York Theatre RoyalFun, intelligent and powered by Rice's joyful whimsy, this playful take on the spy movie is a crowd-pleaser Mistaken identity fires Alfred Hitchcock's Kafkaesque 1959 spy t…
Other winners include Francesca Amewudah-Rivers for Romeo & Juliet, Danny Sapani as King Lear and Giant playwright Mark Rosenblatt A modern-day version of Oedipus, which turned Sophocles…
Royal Court, LiverpoolA cast of more than 50 delivers an inspiring adaptation of David Peace's epic novel about a manager who prized socialism In 2016, an adaptation of David Peace's The Dam…
A man watching a comedy gig has died after suffering a medical emergency in a packed theatre on the opening night of a major festival Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates …
An emergency at Butlin's gave the children's TV presenter an early break. He recalls his shaky start as a standup and what he learned from Bob Monkhouse and Les Dawson After spending the sum…
Ã’ran Mór, GlasgowMasculine pals who shudder at intimacy help grieving addict Donny find viral success and unlikely solace in this brilliant, funny three-hander Your standard group-the…
Was the second wife of Henry VIII really guilty of the crimes she was beheaded for? Pickett's award-winning new play takes a sideways look at her downfall " by imagining its impact on everyd…
Literary editor and chief book reviewer of the Times who later joined the Observer as its theatre critic Michael Ratcliffe, who has died aged 89, was the former theatre critic of the Observe…
Sherman theatre, CardiffRebecca Jade Hammond's assured drama about two girls groomed for drug trafficking switches between humour and terror What a punchy play. Rebecca Jade Hammond has writ…
The One Day actor will star in Sophia Chetin-Leuner's Porn Play, one of four new premieres announced by the London theatre Ambika Mod is to star as an academic addicted to violent pornograph…
The Maly Drama Theatre of St Petersburg's wildly imaginative epic The Devils was so extraordinary it demanded another viewing " or two The Maly Drama Theatre of St Petersburg's production of…
The president has demanded that the National Endowment for the Arts denies grants to projects promoting 'gender ideology', leading to protest and legal action "We now, as a community, have t…
Long derided, improvisational comedy is now attracting big-name stars such as Kiell Smith-Bynoe and One Day's Ambika Mod. There's more to it than showing off, they say " and don't get them s…
The comic on idolising Russell Howard, spending summer away from the Edinburgh fringe and lying to cabbies Why did you get into comedy?I started standup as a teenager despite being painfully…
A blockbuster production of the Shakespeare tragedy might boast Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal but it's sparked a debate over excessive pricing How much would you pay to be in the sam…
Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York The record-breaking take on the Shakespearean tragedy might already be a smash, but it's disappointingly muddled With the smell of doom and regression in th…
Loch Ness Monster hunters have included the Chuckle Brothers " and even David Lean. As the Scottish icon is honoured in a new stamp and a stirring musical, we separate the classy from the cr…
Standup, 41, says she was initially given all-clear by private doctor after raising concerns about a mole The comedian Katherine Ryan has received a second skin cancer diagnosis after raisin…
The 'class clown' from the racy BBC sitcom discusses his return to the stage, the draw of the dark side and preparing his parents to see him in 'full bum' nudity on screen For the past five …
Orange Tree theatre, LondonCamaraderie, comedy and a love of the trade shine through in April De Angelis's group portrait of Nell Gwyn and the other female actors who were the first to be pe…
Sadler's Wells; Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonLyon Opera Ballet perform alongside digital forms to the music of Gavin Bryars in a Merce Cunningham double bill. Plus, a new twist …
Apollo; Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonIvanno Jeremiah rivets as Sidney Poitier in Ryan Calais Cameron's electrifying McCarthy-era three-hander. Plus, a strenuously madcap vampire spoof The…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghA Glasgow country-singing ex-con single mother dreams of the big time in Nicola Taylor's new musical, directed by John Tiffany Rose-Lynn is twentysomething and wild, f…
Lynette Linton, outgoing creative director of Bush Theatre, hopes production will lead to people getting more support Part of the creative team behind a new play about the impact of dementia…
Sadler's Wells, LondonMerce Cunningham's demands on dancers are the stuff of legend, but as in the celebration of two of his classic works here, utterly essential Merce Cunningham was always…