8 March 1926: A new building on the site of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford has been proposedThe destruction of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-on-Avon, though de…
For the past six months, Women in Theatre and Screen have been lobbying for more gender diversity. Last night they launched their first big project: Australia's first searchable database of …
Festival of Live Art, MelbourneA snapshot of Australian contemporary performance art and interactive theatre sees the use of phone apps, portable tablets and nonlinear storytellingAt the Fes…
Orange Tree, Richmond There are beautifully understated performances in this revival of Robert Holman's quiet play about life in 70s TeessideTime has lent an extra layer of poignancy to Robe…
Denise Gough has been horrifying audiences " and scoring rave reviews " for her portrayal of an addict in People, Places and Things. The Irish actor talks about being one of 11 siblings, sno…
Nick Dear's new work will delve into mysterious relationship between the Bard and his famously effeminate aristocratic patron Henry WriotheslyShakespeare's alleged romantic liaison with his …
Theatre Royal, BathThis sly portrait of a cobbler and his class-conscious daughters is shown to be way ahead of its time in Jonathan Church's handsome stagingThere are shades of King Lear an…
Farnham MaltingsAudience participation is a key ingredient of this touring regional theatre piece about cooking, community and life in TehranThe myth that theatre made for village halls and …
Level Five of Myer Centre Adelaide, Adelaide festivalAlthough it comes with a complicated allegory about capitalism and greed, Slingsby Theatre have rendered Wilde's fable as a fun show for …
Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon on adapting Shakespeare's problem play as a ballet " and how to interpret theatre's most famous stage directionThe Winter's Tale was a suggestion that came…
Vanishing Point's The Destroyed Room opens in Edinburgh, the Hear Me Roar! festival of feminism begins in Lancaster and Jinny, a response to Look Back in Anger, premieres in DerbyThe Solid L…
7 March 1961: The women are sketching classical ballet attitudes while the snake-hipped dagoes are strutting and shuffling with portentous menaceColiseum, LondonLuisillo, Spanish dancer and …
Acmi join forces with Sydney Dance Company for an immersive film that combines choreography with virtual reality, allowing the audience to view the production from all anglesHow do you captu…
Finborough, LondonThe family relationship in Alexandra Wood's two-hander is believable, less so the backdrop of the growing gulf between the world's rich and poorAlexandra Wood's 80-minute t…
Royal Court Upstairs, LondonPlaywright Mongiwekhaya's post-apartheid tale of erased histories and frustrated dreams is beautifully acted and grips like a thrillerWhat's in a name? A great de…
Elegant and meticulous actor whose work ranged from Shakespeare to EastEndersPaul Bhattacharjee, who has been found dead aged 53, was one of the country's leading British Asian actors, a key…
Even after The Graduate made him a superstar, he always saw himself as a 'funny looking semitic guy' on the fringes of fame. Five decades on he talks about racism and the movies, how Tootsie…
Liverpool's finest on childhood ambition, the perils of being a father, playing the bad guy, and his love for his hometownWhen you decided to leave school at 16 and become an actor, did you …
Donmar Warehouse, LondonJean Anouilh's slight tale of a amnesiac soldier claimed by a host of different families gets a colourful 1950s treatmentJean Anouilh's 1937 comedy Le voyageur sans b…
Trafalgar Studios, LondonUzo Aduba, Zawe Ashton and Laura Carmichael make a striking cast, but the declamatory dialogue is heavy-handedAt Trafalgar Studios, Uzo Aduba steams and storms: a ba…
Royal Opera House; Pleasance theatre, LondonSupporting players shine in a splendid Giselle, while a two-woman show about urban life has wit and poignancyGiselle is the greatest of the Romant…
The Canongate Books boss on the success of Letters Live, performances of notable correspondence by leading lights of stage and screenJamie Byng, 46, son of the 8th Earl of Strafford, grew up…
National Theatre, LondonJack Thorne's play about a couple struggling to come to terms with tragedy is unflinchingI can't remember when I last saw a play that was at once so forthright and so…
A puppet musical show co-written by Alan Ayckbourn will bring out the villainy in a nursery classic as part of celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of Potter's birthBeatrix Potter's bu…
Whether it's Richard Bean's new snooker drama at the Sheffield Crucible or plays about cycling or football managers, sport is coming to a theatre near you. So why has it become such fertile …