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The Snowman | Saint Petersburg Classic BalletRaymond Briggs's tale of a snowman who comes to life and befriends a small boy was adapted for the stage by Bill Alexander in 1993. It is now a C…
Freeze! | New Year's Eve | Funz & Gamez ToozTom Basden and Tim Key are a phenomenal comedy double act. When they get the chance to be, that is: both are obliged to spend far more time at…
The Sound Of Music | Peter Pan Goes Wrong | Ben Hur | Nutshell Nutcracker | A Christmas Carol | FlownChristmas is the one time of the year when many families splash out and go to see a big s…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonJosie Rourke directs a fine revival of Christopher Hampton's adaptation, where two jealousy-fuelled aristocrats stumble into the confusions of true loveHas there ever…
She was Rudolf Nureyev's greatest protege and he nurtured her to stardom. Now, after four decades, Guillem is to retire. She talks about her fights, faults and fearsOn 30 December, at 4pm in…
Unruly choirgirls, an unhinged Kirsty Young and Kinshasa's rebellious Sapeurs feature in our Stage editor's favourite shows of the year' More on the best culture of 2015Lee Hall made a wild …
Ricky Gervais and Jimmy Carr are fans, but Francesca Martinez, who has cerebal palsy, still can't get a gig on TVAt the end of an hour's interview in a bar in north-west London, comedian Fra…
The argument that "Imogen" in Shakespeare's Cymbeline is a misprint for "Innogen" does not depend solely on Simon Forman's account of a contemporary performance (Letters, 16 December). Innog…
The actor, currently appearing in Queen Anne, talks about making her RSC debut, searching for complicated characters and the Glasgow panto that set her off Queen Anne focuses on the monarch'…
Take a look inside the Royal Shakespeare Company's workshops to see the outfits for Helen Edmundson's new play at the Swan theatre, starring Natascha McElhone and Emma Cunniffe Continue read…
Crucible, SheffieldThe scaled-down version of Kern and Hammerstein's musical is still a big beast and Daniel Evans' final festive show laudably refuses to beautify an ugly subjectJerome Kern…
Old Vic, LondonDavid Greig's anarchic take on the ecological analogy " where greed increases the need for 'thneeds' " is full of verbal wit and social purpose Related: How the Lorax saved Ch…
Trafalgar Studios 2, LondonMorgan Lloyd Malcolm weaves enjoyably nasty twists into the tale of a tormentor and her victim, reunited after 20 yearsWhen Heather was at school she had plaits, g…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonGanesh, Odin and Princess Diana substitute for the three wise men in Pascoe's endearingly silly, variety-pack Christmas playThe bar was set high last year for fe…
This season's ice shows offer sequins, fireworks and dancers dressed as Disney characters but there are moves afoot to introduce arty elements to the formWith Christmas this year comes a flu…
Dramatists should stop fooling around in little black boxes and think big. Really big. 'Monsterist' David Eldridge explainsIt all started with a lamentable production of an old, piss-poor Eu…
The Almeida's enthralling Oresteia is singled out by Lyn Gardner who, in no set order, chooses her other essential productions of the yearMore on the best culture of 2015Some may have though…
Oxford PlayhouseKids are likely to relish an infectiously fun show that sticks to the rulebook and offers festive spirit in abundance " as well as an enchanting flying carpet momentLast year…
From the inspiring to the insightful, here are our team's picks from a year of interviews, features, blogs and galleriesJo Verrent, senior producer at Unlimited, set the stage for the Cultur…
I had the happy privilege of working with Luc Bondy twice " in Martin Crimp's Cruel and Tender and David Harrower's Sweet Nothings, both at the Young Vic theatre, London. From the moment I m…
Lawrence Batley theatre, HuddersfieldA collaboration between Tell Tale Hearts, the circus company Pif-Paf and a class of nine-year-olds adds extra coal-mining, jazz-playing crocodiles to the…
My friend Lucia Devine, who has died of cancer aged 57, was a dedicated educationist, committed to bringing sport, dance and the arts to all the children and young people she encountered dur…
Paul and Barry Elliott, AKA the Chuckle Brothers, are in Peter Pan at Wolverhampton this year " their 48th consecutive pantomime. They talk daytime TV, their movie dreams " and making a reco…
Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody was the UK's Christmas number 1 in 1975. Forty years later, the song is reinterpreted by a duet from the English National Ballet, a string quartet from the Royal Ac…
Found 111 theatre, LondonThis story of two society brothers turned recluses is an extraordinary real-life American gothic " but the underlying message is quietly troublingThere's a long hist…
