He packed out a gig by pretending Frankie Boyle was performing. His new show settles a score with Jack Whitehall. And this unpredictable standup even hijacks the interview processJack Whiteh…
Theatre directors and writers' estates do not always see eye to eye. As a new generation seeks to reinterpret Arthur Miller's work, we lift the lid on the scandals, bans and breakthroughsA s…
Public Theater, New YorkSet in Liberia, Danai Gurira's play shows how women internalise and perpetuate their own oppression, while also offering some small measure of hopeIn Danai Gurira's d…
The Walking Dead actor may play a zombie-killing machine on the AMC hit but as her new play opens she talks about the Liberian civil war, Lupita Nyong'o and showing western audiences the rea…
When he read in the newspapers that he had dementia, the comedian was as alarmed as his friends were. But perhaps that's what happens when you talk about a complex subject to a media allergi…
Tron theatre, GlasgowPlaywright Megan Barker's reworking of Ghosts shines a light into the murky corners of outwardly respectable lives " and it's unsettling stuff Related: Hedda Gabler revi…
The Forum, LondonWith nothing more to prove, the self-assured US comic who exposed Bill Cosby is able to take seemingly innocuous material to unexpected places"Well, that situation got out o…
Birmingham Rep theatreTanika Gupta's lively adaptation, with music by Ben and Max Ringham, retains the novel's resonance and zestMeera Syal is, in some ways, the victim of her own success. H…
King's Cross theatre, LondonRazor-sharp lyrics and a hugely talented cast make this hip-hop musical about Latino communities on the breadline in New York a feelgood spectacleLin-Manuel Miran…
In his new comedy show, James Acaster confides the ins and outs of his jury service to the audience. So who better to deliver his verdict on film and TV's greatest jurors?I've been a juror a…
Fritzy the sea-lion jumped into the Thames from a boat hired to promote the circus - but not everyone wants him returned to his ownersThe Performing Animals Defence League yesterday offered …
Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt's BBC test cardAny small child catching sight of Noel Fielding of The Mighty Boosh in his clown gear would vow never to go to the circus again. Fielding's to…
Conductor and composer who won an Ivor Novello award for the theme music he wrote for the TV series Upstairs DownstairsThe conductor and composer Alexander Faris who has died aged 94, was on…
From pregnancy onwards the industry turns its back on mothers, claim campaigners. Then there's the issue of affordable childcare … After the actor Laura Wells became pregnant, the work off…
Hull Truck theatreRichard Vergette's play about sweethearts from opposite sides of Hessle Road lifts the lid on the north-eastern town's suffering in the second world warHull was the most he…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghWith three wobbly-hearted shows in one slow-burning evening, ever-funny Kitson tells life stories with scruffy humanityOn the Lyceum stage not long ago, three actors l…
Stratford Circus, LondonA Trinidadian woman reflects on the twists that have left her alone in life, in an affecting debut play by Michelle InnissEvangeline, played by Cathy Tyson, was born …
Join us on Wednesday 14 October to watch Rambert's dancers in action as the company opens its doors for Rambert Live. The lineup is as follows: 10.15"11.45am BST: Contemporary dance class. 1…
At a Guardian Live event in London, Kenneth Branagh and members of his new theatre company " Rob Ashford, Benjamin Caron, Jessie Buckley and Michael Pennington " talk to Mark Lawson about dr…
Soothing Sounds for Baby is the result of hours spent rummaging in record shops and listening to Radio 4's castaway show. Its star took us on a vinyl spreeGrace Jones's Private Life is throb…
Trade was the capital's first ever legal after-hours club, running parties at the now defunct Clerkenwell Turnmills every Sunday. Its 25th birthday party next week wil be the last hurrah, bu…
Theatre's birthday celebrations open with Escaped Alone, featuring women in their sixties discussing the personal and the epicA new play by Caryl Churchill that has four lead roles for women…
For the last decade, too few women have received high-profile dance commissions and run big companies in the UK. Our live-streamed discussion will explore how to support themWhere have all t…
Brixton Academy, LondonThe US standup likes to shock, but not just for the sake of it: he does it because conventional wisdom needs questioningAt one point in his new touring set, the Arizon…
As they chop veg, the audience bond over stories of life and death in Leo Burtin's interactive piece The Midnight Soup, a tribute to his late grandmotherLeo Burtin calls his theatre show The…