Hampstead theatre, LondonSexual passion, art, Englishness and the creativity of refugees blend in David Hare's enjoyably complex story of the foundation of Glyndebourne opera houseIt initial…
Video from Westcoaster Ca, shot on October 19th at the Barbican, London, is off Benedict Cumberbatch's plea to the Hamlet audience to make a donation to help refugees escaping the conflict i…
The British actor made her Broadway debut in the Emile Zola adaptation " but there were mixed reactions to her performance and critics found fault in the direction, script and soundAfter a c…
Guardian photographer and film-maker David Levene has created a series of motion portraits of the ZooNation dancers in the fairytale-riffing show Into the Hoods: Remixed " watch and imitate …
Studio 54, New YorkIt's a torrid tale of murder and sexual obsession " but you wouldn't know it from this damp production, Knightley's Broadway debut, which alternately inspires yawns and gi…
Old Vic, LondonBertie Carvel lends his extraordinary physicality to Eugene O'Neill's play that reminds us how much 1920s American drama owed to German artEugene O'Neill's 1922 play is a devi…
(Escort)Escort were spawned when Eugene Cho and Dan Balis met at an electronic music class in Poughkeepsie, New York. They began making house singles, gradually adding musicians and evolving…
Deaf West's innovative new version of the controversial musical is performed by a cast including many deaf actors using ASL " but does it work for deaf people?It's one of the most buzzed-abo…
Prolific and talented writer of dialogue for television dramas and sitcomsJulia Jones, who has died aged 92, was a prominent and versatile television writer for more than 40 years, contribut…
This year's award nominations are impressively diverse, with excellent independents vying with the titans of British dance, and fiftysomething dancers getting recognitionLife for independent…
Culture secretary launches British Council programme to mark 400th year since playwright's death with performances, debate and digital campaignShakespeare is to be watched, read, taught, deb…
Home, ManchesterSpinning quickly through the cycle of slaughter and reprisal, Blanche McIntyre's innovative spotlights the chorus in a welcome, ritualistic reinventionYou wait 2,500 years fo…
The Pit, Barbican, LondonKaren Finley is like a medium, raising the 1980s ghosts of Aids and homophobia in a piece that seethes with angerIt is probably hard for those raised in an era of ci…
Actor reportedly struck by Kenneth Branagh's sword at St Peter's Church, Manchester is treated by paramedicsMacbeth's reputation as a cursed play was bolstered last week when one of Kennet…
Guardian photojournalist Sarah Lee travelled to Jordan with the Globe Theatre's touring Hamlet production. Aiming to visit every country in the world to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Sh…
For some amazing Halloween make-up tips we've turned to the National Theatre's make-up experts to guide us through a step-by-step masterclass on creating the perfect witch's face! Continue r…
More writers are under commission and on development schemes than ever before but the Royal Court receives 3,000 scripts out of the blue each year. Three of its shows this autumn were plucke…
Shadowy presences in the wings, glimpses of long-dead performers … ghosts have long plagued the theatre. We descend into the bowels of the West End's spookiest playhouse " home to the fear…
Fans queued online for tickets but technical difficulties with system meant three-hour wait and transaction failureThe booking period for the play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, has bee…
Dorfman, London The performance impress, but Ben Power and Marianne Elliott falter when they try to weave three singular DH Lawrence plays into an ill-conceived wholeThe autumn season is awa…
Polka theatre, LondonAdapted from Raymond Briggs's picture book, this enchanting production is everything children's theatre should beAt one point during The Bear, my goddaughter Blue turns …
The actor talks about the psychology of Lady Macbeth " and feelings of guilt closer to homeSamantha Spiro suggests, when we meet on a summer afternoon at the Globe theatre, that rehearsal is…
The American photographer, who creates hyperreal tableaux of dancers at work, talks us through the images in her new book Moving Still Continue reading...
Comedian known for duo act with Vic Reeves forced to cancel pair's upcoming anniversary tour to recover from surgeryComedian Bob Mortimer has undergone a triple bypass heart operation.The st…
Cort Theater, New YorkAR Gurney play about a middle-aged man who falls in love with a mutt might be a shaggy dog story, but Matthew Broderick and his co-star make it sing " or howlWill someo…