Ahead of his sister Nel's new documentary, Matilda and Me, Tim Minchin speaks to Guardian Australia about how he found his voiceTim Minchin's overnight success came only after years of strug…
Accusations of tax avoidance, the most influential people in comedy, Russells, and Alastair and Armando square upThe 8 Out of 10 Cats host, Jimmy Carr, finds himself strewn across the newspa…
The producers of the musical, which reimagines the story of Alexander Hamilton, said they 'will continue to cast the show with the same multicultural diversity'Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's…
Budget cuts, rising travel costs " it's tough for critics to get to plays in remote areas but let's not bolster the idea that regional theatre cannot compete In the week that A Nation's Thea…
26 May 1978: Nancy Banks-Smith reviews the Two Ronnies at the London PalladiumMuch-loved star of classic TV comedy dies aged 85If you bump into Ronnie Corbett in the street, which would be a…
Marlowe theatre, CanterburyThe Essex comic's new dad routine wins no prizes for originality, but there is still more material in two hours than many fit into a decadeFour years ago, a broody…
Soho theatre, LondonA contemporary version of the Russian classic from Caligula's Alibi never gets to grips intellectually or aesthetically with its own ideasIn Some Trace of Her at the Nati…
National Theatre, LondonWhite liberalism and postcolonial freedom-fighting clash in Yaël Farber's sensuous production, but Lorraine Hansberry's play is a product of its timeThis play has …
Actor and comedian who became a national treasure as partner to Ronnie Barker in The Two Ronnies"I was lying in bed with my wife last Sunday morning when she called me by a special pet name,…
Reports that the star may have hurled insults at Meryl Streep are no surprise " actors are constantly searching for ways to spice up performancesThe claim in Michael Schulman's recent book, …
David Walliams has been cast in Stephen Poliakoff's new drama - but can comedians ever play it totally straight? By Brian Logan"They laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian," runs t…
One-time Blackadder buffoon Hugh Laurie was on devilish form in The Night Manager but it's a rare comedian who plays a convincing screen villainThe BBC's adaptation of John le Carré's The N…
Sadler's Wells, London Alston spins a hybrid of kathak and classical dance styles from the composer's sonatas " wringing out a deep, intimate engagement with his fierce rhythmsRichard Alston…
Bristol Old VicRichard Eyre rushes through Eugene O'Neill's masterpiece but gets to the heart of the tortured love of the Tyrones, played mesmerisingly by his leadsRichard Eyre famously dire…
Found 111, LondonStar-cast James Norton and Kate Fleetwood are intense, but Tracey Letts' confined millenial drama on paranoia and infestation doesn't get airborneThe pop-up West End space F…
Forget regular clubbing. A hidden social network of nights where anyone can salsa, swing or tango is waiting to welcome you " but who's on the dancefloor? Who's out dancing on a weekend? All…
Theatre booking systems are programmed to discriminate against the solo theatregoerIf one is ready, willing and able to fork out £60 to a theatre for the best seat in the house, it might …
No one wanted to make a musical about the stripper Gypsy Rose Lee - until they heard about her mother. By Samantha EllisIn 1957 Gypsy Rose Lee was riding high. She was the most famous stripp…
… and don't get him started on Mock the Week. In a rare interview, the caustic Scots comic turns his fire on the BBC, Charlie Brooker and reaction to that Jordan jokeI meet Frankie Boyle o…
With Hungry, the first in a planned election-year trilogy opening at New York's Public Theater, Trump's rise is a dubious gift: 'I'm a citizen before I'm a writer'The plot of Hungry, the lat…
Writer and activist whose new novel, The Cosmopolitans, tackles race and ageing explains focus on LGBT lives and how gentrification isn't as simple as it seemsJust as the writer Sarah Schulm…
Versatile actor with notable roles in films such as The Thief and KluteThe actor Rita Gam, who has died aged 87, starred in many films from the 1950s onwards, alongside famous names includin…
Theatre By the Lake, KeswickWith theatrical sophistication and some delightful puppets, a community cast gives life to James Rebanks' account of flock and family life Sheep attached to a par…
Les Blancs Royal Exchange, ManchesterRating: **It is hard to imagine how Lorraine Hansberry's play, set in an African country under British colonial rule where the people are mounting an arm…
Known for his self-deprecating humor and stage presence, Hill has become a symbol of the growing transgender performance scene once just known as dragThe businessman from Connecticut seemed …