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Passing the age of 40 once meant it was time to quit, but many performers now continue to dance well into later lifeCarolyn Carlson can't stay put, repeatedly sitting down then standing up a…
What does a stressful job do to you? We asked Sam Allardyce, Kirsty Wark, Angela Hartnett and others to wear a heart rate monitor for a day to find outSam Allardyce, 61, is a former football…
As audience members are escorted from the latest revival of Sarah Kane's play Cleansed in London this week after fainting in the aisles, is there more at play than just weak stomachs?There i…
Between them, two current stagings of Ibsen and Chekhov classics offer audiences five intermissions. While some see an art form reasserting itself, the move comes with a number of hitchesA r…
27 February 1923: Designers bring a fashion parade to the stage at the London Palladium, with the occasional song and dance thrown inFew women have the effrontery to walk into the most exclu…
A puppeteer, Triple J breakfast host and spaghetti lover walk into a bar ... or so the joke goes as a talented new line-up of comedians hit the road this seasonWhen you pay to see a comedian…
Iain Mackintosh writes: Diana Rowntree tells us Derek Sugden believed that meetings of more than seven people were a poor means of communication. The creation of theatres usually involves la…
Polonsky Shakespeare Center, New YorkTrevor Nunn turns one of Shakespeare's least-loved plays into something sumptuous and spectacular " though the seafaring plot remains ridiculousPericles …
Liverpool PlayhouseWith lyrics from Armitage and showstopping arrangements by Iain Johnstone, Told By An Idiot fashion an irreverent musical about a 17th-century atheistTold By An Idiot's sh…
Caitlin Moran's sitcom Raised By Wolves returns, Macbeth is a cheesegrater at the Barbican and Sacha Baron Cohen's gallingly un-PC Grimsby hits cinemasTV Raised By Wolves Continue reading...
Dane Baptiste | Russell Howard | Omid DjaliliOver in the States, talking about the supposed differences between white and black people is such a staple of stand-up that it's become a cliche.…
Breakfast At Tiffany's | Kiss Me Quickstep | Così Fan Tutte & Cosi | Up Down Man | Table Top Shakespeare | Opus 7Pixie Lott plays Holly Golightly in Nikolai Foster's revival of Truman…
Akram Khan | Immortal TangoIt was back in 2002 that dancer and choreographer Akram Khan presented his first full-length work, Kaash, with designs by Anish Kapoor and a score by Nitin Sawhney…
The company's latest production can feel costly, couply and a tad contrived " but its playful pageantry ensured that even a sceptical visitor was lost in a world of communist conspiracies Re…
Print Room at the Coronet, LondonDancers' limbs twist and thread in this highly atmospheric conclusion to an elemental trilogy that veers between the airy and the groundedThe tiny Print Room…
As his TV series returns to our screens, comedian Stewart Lee talks to Will Self about his prickly stage persona, how social media is changing comedy and why you won't see him on Mock the We…
She was a last-minute lead in the three-hour Linda and will play JK Rowling's grown-up Hermione Granger in the West End. Now Noma Dumezweni is making her directorial debut with a South Afric…
The Great White Way is no longer quite so white, and the sudden visibility of black actors on Broadway will have important effects on the future of theaterWhen Cynthia Erivo learned Joseph F…
Northern Stage, NewcastleKevin Wathen's gimlet-eyed enforcer returns home to avenge his brother's death in a production that brings in period music and a Hamlet-style ghostIn normal circumst…
Singer conceives The Last Mermaid, commissioned by Festival of Voice in Cardiff, to tackle challenging world issuesCharlotte Church has created a new musical version of Hans Christian Anders…
Booth Theater, New YorkThe actor does not entirely inhabit the part of Erie, a melancholy gambler, in this lavish Michael Grandage production of a minor Eugene O'Neill workWhat small bliss t…
Haymarket, BasingstokeOn his third solo tour, the standup retains his cynicism but there's now light amid the shade and warmth underlying the weariness Related: Romesh Ranganathan and Seann …
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonThe outgoing Globe director's moving and intelligent take on Shakespeare's play has an excellent Prospero in Tim McMullanIt may be a myth that this is Shakespe…
Jack Thorne's The Solid Life of Sugar Water and a revival of Gogol's The Government Inspector are among new accessible productions enriching the experience for audiences through design and c…
Hayes theatre, SydneyWith their thrilling and creative revival, Dean Bryant and his team continue to make American musicals devastatingly relevant to local audiencesAlmost all of the musical…
