A poster girl for Generation Overshare, Danish standup Sofie Hagen talks about everything from being an obsessive Westlife fan to self-harming. She reveals why it was coming out as a feminis…
Discover Children's Story Centre, LondonNick Butterworth's picture book After the Storm is brought to the stage in a comforting production with some precious momentsBefore Percy the Park Kee…
On tour, Phoenix Dance Theatre's performers can play several characters in a single night " you lose yourself in one role then dive into the nextPhoenix is a small company, which means we al…
Garrick, LondonLast year in Chichester I found Philip Prowse's production of Shaw's indestructible play coarse and overstated. If it has improved, it is partly because it fits more snugly in…
New drama, set to premiere in May 2016, explores final days of Motown legend's life and relationship with father who shot himHis life story is one of the great tragedies of Motown: the soul …
Author, television screenwriter and producer who worked on Doctor Who, Z Cars, The Professionals and The Omega FactorAnthony Read, who has died aged 80, was a writer and television producer …
The temptation to update the text of an old play for a modern audience is resisted in two productions that refresh the originals in more intelligent waysTwo striking revivals last week " of …
The bearded surrealist is joining us to answer your questions in a live webchat on Wednesday 2 December from 1pm GMT " post yours in the comments below 1.38pm GMT Appearing a little like a b…
Print Room at the Coronet, LondonTheatre Damfino's sketchy exploration of how food gets on our plate would work better in the classroom than in the theatreTheatre and cooking have a real aff…
Four industry professionals share tips and insights on touring and engaging audiences For the past three years we at Fuel have been working with theatres, organisations and artists up and do…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghAndrew Panton's musical production treats CS Lewis's story with absolute seriousness while seamlessly leading you into the wintry world of NarniaDo you remember that c…
Soho theatre, LondonPart idiot's guide to the sex app, part confessional standup, this show blends gaudy anecdotes and Valvo's relatable awkwardness into a night of easy humourGrindr " and i…
Jim Broadbent does Scrooge, Martin McDonagh's Hangmen hits the West End, there's something fishy in Suffolk and Cornelia Funke's Inkheart is staged in ManchesterJim Broadbent stars as Scroog…
His choreography does not stray so far from Petipa but with unapologetic attention to detail, David McAllister's seasonal update is hard to resist ' The Sleeping Beauty: a lavish baroque fai…
Lyttleton Theatre, LondonCaryl Churchill has written a striking memento mori for an age without faith that evokes the idea that we are here for a short time and then are suddenly goneMany pl…
Lilian Baylis Studio, LondonThe flawed batch of new works brings out chameleon talents and by the end you're curious about what they'll do nextEleanor Sikorski and Flora Wellesley Wesley are…
The multi-talented presenter on her favourite cry-laughing comedian, her love of men's tailoring and her admiration for rapper Little SimzBirmingham-born Brit School graduate Gemma Cairney b…
The comic on working with Tina Fey, the generosity of Robin Williams and how US politics got scaryAre you a fan of British comedy?Hell yeah. I'm a massive fan of Frankie Boyle. There's no tr…
Chelsea theatre, LondonJoseph Mercier reimagines Swan Lake as one man's struggle with the (naked) self. And a very dead birdThe reworking of classical ballets by contemporary choreographers …
Ustinov Studio, BathThis elegant, high-energy production is always amusing, though should trust the laughs to come naturallyPicture a vase on the edge of a shelf. A gust of wind, a curtain b…
Dorfman theatre, London Shawn's challenging new play lurches gleefully from cosy cafe reunion to a bad-dream debate about targeted bombingsThere could hardly be a more appropriate moment, wi…
Trafalgar Studios, LondonHarold Pinter's study of power and sex has lost none of its ferocityFor all the difference in idiom, you can see echoes of Ibsen in the ferocious power-and-sex play …
Rio Cinema, Dalston, LondonYoung people recreate the history of an old east London cinema, from its humble origins to hipster presentThis lively but uneven show about the history of the Rio …
Tricycle, LondonPatrick Barlow follows up his hit adaptation of The 39 Steps with a pocket-sized interpretation of the 50s biblical film epicPatrick Barlow's adaptation of The 39 Steps, at t…
Almeida, LondonLydia Leonard excels in Ibsen's masterly study of how unhappiness corrodesHenrik Ibsen is routinely described as the father of realism and the father of modern drama. It is no…