Michael Grandage's production of Mozart's opera " his debut at the Metropolitan Opera " has had some stinking reviews in New York. What's happened to the golden boy of British theatre?Ouch. …
A woman to lead the RSC, plus Shrigley's cookery opera, and a paratrooper targets Ed VaizeyA woman to lead the RSCThe theatre world is whirring with ideas about who should, or could, ta…
Months after moving into renovated theatre, Boyd and executive director Vikki Heywood to stand down by the end of 2012, a 'planned and slow departure'The duo who have carried the Royal Shake…
Anne-Teresa de Keersmaeker says Countdown video was influenced by her work but 'has no edge'An avant-garde choreographer who has accused Beyoncé of plagiarising her dance moves for her late…
This week, news of the quintessential American museum, is the Duchess of Cambridge art smart and politicians in the stallsWashington's newest museumA momentous event occurs in Washington DC …
This week Rachel Whiteread scupts for Britain, put your name down for Olympic posters, Shechter and Gormley unite and Geoff Dyer fawnsWhiteread comes homeRachel Whiteread's most famous sculp…
Playwright's biographer, Christopher Bigsby, defends work produced in later years at Edinburgh book festivalWhen dramatist Arthur Miller died in 2005, the Wall Street Journal obituary was he…
One-man fringe show invites people to feed their own cash through shredder to 'release them from the terrors of the financial system'Some shows at the Edinburgh festival are daylight robbery…
Artist Adrian Howells explores loneliness and intimacy in new show May I Have The Pleasure?Performance artist Adrian Howells is bringing a particularly intimate piece to the Edinburgh fringe…
Junction 25's show for the Edinburgh festival fringe could not be more grown-upIn my 10 days at the Edinburgh festival fringe, there are two shows that have moved me to tears. They are David…
Edinburgh stalwart Shappi Khorsandi has endured exile, OCD, racial abuse and death threats on her family. And she just keeps pouring it into her standupIt is fitting that Iranian-born comedi…
In Zinnie Harris's new play, a girl pursues her father through wars ancient and modern. Charlotte Higgins hears why she thinks it's a turning pointZinnie Harris is standing on the landi…
Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds's comedy creation steps out of the radio and on to the stage for the first timeHe is the malcontent freelance writer whose stock-in-trade hackwork inc…
It is, in these austere times, argues playwright David GreigAfter a panel discussion between fringe playwrights David Greig, Zinnie Harris and Lynda Radley yesterday at the Traverse in Edinb…
Not many Edinburgh shows kick off with you being handed a steaming hot cuppa and a freshly baked scone smeared with homemade damson jam. Nor do you often see other members of the audience be…
The eminent actor's fringe show, which deals with transgender issues, is a departure from his usual stage interpretations"High heels!" exclaimed Simon Callow, as, a little sore-footed, he sp…
Participatory show inspired by Great Depression dance-offs is eagerly anticipated highlight of festival fringeMany things have been asked of audiences to the Edinburgh festival fringe. Recen…
American director promises 'a good romp and a cracking yarn' in film version of The Crooked HouseNeil LaBute has carved a career from seriously disturbing plays and films " In the Company of…
More than 200 organisations lose support on 'agonising' day of 15% cuts to the arts " but those who win, win bigLive blog - culture cutsIt is a day of radically mixed fortunes for the arts i…
Sir Richard Eyre, Tony Hall and Jude Kelly warn of lasting damage likely to result from curtailed government spendingLeading figures from the arts have written to the prime minister asking h…
The Icelandic singer announces a new multimedia project and three-week residency while Albarn debuts a new work about an Elizabethan scientistThe great Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk wil…
David Mitchell's new opera, Guardian hack Tom Service's new career, and the Theatre Uncut guide to making drama out of a crisisA novel approach to opera There's a school of thought that says…
Alice leads the end-of-an-era productions, judging the Art Fund Museums prize, and the Forest Fringe's search for a new homeEnd of an era for blockbuster stage spectaclesWhat an incredible f…
Exhibition honours works of Laurie Anderson, Gordon Matta-Clark and Trisha Brown on the roofs of 1970s ManhattanThe city is in the midst of a recession. Public services have been ground down…
I'm moving house " and staring my habit of amassing theatre, opera and concert programmes in the faceThere's nothing like moving house to induce a sense of proper self-loathing about the acq…