Sydney Theatre Company, SydneyA restaging of Louis Nowra's sweeping period drama hums with historical detail and pulls apart its own definitions of what is primitive or civilisedHow do we me…
Lyttelton, LondonConor McPherson has in the past shown a genius for investing the melancholy of modern Irish life with a sinister undertow. Now he has thrown caution to the winds by setting …
Samuel J Friedman Theatre, New YorkUnfocused, anemic and astonishingly trivial, the only audience members likely to be scandalised by this adultery drama are those who need to get out moreTh…
Daniel Kok and Luke George explore the delicate rules of submission and domination in shibari while binding each other, and audience members, in ropeDark lighting combines with booming music…
In 1995 I left at the reception desk of the West Yorkshire Playhouse a copy of our son Nat's poems, The Mountain Man, collected by my husband on Nat's death at 20 in 1992, in the hope that A…
He's famously globe-trotting and inventive " and his latest project combines Las Vegas with Baghdad. Kate Connolly meets theatre's mad inventorRobert Lepage sits sipping coffee in a vast wic…
Park theatre, LondonA coma patient's mother and lover perform a primal tug of war for his soul in a deftly acted if somewhat cautious playThe nature of memory has long magnetised dramatists.…
Royal Albert Hall, LondonA liberty-taking acrobatic rendering of The Tempest is sexualised but emotionally empty, while demoting the circus to incidental thrillsIn Shakespeare's The Tempest …
Film and theatre director Danny Boyle discusses inspirations and ambitions with Until the Lions choreographer and dancer Akram Khan Related: Moves from the Mahabharata: Akram Khan's Until th…
Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, Sydney festivalArnhem Land troupe formerly known as the Chooky Dancers turn tradition on its head with thrilling interpretations of Michael Jackson, Gene Kelly and…
Perhaps the most unlikely pairing in live performance has become a Sunday night favorite of Portland, Oregon natives " and it's starting to spread across the US. Our correspondent visits Dev…
Orange Tree, LondonThe impact on one Ugandan family of the country's homophobic legislation is a rich premise explored with visible passion in Chris Urch's playBig issues alone don't make go…
A previously unperformed 1900 play about a proto-feminist painter has received a rehearsed reading at the National Theatre. Is a full revival now in order?It is both the dream and the nightm…
Soho theatre, LondonDissing bad science, capitalists and Brian Cox, Newman's low-octane cabinet of neuroscientific curiosities has nonconformist bite Related: Rob Newman: 'Bill Hicks wanted …
Crucible, SheffieldThird Angel's show about women's experiences of birth is based on two years' worth of interviews with parents and professionals, and leaves a strong impression of an NHS m…
He has built an igloo out of Kendal Mint Cake, reshot The Matrix and launched a crocheted currency. Now, Richard DeDomenici is organising a funeral procession to mark the death of social hou…
Unicorn, LondonFrom tubs of mud to two bees performing a wiggly nectar dance, this is an informative but oddly paced introduction to insects and vegetationThe air smells of soil and a sparkl…
One of the finest classical actors of his generation, Sir Antony Sher joined the Guardian's Mark Lawson to discuss his life in theatre at a Guardian Live event in LondonAntony Sher joined th…
Tanztheater Wuppertal's Fernando Suels Mendoza on what he learned from the great German choreographer " and how it feels to perform her worksToday we had a rehearsal for Pina Bausch's The Ri…
The choreographer Akram Khan has said that the number of female choreographers should not be increased "for the sake of it", despite industry concerns that women in dance face much greater o…
The gangly New Zealander trained as a clown and spent 10 years in theatre before his masterclasses in mime set tongues wagging at Edinburgh. Where next for the new king of silent comedy?Come…
I met Alan Rickman in 1967 when I was a journalist, setting up an "alternative" local paper in Notting Hill, west London. Alan was training to be a graphic artist and came on board as the pa…
Camden People's theatre, LondonThe cast pull on masks and call for a revolution in a series of uneven skits about right-to-buy and regeneration schemesIt would be nice to think that London's…
The actor's courage and care turned Rachel's story into an extraordinary play, My Name is Rachel Corrie; all the while treating us with a rare thoughtfulnessMy family and I were saddened on …
Having a child doesn't mean you have to stop going to the theatre " or stop making it. Babies can open up new possibilities in the arts"Children ruin culture," declared Stuart Heritage, with…