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Are applications for funding judged by criteria that overlook the real reasons that people make art in the first place?I've been hearing of lots of artists and companies getting turned down …
Watch out Truffula trees! Dr Seuss's eco-fable The Lorax, about the greedy Once-ler who cuts down forests to make Thneeds, has been adapted for the stage. Here's a look at rehearsals for the…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonIt's easy to be swept along by the humour and heroism in Dominic Dromgoole's poignant, beautifully staged productionDominic Dromgoole's production of Pericles …
Tricycle theatre, LondonThe team behind The 39 Steps are back with a multitasking troupe, plus more quick changes and tomfoolery than an entire run of Monty PythonIn September, Patrick Barlo…
The Irish standup on the benefits of hitting his 40s: not feeling the need to watch every Scorsese film and learning to love classical music through the Lurpak butter ad. Dara O Briain: Crow…
Bestselling physicist will hit the road in autumn 2016 with a show featuring his Infinite Monkey Cage pal Robin InceThe physicist and broadcaster Brian Cox is to tour the UK and Ireland with…
Dorfman, LondonIn his blunt new play, set in a genteel private club, Shawn tackles political barbarism via showbiz bitcheryWith airstrikes in Syria being debated in the UK and a massive inve…
Camden People's theatre, LondonThis colourful account of the rappers' rise to the heights of pop stardom brims with hyperactive enthusiasmWhen the Beastie Boys' album Licensed to Ill was rel…
Join us on Wednesday 25 November to watch rehearsals for the Royal Ballet's Christmas favourite The Nutcracker, starring Lauren Cuthbertson (as the Sugar Plum Fairy) and Matthew Golding (as …
With hit shows including Derren Brown, Impossible and The Illusionists, the capital's theatreland has some new tricks with which to lure audiencesWalking through the West End of London and g…
Australian actor Hugh Jackman performs a full dress rehearsal of his stage show Broadway to Oz ahead of its opening in Melbourne on Tuesday. The all-singing all-dancing concert is a celebrat…
Rod Laver Arena, MelbourneThings can't get much camper than a gyrating, can-can kicking Jackman taking us through his life and times, complete with glitter maracas and disco ballsHugh Jackma…
Parades, Christmas specials, and marathons take over the tube when you should be at the table with your familyThere are so many traditions each year on Thanksgiving: getting stuck in a traff…
The Queen of Pop has always expressed herself through her moves. But who shows Madonna the steps? Her dance crew reveal all " from brutal all-night rehearsals to performing on her command at…
West Yorkshire Playhouse is the UK's first 'sanctuary theatre', pledged to provide a space to address refugees' concerns. So how does it work? Refugees are among the most silenced and margin…
Leicester Square theatre, London The TV regular has constructed a plausible world full of self-absorbed, middle-class misanthropy, with occasional strikes against conformity"I think I have v…
Arcola, LondonPatrick Marmion's ambitious play about the commune created by RD Laing in the 1960s leaves the audience deeply dividedIt was possible to have double vision while watching Patri…
The ever-innovative circus company Gandini Juggling have created a new show with classically trained dancers. Take a look at their rehearsals for Meta, which is staged as part of the 40th bi…
What's it like to perform in a razzle-dazzle New York musical? Exhilarating and exhausting, says the tap-dancing, high-kicking star of Dames at SeaPerforming in a musical is demanding " we h…
Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City CenterYou'll take your hat off to the concept " a time-travelling fashion designer " but the execution is less impressive in this zany but uneven come…
There is a curious, almost parental response to seeing former child stars become adults " especially when so few manage to do so unscathedWhen it comes to sudden bursts of sobbing, I tend to…
Trafalgar Studios, LondonAn unexpected family reunion retains its power to shock and haunt in Jamie Lloyd's bold, impeccably acted and psychologically astute revival Fifty years after its Lo…
Your article about the extraordinary turnaround in the fortunes of Waterstones (21 November) omits to mention another reason why so many of us have returned to shop in the store. Soon after …
The lad's comic Daniel O'Reilly killed his on-stage persona after a sexism storm last year. But Dapper Laughs says he's changed. So can he prove he's a feminist " or even funny?Dapper Laughs…
She satirised the 60s alongside Peter Cook and appeared onscreen in classics from Alfie to Women in Love. Bron talks Corbyn, 'consorts', and what the Beatles taught her about fameEleanor Bro…
