Hugely anticipated adaptation of the Broadway hit starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo is estimated to rake in $200m at the global box office What is this feeling? After years of specula…
Hampstead theatre, LondonLoyalty and legacy, privilege and prejudice come into play as the lives of two friends, joined in their love of the basketball star, diverge Without wanting to state…
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York Robert Zemeckis's dark, Hollywood-set hit makes a smooth transition to the stage in a raucously entertaining musical crowd-pleaser Like its duelling antiheroi…
Undercover police officers have infiltrated activist networks and forged relationships with individual women for over 50 years, some fathering children with them. Now, three women " disguise…
Watermill theatre, NewburyA stupendous cast, outstanding stagecraft and delightful songs prove how thrilling an old story can become in the right hands This musical incarnation of the classi…
Sadler's Wells, LondonIn a production loosely based on the Mahabharata, Khan has gathered classical Indian dancers who create a world that echoes through the centuries Akram Khan is at an in…
Pitlochry Festival theatreIn our dark times, the Rodgers and Hammerstein classics offer a sugar-coated disguise for a show with political heft Elizabeth Newman's six-year tenure as Pitlochry…
Despite Olivier awards success and a sold out run in the West End, the show received unfavourable reviews from US critics and performed poorly at the box office Tammy Faye, the musical creat…
The standup on her first gig, why she pretended to be a stage manager for The Lion King and the best service station in the country How did you get into comedy?Initially I wanted to be a com…
Actor who toured with the RSC, played Tess of the d'Urbervilles on radio and starred in Lorna Doone on television She looked fragile, innocent and vulnerable on stage, but the actor Emily Ri…
Stephen Schwartz's musical prequel has been brought to the big screen, with Erivo's charismatic Elphaba exerting a planetary pull over a star-studded cast As Kermit the Frog and the Hulk dis…
Dancer and choreographer who rose to fame with Alvin Ailey's company in New York and became its artistic director It was a failed audition that set in motion the superlative career of the Am…
New Diorama theatre, LondonSam Ward's 90-minute romp through French history could be a five-star show, but in its current state it is too convoluted and incoherent to grasp How do revolution…
Tell us about your standout stage production of the year " we'll feature a selection of your favourites We would like to hear about your favourite theatre shows of 2024. Which play captured…
Theatre503, LondonThe heightened body language of a tempestuous couple breaks out into choreographed scenes in this play that reaches far beyond its restricted space It doesn't look like muc…
A radical new exhibition celebrates stars including Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart by combining subtly moving artworks with their own voices. The results are uncanny Great actors have alw…
Born in St Petersburg in 1985, Shklyarov joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 2003 and became its principal dancer " the highest-ranking position in a ballet company " in 2011. During his 20-year…
Best known as one half of D'Unbelievables, Kenny also starred in Father Ted and The Banshees of Inisherin The Irish prime minister has led tributes to the comedian and actor Jon Kenny, who h…
St Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre says dancer was taking painkillers for an injury and fell from fifth floor The acclaimed Russian ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov has died aged 39. Shklyaro…
After root-and-branch reworkings of Giselle and Swan Lake, the celebrated Irish choreographer is back with Nobodaddy, a trip 'through the bottomless pit' 'I keep making pieces that I think m…
Police notified after former trustees and current chief executive of Actors' Benevolent Fund were sent notes A bitter feud that tore apart an illustrious actors' charity has been reignited b…
53two, ManchesterIn a lively revival of this 2009 tussle between love and identity, its barbed verbal sparring overcomes the slightly dated sexual dynamics How charged and potent words can b…
Sadler's Wells; Peacock theatre; Linbury theatre, LondonThe Belgian choreographer's tempestuous new piece mirrors the recent controversy surrounding her. Plus, the latest from two pioneering…
My friend and colleague Polly March, who has died of cancer aged 77, was an actor of rare intelligence, wit and taste. She was particularly brilliant in comedy roles, where she had the unerr…
With subversive scripts and a spotlight on local talent, this former principal boy is busy revolutionising pantomime " but there's still room for bawdy gags Few people have their spindle-pri…