The comedian reveals his Hawaiian pudding nightmare " and explains why he ignores Christmas in his showsHi Bill! Are you feeling Christmassy yet?No, I'm not really. I actually find it quite …
If your festive season isn't complete without The Nutcracker or another classic ballet, you will find something perfect hereIt's pointless trying to pretend that Christmas dance isn't all ab…
Sadler's Wells, LondonSasha Waltz has orchestrated some of the most extraordinary spectacles on the modern dance stage: the giant fish tank that housed her floating, spinning dancers in Dido…
Director whose opera and theatre work was enriched by a broad European outlook and interest in new dramaIn an age when mainland European directors are often judged by the extravagance of the…
After a two-week delay, David Mamet's two-hander has opened on Broadway " but the increased preparation didn't result in critical ravesAfter a two-week delay, David Mamet's new Broadway play…
My friend Rosa Parkin, who has died of cancer aged 43, was a magician, performer and traveller whose creative talents were matched by an incredible drive. We were friends at nursery and then…
Director Sally Cookson says she loved the idea of a generous and sweet prince in the title role " but Zoe Williams' daughter would have preferred a princessThe Bristol Old Vic's dazzling pro…
Dr Seuss's Lorax comes to life in London, Sunset Song arrives on the big screen, and the Pfeffermans return for a second series of Transparent " here are this week's cultural highlights FILM…
Scottish Ballet: Cinderella | Carlos Acosta, A Classical SelectionChristopher Hampson choreographed Cinderella for the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2007; now his work gets its first European …
Henning Wehn: Authentic German Christmas Do | The Geekatorium | Johnny Vegas: Nottingham Xmas ShowThere are many things the Germans do better than us: football, beer, economic growth. They'r…
Dick Whittington & His Cat | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Dr Seuss's The Lorax | Eloise And The Curse Of The Golden Whisk | The Haunting Of Hill House | Snow White And Rose RedIf you like y…
Young Vic, LondonBarrie Keeffe's fable of three working-class men adrift in society gets an urgent update in Liz Stevenson's muscular, bleakly humorous productionA generation has been thrown…
Tobacco Factory, BristolThe messiness is part of the joy in this knowingly shambolic take on George MacDonald's story about a princess cursed to float in the airThe Light Princess is having …
Mixing spy thriller with quantum physics, Stoppard's play Hapgood received rude and confused reviews in 1988. Will a rare revival reverse its fortunes?In March 1988, Tom Stoppard gave an int…
Meet the actors and puppeteers behind the creatures from this year's top Christmas shows " including the BFG, the Lorax and the Cheshire CatIronically for a show set largely in the frozen no…
The Scottish comedian is joining us to answer your questions during his UK tour, from 1pm onwards on Monday 7 December. Post them in the comments below 10.48am GMT Kevin Bridges has one of t…
Young Vic, LondonAnna Maxwell Martin is a cool Lady Macbeth to John Heffernan's neurotic hero, but the relentless physical movement overshadows the text's potencyIf directing Shakespeare is …
Can you go wrong with Aladdin, Dick Whittington and Snow White? Oh no you can't…London has upped its panto game in recent years, with the Theatre Royal Stratford East, Hackney Empire and t…
The festive season doesn't just mean panto " how about Jim Broadbent as Scrooge, spine-chilling horror and a modern take on Sleeping Beauty?Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's 1927 musical, …
At a Guardian Live event in London, David Hare, a titan of British political theatre for over four decades, talks to Jonathan Freedland about politics, writing and his career in theatre. The…
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, New YorkAl Pacino's querulous lion routine pulls in the crowd but he's doomed to repeat the same old shtick in Mamet's lacklustre Broadway transferDavid Mamet's Ch…
Lynne Reid Banks (Letters, 30 November) seems to have forgotten that an adult view of what 12-year-olds should or should not read makes absolutely no difference at all: her own compassionate…
Broadcasts of major productions are popular with audiences and deserve applause. Now we need proper research to determine their impact on live artsWhenever two or more arts writers are gathe…
Urbane stage and screen actor admired for his versatility, charm and alluring voiceAnthony Valentine, who has died at the age of 76, was a distinguished actor with urbane features and a fine…
Unfinished installations, tiny budgets " and a feminist punk choir singing Virginia Woolf. The ICA's show-a-week project stretched artists to their limits. Tom McCarthy, Melanie Manchot, Eva…