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Resolution | ElizabethNow in its 27th season, the Place's Resolution festival " an open platform that embraces new works " has become a key fixture in the British dance year. More than 78 co…
Seymour Mace: Niche As F*ck | Arthur Smith: Mindlessness For Beginners | Jason ByrneAs you can tell from the title, Seymour Mace revels in the fact that his act is not for everyone: if you c…
Jane Wenham: The Witch Of Walkern | Can't Buy Me Love | Grey Gardens | Justin & The Argonauts | Hard Working Families | The 39 StepsThere are echoes of one of the finest plays in the Eng…
Howard Jacobson, Anne Tyler and Margaret Atwood put their spin on the playwright's work as part of a year of celebrationsFew cultural figures are afforded quite as many anniversary knees-ups…
The Bard was the best of us, so to mark four centuries since his death we should make a resolution to see one of his plays this year, ideally in Stratford-upon-AvonUnfortunate the land that …
Cultural highlights for the coming year include the first solo show by the 'mother of American modernism' and TV classics old and newGeorgia O'Keeffe's first solo show in the UK for a genera…
This epic production drew together the people of Port Talbot and explored myriad ways of delivering theatre " from Twitter to whispered rumour. Has it changed the shape of participatory perf…
Brilliant ballerina celebrated for her lengthy association with New York City BalletMaria Tallchief, who has died aged 88, was the quintessential American ballerina. As the dancer Jacques d'…
Dancer and choreographer who ran her own company in Mexico for 45 yearsGloria Contreras, who has died aged 81, was a leading dancer, choreographer and teacher in her native Mexico City. Ther…
French dancer brings curtain down on glittering career that included performing with Nureyev and becoming the youngest ever étoileAfter a career that defied convention, the French ballet da…
Martin McDonagh's play about the abolition of the death penalty in 1960s England hangs out to dry the idea that the country was a kinder, gentler placeIn Joe Orton's 1969 play, What the Butl…
2016 will see the venue become the only theatre in the English-speaking world to reach the age of 250 yearsFrom its illegal origins to surviving numerous closure threats to avoiding Luftwaff…
Rob Brydon, Ai Weiwei, Lee Scratch Perry, Gillian Anderson ... comedians, artists, musicians and actors gave us a wealth of insight into their creative lives. What did we learn?Let me tell y…
Comedian says offensive behaviour law is 'an attack on freedom of speech', and makes a joke at the expense of the McCannsOutspoken comedian Frankie Boyle has condemned new laws designed to …
Environmental and social campaigners are getting creative by using illustration, craft and dance to put sustained pressure on business and governmentsThe image of a tiny, inflatable Greenpea…
The musical had a difficult birth, but Damon Runyon's romanticised stories of gambling gangsters and sinning spinsters found their ultimate expression in Frank Loesser's wonderful score. Nev…
29 December 1821: Celebrated ventriloquist M. Alexandre put on an excellent show at the Minor TheatreOn Wednesday evening last we were pleased and astonished beyond measure by the extraordin…
Comedy Theatre, LondonThere's only one question to which everyone wants the answer: can Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss cut the mustard? The short answer is that they prove as potent a co…
She was the first woman to be admitted to the club of American dramatists, writing a hit play when she was 29. Her love affair with Dashiell Hammett was a scandal and her memoirs were n…
Avant-garde theatremaker on the genius of Lady Gaga and why contemporary artists such as Marina Abramović will become a 'footnote' in historyLady Gaga is "a genius" declares avant-garde …
Sometimes friends look at me with sympathy when they ask if I'm on the annual panto patrol. But it's a great art form that creates a special bond between performers and audience " and helps …
Actor best known for playing the butch biker Franky Doyle in the Australian television soap Prisoner: Cell Block HThe Australian actor Carol Burns, who has died of cancer aged 68, gained a c…
The company's general manager denies claims by a former ballerina that dancers were made to sleep with powerful patrons Continue reading...
Film lifts the curtain on infighting at the institution after an acid attack on its artistic director. The Calvert Journal reportsWhat do the Bolshoi and the Kalashnikov have in common? Acco…
The comedian and campaigner on great theatre, David Eagleman, the brilliance of Radiohead, TED talks and a thriller you just can't put downActor, writer and television presenter Ruby Wax has…
