After a major restoration, new theatre in east London announces opening programme with Sara Pascoe and Rosie Jones on the bill " plus panto and a new show by Bryony Kimmings It opened as a V…
The Good Place writer didn't know there were prizes at the Edinburgh fringe until his acrobatic debut show earned him a nomination. Now he hopes to spring similar surprises If you wanted a c…
Radio City Music Hall, New York The actor and performer's charmingly old fashioned one-man show saw him rattle through surprising list of showtunes and fan favorites When Hugh Jackman return…
The legendary nightlife group known for their groundbreaking nights at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in London are back " and restarting the conversation about the controversial subject 'It's so…
She is one of the world's most acclaimed performers " going stratospheric as Elphaba in the hit film adaptation of Wicked. Now she's up for a best actress Oscar. What next for Britain's brig…
The joint RSC boss is on unstoppable form, making a blistering return to the stage with a 4:48 Psychosis performed in the small hours " and an Edward II that will be a 'screw you' to his sch…
Veteran stage, radio and TV actor whose many notable Shakespearean roles included Falstaff and Bottom With a portly but athletic physicality, a rich baritone voice, a bloodhound, drooping vi…
Theatre Royal BathShaw conveys both the public and private Thomas More in a period-perfect if patchy production of Bolt's 1960 play of power and corruption A "monstrous baby whom none dared …
Royal Opera House, LondonJohn Cranko's 1965 take on Pushkin's romance demands real artistry, and an outstanding cast delivers it A yellow moon peers out of a misty dawn sky. Two proud men an…
Bristol Old Vic; Royal Court; Barbican, LondonThe spirit of Duke Ellington pulses through a glorious musical spin on Twelfth Night; neighbourliness has its limits in Amy Jephta's South Afric…
Southbank Centre, LondonDewey Dell bring resonant energy to reinvent one of the most frequently revisited pieces in dance history The backspinning b-boy spiders are a revelation. And the lar…
Camden People's theatre, LondonThe storyteller completes his trilogy of soft, stark shows with an hour of sweet, scatter-gun observations about how we live If you had an hour, just an hour, …
Soho theatre, LondonAnnette's stage presence shines in a show full of vivid observations, campy asides and nostalgic pop culture Amy Annette is the sort of woman who'd rather drop her phone …
Succession star will play ghost of Adam Smith in James Graham's 'operatic' drama about the 2008 financial crash The Dundee-born actor Brian Cox will return to the Scottish stage for the firs…
Todd Haimes Theatre, New York Sanaz Toossi's 2023 recipient makes an effortless transfer, focusing on Iranian students studying English, a play that brings both laughter and real emotion Imm…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonInspired ideas abound in Jennifer Tang's production but, among all the plotting, betting and baiting, it doesn't quite all come together Shakespeare's early Br…
Composer, playwright and theatre director who often worked with her husband, the actor Mark Rylance Claire van Kampen, who has died of cancer aged 71, was a concert pianist, a musical direct…
Theatre Royal BathWhile this 1960 play has been overtaken by faster-moving tales of Tudor chicanery, Martin Shaw is compelling as Thomas More Among the abounding villains and backstabbers of…
Lowden first appeared in David Ireland's two-hander in Edinburgh last year. For its West End run, he is paired with his 'hero' Freeman Slow Horses star Jack Lowden is to reprise his role in …
In Girl from the North Country, Bob Dylan's songs fuelled a tale of 1930s America. Todd Almond, who starred in the play on Broadway, revisits one of its most electrifying numbers in this ext…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghJohn Douglas Thompson is a commanding Shylock in a vision of an apparently benign city where tolerance buckles all too quickly He likes a bit of a laugh, this Shylock…
Opera House, ManchesterA meandering musical based on the Doris Day movie delivers the sure-shot showtunes in style with a whipcracking lead in Carrie Hope Fletcher The 1953 film Calamity Jan…
He has notched up tours, albums, books and a sitcom. Why is he tortured by feelings of under-achievement? As Fellows hits the road, he pops an aniseed ball and discusses his new song " about…
Mike Osman, aka 'Donald Trumped', from Southampton, says he is expecting busiest year of career A British Donald Trump impersonator is looking forward to an "unstoppable" four years, thankin…
Barbican, LondonLittle happens in this wordless show about an Irish navvy who lives a lonely existence and yearns for home but it is oddly affecting One egg cup on the shelf, one tin mug, on…