Their shows caused mayhem. Now Tamm Reynolds " AKA Midgitte Bardot " is really going for the jugular, hitting back at prejudice with a wild new act Most performers want attention when the…
Having rocked queer clubs to their foundations, Wet Mess is now electrifying Edinburgh with a show about testosterone and a stunning new take on drag There are drag queens, drag kings " and …
At 35, Martin O'Brien has already outlived his life expectancy. And in performances in which he attaches pegs to his testicles or smears himself with mucus, he brutally confronts his mortali…
The Pulitzer prize-winning musical shows the world what it's like 'to travel in a fat, Black queer body'. Writer Michael R Jackson, a former Lion King usher who based it on his life, relives…
One million copies sold, sobbing superfans on TikTok and a new stage adaptation starring James Norton " yet Hanya Yanagihara's 2015 book continues to divides readers On the cover of the Amer…
From spanking to swordfighting, why does the Dane have to keep stripping off? As he appears alongside Christopher Walken in Outlaws, the actor talks about dodgy directors, the joy of physica…
With a Virgin Mary strip show, lessons in how to sit on Santa's lap and a carol about drugs, this festive extravaganza is about as alternative as Christmas can get. Is Britain ready for the …
Susanne Oberbeck sings sexually charged songs in a German accent while standing topless and sporting a moustache " and at last she's found an audience that understands her In 2003, Susanne O…
Shunned by hipsters, adored by local Scots, they're the fringe's biggest show. How did this retro cocktail of cheesy euphoria become such a phenomenon? Friday night in Edinburgh and a troupe…
A show about entertainment industry sexism and the dynamics of double acts is making Edinburgh audiences laugh and sob. Its writer and stars tell allFor many, this year's Edinburgh fringe ha…
The immersive theatre company's new show Kabeiroi has just 864 tickets (for £110 a pair) and is closed to critics, while its corporate gigs are on the rise. Have the showstoppers sold out…
Set to headline Melbourne festival, the performer's epic 24-hour show presents an alternative history that celebrates the outsidersYou know you're witnessing something special when it's 7am …
He was one of the first openly gay men in metal. Now, after losing everything in a house fire, Faith No More's Roddy Bottum is bankrolling an opera featuring crystal-meth arias and interspec…
Twitter feed of Royal's youngest ever principal, who was compared to Nureyev and Baryshnikov, had suggested dissatisfactionWhen Sergei Polunin, 21, walked out of rehearsals with the Royal Ba…
In my humble, non-reviewer opinion, no single actor dominates this radical yet perfectly balanced production at the GlobeThanks to the World Shakespeare festival, one of the Cultural Olympia…
Lasting an entire day and night with no breaks, Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music contains multitudes, a 'radical faery realness ritual' which reimagines an America created by …
From Sheldon Harnick accepting his lifetime achievement award to James Corden's dad's advice to his son, here are the best lines from this year's Tonys"Think of tonight as the Oscars, but wi…
Lin-Manuel Miranda's blockbuster musical dominates the Broadway ceremony, while attendees pay tribute to those murdered in Orlando shootingHaving won the Pulitzer prize and a Grammy award, a…
Even after The Graduate made him a superstar, he always saw himself as a 'funny looking semitic guy' on the fringes of fame. Five decades on he talks about racism and the movies, how Tootsie…
New York City CenterThe 1982 musical about a man-eating plant rides again in an uproarious concert performance " and to the audience, Gyllenhaal isn't even the biggest star onstagePart of th…
Miami Grand TheatreThis award-winning work attempted to convey the experience of the internet through performance artHow to make a ballet out of the web: with pop, spandex and wheelchairs Co…
Studio 54, New YorkWhile occasionally tentative, in her Broadway debut Stone delivers where it counts in a classic production of the Weimar-era musical Continue reading...
Writing a monologue about bestiality is certainly arresting, but does it deliver more than shock value? Yes, says playwright Rob Hayes its the closest thing to a love story hell ever write …
If you want to see Breaking Bad, Star Wars, Fawlty Towers, Doctor Who and Downton Abbey at Edinburgh you can, thanks to condensed parodies. Are they satisfying to perform and do the perform…
The Edinburgh festival show applies the techniques of immersive theatre to an indie gig, resulting in something genuinely groundbreaking Continue reading...