The performer returns to cabaret for a series of shows in Melbourne and Sydney. While they may be sappy, he tells Van Badham, they will also be funnyHe's won an Olivier award and a Tony, he'…
Kate Mulvany's stage adaptation of Craig Silvey's best-selling book is packed with mystery, mortality and Australian memoriesThere's a line from Stand By Me that just kills me: "I never had …
Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD is the subject of Give Me Your Love. Devising the show took our company Ridiculusmus on a journey of discovery " and left me inside a cardboard bo…
Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Benjamin Lee review Bolshoi Babylon, the documentary about Russia's celebrated ballet company. Directed by Nick Read and Mark Franchetti, Bolshoi Babylon exami…
Signal Box theatre, YorkBerwick Kaler's 37th pantomime takes in the Costa Brava, the neolithic era and some novel wildlife, all from a trackside tent at the National Railway MuseumThe pantom…
Theatre Royal Stratford East, London Robin ego-trips in front of a down-to-earth Maid Marion, while a deliciously evil King John is beset by a stupid sheriff in this outrageous, charming pan…
Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire are named the most influential people in theatre for a seventh timeA husband and wife team who have built the largest commercial theatre company in the worl…
Actor brought in to help once-powerful outfit out of bankruptcy, alongside Dana Brunetti, his partner in independent that produced House of CardsActor Kevin Spacey has been appointed chairma…
St James, London A dysfunctional-family drama, seen through the prism of Spielberg's monsterpiece, takes sentiment and silliness beyond spoofAfter the death of their palaeontologist mum, tee…
Savoy theatre, LondonWith outstanding leads and fizzing choreography from Carlos Acosta, the classic gambling musical is staged with elanIt seems fitting that the Chichester production of Gu…
Seeing Linda at the Royal Court and Waste at the National, first during previews and then again three weeks later, revealed that both got better. But how?Can a piece of theatre ever be finis…
Multidisciplinary American artist will showcase new works at 50th anniversary edition of eventLaurie Anderson is to be guest director in what will be the 50th year of Brighton festival.The p…
Go behind the scenes of a new music video in which Maverick Sabre, Mic Righteous and Eyez perform lyrics inspired by Shakespeare's comedy to explore how the playwright 'laid the foundations …
In the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the British recording artists Maverick Sabre, Mic Righteous and Eyez perform lyrics inspired by Shakespeare's romantic comedy. This video is part of…
Thiarai, from Doncaster's Cast venue, is succeeding John McGrath, who has been appointed artistic director of Manchester international festival Kully Thiarai has been named artistic director…
NTW has appointed the astute Thiarai to succeed John McGrath as artistic director. An era of engaged performers and audiences is sure to continueWe can be certain that Rufus Norris at the Na…
Polka, LondonThis retelling is neatly done, with wonderful set design and acute observations of a timid sister transformed by misfortuneBelle is not brave. She's afraid of spiders, even litt…
Thiarai, from Doncaster's Cast venue, is succeeding John McGrath, who has been appointed artistic director of Manchester international festival Kully Thiarai has been named artistic director…
Park theatre, LondonTwo siblings in an isolated farmhouse role-play traumatic episodes from their childhood in this flesh-creeping metaphor for colonial declineThis play certainly delivers w…
Among the plethora of dull productions this year to celebrate the quadricentenary of his death, there are exciting shows that break the mould To mark the 400th anniversary of his death, this…
Popular drama school complains of harassment from local officials who accused them of championing Ukrainian nationalism. RFE/RL reportsA popular children's drama school that staged Ukrainian…
A new era is dawning at London's Tricycle theatre under Indhu Rubasingham, its first new artistic director in three decades. Her inaugural play " starring Adrian Lester, and written by his w…
The Globe theatre's new head risks killing the bard's poetry if she smooths his language into pasteurised modernityOne of the most obliging things about the glorious dead is that you can alw…
Stage designer whose work graced Opera Holland Park, the Royal Ballet, the Royal Opera House and many West End theatresEven in his last West End production, the stage designer Peter Rice, wh…
One of the entertainment industry's most powerful tycoons, he produced Saturday Night Fever and turned the Bee Gees into international starsAt the height of his success, in the 1970s, Robert…