Jermyn Street theatre, LondonThe American playwright's 1922 drama, given its UK premiere, suffers from its sentimentality and characters driven by rage and rancourI've often quoted a dictum …
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonFamiliar places are given mysterious twists in this intriguing but poorly executed performance-cum-game You know that sense of dislocation you get when you retur…
When his first solo show flopped, Kieran Hodgson feared he wasn't interesting enough to be a comic. Then the disgraced cyclist gave his career a shot in the armYou'd have a job imagining any…
Nightjars spread their wings in Bristol before circus takes over the city, there's pop-up theatre in Plymouth, Nikolai Foster unveils his Curve debut, and it's kick-off for Kenneth Branagh i…
South Australia hosts its first Indigenous art festival, Augie March's Glenn Richards performs solo in Fremantle and Strictly Ballroom closes in BrisbanePirrku Warrapina, Tarnanthi festival …
Cast featuring Nicole Kidman, Benedict Cumberbatch and Josh Hartnett will act out real life testimonies of children growing up in rural South AfricaActors including Nicole Kidman, Benedict C…
Harrogate theatreNorthern Broadsides bring Shakespeare, partying hard, to New Year's Eve 1999 for an intense and moving eveningThe Winter's Tale is a long story " 16 years, including the int…
Ovalhouse, LondonFrom the depths of her hair igloo, Selina Thompson untangles the personal and political roots of beauty and raceHair is just hair, right? Actually no. All those adverts for …
With her performance in Cause Célèbre a sensation, and past roles as Joan of Arc, Margot Fonteyn and the spirited Fiona in Shameless, Britain's brightest theatre star won't sleep until she…
O2 Academy, London Hofesh Shechter has this rock venue jumping with his cathartic piece about indoctrinationPolitical Mother, created by choreographer-composer Hofesh Shechter in 2010, is a …
Wyndham's, LondonFlorian Zeller's study of dementia continues to enthralHow could I have forgotten the kiss? I thought each skewering moment of The Father was indelibly registered. But the e…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonDominic Cooke's spirited direction of Christopher Shinn's play explores victimhood and gay stereotypingThe play opens in a conference room where there is a circle of …
Rose theatre, Kingston upon ThamesTrevor Nunn's staging of the RSC's bold 1960s Shakespeare adaptation lacks the original's daring, though there are some fine turns in the lead rolesWhile Gr…
Comedian Miles Jupp, new host of Radio 4's News Quiz, talks about the onus of taking over from Sandi Toksvig and broadening his acting horizonsMiles Jupp, 36, started performing comedy at Ed…
Bam, New YorkThe artist and filmmaker's immersive theatre piece isn't as original as it could be " so why were audience members weeping at the end?Nation-building is not easy. It is messy, i…
A Royal Opera House centre opening in Thurrock this week will ensure that opera and ballet stars look the part to perfection Continue reading...
Opera House opens centre of excellence in Thurrock to train a new generation to make the outfits it is world-famous forRoyal Opera House costume collection " in picturesThey embroidered the …
The actor, 78, on shouting: 'Gordon's alive!', bench-pressing 300lb, and prizing silenceEveryone always wants me to shout "Gordon's alive!" Inuit have asked me to say it at the North Pole an…
Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall refuses Dodd's performance because it was deemed unfunnyComedian Ken Dodd has been forced to abandon plans to hold his annual Christmas show at Nottingham's R…
Television newscaster who also succeeded as an actor and writer for the stageAlthough best known as a television newsreader, Gordon Honeycombe, who has died aged 79, was also an actor, narra…
Japanese architects Sanaa get spiritual with the sublime $83m Grace Farms centre for arts, faith and justice in New Canaan, Connecticut, which is backed by a hedge fund manager. Just don't c…
At a Guardian Live event, the actor-director was joined by members of his theatre company to discuss their upcoming season at the Garrick Continue reading...
Comedian Alex Horne has announced his intention to become the oldest man in the world. But who else inhabits the record-breaking comedy hall of fame?Late last month, comedian Alex Horne anno…
Camden People's theatre, LondonThis clever retelling of the Joan of Arc story has comic fizz, emotional ballast and cross-dressing that looks like sorceryDerby theatre's Retold series has gi…
From Frieze art fair to bracing thriller Sicario and rollerskating's long-awaited return to the London stage, here are this week's cultural highlights EXHIBITIONSFrieze art fair Continue rea…