The RSC's latest Hamlet on growing up in London, tokenism in the theatre, and the lessons he learned from a wise motherTell me about the night that, as an understudy to Sam Troughton, you st…
Sadler's Wells; The Place, LondonAn inert retelling of As You Like It strips the Bard of humour, but Gecko's latest walk on the psyche's wild side is shot through with dreadGolden Hours is a…
Derby theatre; Octagon theatre, BoltonJohn Osborne's working-class antihero struggles to find his target on the modern stage, but a female spin gives the character some fresh perspective"It …
Royal Court Upstairs, LondonThe complexities of post-apartheid South Africa are powerfully portrayed in Mongiwekhaya's fine thrillerI See You is a disturbingly plausible new thriller by Mong…
Shaftesbury theatre, London Only Eshan Gopal's amazing turn as a mini-Michael Jackson is worth the price of admission in this charmless homage to Berry Gordy's celebrated labelI was looking …
The Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonDavid Threlfall makes a gallant knight in James Fenton's mighty adaptation, and the bunfights are terrificMiguel de Cervantes died 400 years ago, in 1616, the sa…
The author of Far from the Tree on Sue Klebold " brave mother of a Columbine school killer " a play about gay parenthood and the best chocolate in the worldBorn in Manhattan, writer Andrew S…
Cottesloe Theatre, LondonHow do you follow a big hit? Just as Jez Butterworth succeeded Jerusalem with the more modest The River, so Lucy Prebble follows her spectacular Enron with an intima…
Broadway audiences are flocking to a new take on Arthur Miller's Crucible hero. Does emotional range now play a bigger role than classic looksThe buzz outside the Walter Kerr theatre was p…
More and more incidents of audience members heckling in the theatre are symptomatic of a society that now expects an instant right of replyDuring a performance of The Patriotic Traitor at Lo…
The actor, 82, on being learning English, the delights of smoking, and the 'perfect storm' of being married to Peter O'TooleMy idea of glamour is the red velvet curtains and footlights of th…
Studio Underground (State Theatre of WA), Perth festivalWith no stage, no music and no clothes, Lia Rodrigues' socially conscious work uses very little to great effectThe audience has been m…
British Dance Edition | Ballet Black: Triple BillBritish Dance Edition is one of the major events in the industry year, showcasing a huge range of work by UK-based choreographers and compani…
Look inside the Obama White House, pay tribute to Russian bigwigs and get down with Daredevil " here are this week's pop culture highlightsTVInside Obama's White House Continue reading...
Lilian Baylis Studio, LondonIn a powerful, poetic work, Marc Brew traces how he returned to performance and reinvented himself as a choreographer after being injured in an accidentMarc Brew …
People, Places & Things | Somewhere In England | Jackie The Musical | Hamlet | The Truth | JumpyDenise Gough's performance in People, Places & Things at the National Theatre was cite…
Adam Riches Is Coach Coach | Richard Gadd: Waiting For Gaddot | Gein's Family GiftshopGiven that 2011 Edinburgh comedy award-winner Adam Riches is best known for creating moments of big, bro…
The token opening of a comedy set " even in its postmodern guise " is becoming tired and uninspired. All hail the trad crowd-work of masters like Al MurrayIt's an odd artform, standup " not …
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsAndrew Lancel captures Brian Clough's charm and cheek in this story of his stint as Leeds manager, but Red Ladder's show is probably for football fans onlyFoot…
The X-Men stars will take their revival of the Harold Pinter classic to Sheffield, Newcastle, Brighton and Cardiff before a London run with some £10 ticketsSeven years after they waited f…
Theatre director Rob Watt on how he turned RL Stine's Goosebumps into a scary (but not too scary) immersive show for kidsI'm a theatre director who works with young people a lot. I'm a horro…
Clurman Theater, New York, NYBased on a real-life case of a boy raised as a girl after a dire surgical mishap, this play is sensitively acted but could go deeper into the issuesIs biology de…
Belasco Theater, New YorkA distressing, nuanced two-hander about the dangerous influence and magnetism of traumatic events, this is the most lacerating play on BroadwayIt is hard to imagine …
Oscar-nominated actor backs his The Patriotic Traitor co-star after Fox swore at audience member and walked off stageThe Oscar-nominated actor Tom Conti has defended his co-star Laurence Fox…
The popular musical is branching out into the literary arena with Hamilton: The Revolution, with help from fan and Law & Order star Mariska HargitayHamilton: the Revolution, a book and a…