Birmingham HippodromeDavid Bintley's sleek and gleaming new piece captures the moment, at the court of young Louis XIV, when classical ballet came of ageIn 1653, the teenaged Louis XIV playe…
Welcome to the worlds of Es Devlin, who has dreamed up domed catwalks for Louis Vuitton and arena spectaculars for U2, and won an Olivier award for bringing The Nether's digital landscape to…
Writing convincingly about theatre is the trickiest of arts. Does Simon Callow's prizewinning autobiography make the grade?
Writing convincingly about theatre is the trickiest of arts. Does Simon Callow's prizewinning autobiography make the grade?
Why are theatre rehearsal rooms such mysterious spaces? And why are dance rehearsals so different?
Critics and creatives may snort at our obsession with stories, but the need to know is what keeps us alive ... and in the theatre
Line by line, step by step, how do performers prepare for a show? And how does it differ in the dance and theatre worlds? David Jays watches the warm-ups for King John, A Damsel in Distress …
London ColiseumJean-Christophe Maillot's production is fresh and uncluttered but the lovers are sidelined in this flawed interpretation of Shakespeare's tragedy Continue reading...
Margate Winter GardensFramed by looming white industrial foam walls, Jasmin Vardimon's performance is enthralling " but falls short of its Cocteauesque inspiration Continue reading...
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe curiosity of choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is a smart fit with NYDC's 38 young performers in a challenging large-scale project Continue reading...
Scuttlers, the playwright's latest drama, is about the gangs of street-fighting kids who terrorised 19th-century Ancoats with belts and blades"After the 2011 riots," says Rona Munro, "I was …
Twenty years ago, a critic caused a storm by declaring a dance piece 'victim art'. Disabled dancers and choreographers who work with drug addicts and ex-prisoners reveal what has changed sin…
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonMining conversations with the disabled and non-disabled dancers, Hetain Patel's Let's Talk About Dis tackles physical difference with wit, guile and confidenceThe…
A juicy piece by Israeli-Dutch duo Ivgi and Greben, and Darshan Singh Bhuller's tender work about his father, are highlights in programme that plays it safe Continue reading...
With its incest and gore, John Fords 17th-century tragedy was not an obvious choice for the director of Constellations. He explains the allure of the play and of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse…
From helming £4,000 plays straight out of Oxford, the prolific young director with a brain the size of a planet has grown bolder with each production. But what will she choose next? Conti…
This classic musical is schmaltzy and shadowy and the role of Tevye the milkman continues to reward a star turn Continue reading...
English National Ballet, LondonStriking rising talents bring added vim to this sugared-up tale of an inventor and his sexbot Almost human: why is art so obsessed with lifesize dolls? Contin…
Acting? It's weird. Lyndsey Turner? She's a 'grafter'. Brian Friel's Fathers and Sons? It casts her as the Hotel Inspector. Sort of. The star of TV's The Paradise on her return to the stage&…
Regent's Park theatre, LondonThis revival of Arthur Miller's 1947 war-imbued drama doesn't quite hit home, but intensifies as night fallsA plane growled over Regent's Park during the opening…
Crescent theatre, BirminghamChoreographers Kit Holder and Alexander Whitley made their mark in this intimate space at the International Dance festival, BirminghamSmall spaces have proved the…
Sadler's Wells, LondonCrystal Pite and Kidd Pivot's take on The Tempest has an intriguing repeating structure, and probes keenly into Prospero's character, but feels somewhat held backShakes…
The dark and panoramic Three Sisters has been relocated to the Middle East and set among British diplomats and military. The play's adapter and star explain why"The play has turned out …
Rattigan's spin on La Dame aux Camélias was slated when it was first staged in 1958 and then vanished from view. Actor Rachael Stirling and director Michael Oakley explain why they've broug…
How do writers come up with character names? Some raid their emails, some plunder their school days " and some take inspiration from Psycho. Stephen Poliakoff, Abi Morgan and more talk to Da…