Chickenshed, LondonWith a huge cast, a somersaulting Peter and pirates crawling menacingly into the audience, Chickenshed's reworking of JM Barrie's Christmas staple is sheer magic JM Barrie…
Legal journalist Maximilian Steinbeis's play A Citizen of the People shows how easy it could be for a party like AfD to upend the country's 75-year-old democracy A smile so sweet it will mel…
Goold says he is seeking new challenge after more than decade in charge at the Almeida theatre Rupert Goold is leaving the Almeida theatre after more than a decade in charge to take over at …
Tron theatre, GlasgowThere are cursory mentions of crocodiles, clocks and boys who never grow up, but Johnny McKnight's script charts its own course in a hilariously daft production I have s…
This farce about a gaffe-laden am-dram whodunnit was born above a pub. How did it become one of Britain's greatest ever exports, the toast of more than 50 countries? Our writer hits the cont…
After weeks of astonishing performances and easy wit, the comic is the bookies' favourite to win. He talks about the privilege of being the first blind person to appear " and how his daughte…
You'll never find an audience or a cast more invested than at a seasonal show, where kids find their feet in front of you. But performing arts provision for the youngest is in peril What's y…
Fans of the Wizard of Oz-inspired musical have reportedly been warbling songs during early screenings " but not everyone is best pleased Name: Cinema singalongs. Age: Hard to tell the exact …
Group had their New York debut in 1991 and will play their last show in the city in February The Blue Man Group will conclude its off-Broadway New York run in February 2025 after playing 17,…
The award will be the biggest of its kind in Europe and aims to celebrate the work of an overlooked and underpaid profession facing an existential threat from AI Norway is launching a new tr…
Designer of meticulous, poetically imagined sets who collaborated many times with Harold Pinter and won six Baftas At the Almeida theatre in Islington, in 2000, Eileen Diss, the Bafta award-…
When a scene calls for violence, it's combat choreographers who prevent actors coming a cropper during the action. They explain the rules of stage conflict Philip d'Orléans points the sword…
Jon M Chu encouraged fans to take their audio experience into their own hands, ahead of the film's opening weekend Wicked director Jon M Chu is encouraging audience members to ask their cine…
Putting on Shakespeare's tragedy at Johannesburg's Market theatre was a risky endeavour and caused an astonishing reaction It was 1987, three years before Nelson Mandela walked free. None of…
The hosts of the Shagged. Married. Annoyed. podcast on growing up together, how their relationship survived Chris's comedy career, and the challenges of having kids Newcastle's Chris and Ros…
Pitlochry Festival theatreThis captivating production of the evergreen musical is a fitting swansong from Pitlochry's outgoing artistic director, Elizabeth Newman Light breaks through darkne…
Nipton sat neglected for years until Las Vegas's Spiegelworld turned it into a circus haven From 10 miles out, the tiny town of Nipton suddenly appears in the middle distance like a mirage: …
Kiln theatre, LondonIt's the actors who carry Dan McCabe's play about New Yorkers in the music business, which combines gentle comedy and social satire with a rap battle Two Black men are s…
Love, death, grief, power, revenge: Greek tragedies get to the essence of the human experience. Here, writers and artists select their favourite plays, music and films inspired by the classi…
Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon; Bush, LondonThe shoes do the talking, eventually, in the RSC's handsome yet overpolite take on Andersen's grisly fairytale. And action outruns plot as two Bow boys…
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonThere's charm and warmth aplenty in this updated version of the classic Christmas show, despite a script that's short on magic A wonky romance sits at the heart of t…
Royal Opera House; Sadler's Wells, LondonMargaret Atwood's dystopian vision provides rich inspiration for Wayne McGregor, while Akram Khan goes back to his Indian classical roots to transfix…
Ahead of Grand Theft Hamlet, in which Shakespeare's play is staged entirely inside a video game, check out cinema's avenging princes, from Laurence Olivier to Ethan Hawke When I was 16, for …
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonChelsea Walker's sleek production wavers between comic and dramatic as it charts a kind of love triangle How does a modern-day production tie up the loose thre…
Dance House, CardiffA lonely deer enters a world of natural wonders in this dance-theatre show for children, with spellbinding songs by Casi Wyn Never mind poor red-nosed Rudolph being calle…