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81-year-old cements position as an all-time stage great with best supporting actress award, as Denise Gough wins best actressShe is one of Britain's most loved and decorated actors, with a 6…
The 2016 Olivier awards have been dished out in London, with a revival of Gypsy and the National Theatre the biggest winners " see the full list hereReport: Judi Dench wins record eighth Oli…
Judi Dench! Eddie Izzard! Cyndi Lauper! The toast of theatreland arrive at the Royal Opera House in London " and everyone just wants to have fun Continue reading...
Ustinov Studio, BathMichel Tremblay's portrait of marriage is effortlessly transposed to 1970s Dublin in a production that never quite grabs the heartAll children eavesdrop on their parents'…
With his troubled air and tousled hair, the actor has made his name with anguished characters " from Hamlet to Danny in London Spy. Now on Broadway in The Crucible, he talks about coming out…
Southwark Playhouse, London There are good performances in this finely staged revival, but Hemingway's autobiographical drama set during the Spanish civil war is a rambling affairErnest Hemi…
Found111, LondonKate Fleetwood's magnetic performance in this paranoia play continues this tiny pop-up space's run of terrific performancesEvery now and then a particular theatre turns into …
Sadler's Wells, London Richard Alston weds Indian classicism to European courtliness in one of the finest new works of the yearChopin's piano compositions seem to rise from a lake of silence…
National theatre, LondonA new version of Lorraine Hansberry's play about unrest in colonial Africa is a compelling mix of atmosphere and argumentAudiences at the National don't often applaud…
Theatre by the Lake, KeswickThis adaptation of James Rebanks's bestselling memoir conveys its central relationships powerfullyThe thing about nature in the UK is, most of it isn't natural. I…
Eugene O'Neill's partly autobiographical play of family dysfunction careers towards its tragic outcome with terrific energyLong Day's Journey Into Night? No. It is the speed of Richard Eyre'…
Bristol's latest festival of ideas, in association with the Observer, offers an inspirational programme of debate, theatre and reasonAn ideas festival should be about debating ideas and prom…
Jean-Luc Choplin, the Châtelet's director, gave a high-art gloss to popular Broadway showsWhen Jean-Luc Choplin took over more than a decade ago as director general of Paris's Théatre du…
It foreshadowed Romeo and Juliet and inspired Eric Clapton's 'most powerful' song, so how will the love story Layla and Majnun play as a musical?He was in love but she was promised to anothe…
Actor whose biggest role was her first, playing the disabled child Helen Keller in The Miracle WorkerPatty Duke, who has died of complications from a ruptured intestine aged 69, was one of t…
Ivo van Hove's production " set in a gloomy classroom and starring Ben Whishaw and Saoirse Ronan " doesn't reach the highs of his version of A View from the Bridge and feels overly reliant o…
Almeida Theatre announces 2016-17 schedule with Scott " Moriarty in Sherlock " taking on Shakespeare's toughest roleAfter Sherlock Holmes as Hamlet, now Moriarty will take on the part. It ha…
Phoenix Dance Theatre | Alexander Whitley Dance CompanyAlthough they've been established some 35 years, Phoenix continue to trawl for interesting new work from a variety of sources. The late…
Buzzcut | Clybourne Park | Boy | Goosebumps Alive | Men & Girls Dance | Laila: The MusicalThis experimental performance festival boasts an unrivalled programme of radical work hailing fr…
Tom Neenan: The Andromeda Paradox | Namedroppers: Reginald D Hunter On Censorship & The N Word | Foil, Arms & Hog: SkiddlywupIn a world where any hipster with a fondness for craft be…
Ahead of the film Brand New Testament, a black comedy about a sadist GodMichelangelo (1511) Continue reading...
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, LondonAlan Ayckbourn's vintage comedy about adultery and male bullying is shockingly up to dateTheatrical snobs still patronise Alan Ayckbourn. Alan Strachan's clev…
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'The best argument anyone has yet made for the continued necessity of the theatre,' according to one US critic. As The Flick premieres in the UK, Annie Baker talks about art, awkwardness and…
Dundee RepTo defeat the Big Bad Wolf, Little Red must sets aside her lupine prejudices and befriend a sensitive wolf cub in this picture-perfect staging for the over fivesOnce we would tell …
