HBO next month, holds a mirror to Washington's current political machine through revisiting Lyndon B Johns…
Live theatre, NewcastleAlison Carr's account of two grieving sisters might be claustrophobically morbid were it not for its command of quirky detailsJulie and Ruby are sisters, 20 years apar…
Slow-burn sci-fi Midnight Special, the sugary pop world of Kero Kero Bonito and the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt returns, here are all this week's pop culture highlightsON DEMANDUnbreakable Kim…
The British double act pay tribute to their heroes " including Matt Lucas and David Walliams, Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse, and the late Ronnies Corbett and BarkerDouble acts, duos, two…
The All-Star Stand Up Tour | What Has The News Ever Done For Me? | Elliot SteelAs Stewart Lee has frequently noted, live comedy can be a tough proposition for audiences: you're asking someon…
Mariinsky Ballet | English National Ballet: She SaidFor this rare and brief visit to Wales, the St Petersburg company is focusing on contemporary rather than classical ballet. Wayne McG…
