She may be playing a prostitute in a bawdy remake of Fanny Hill complete with love truncheon jokes, but Caroline Quentin wants to show the horrors of the trade too. She explains why sex is g…
Laura Wades play Posh ushered in the Tory government in 2010. Is the film version, The Riot Club, here to bury the Bullingdon boys era of inequality? She explains why she feels sorry for Cam…
As The Mistress Contract opens at the Royal Court, Emine Saner talks to its writer Abi Morgan about our fascination with 'the other woman' " from Victorian victim to modern vampIf there's on…
Jaime Winstone is getting jumpy, Catherine Tate isn't bovvered " and Lesley Sharp is doing the crab. Emine Saner goes behind the scenes at the Old Vic's annual challengeIt's 10 o'clock on Sa…
A US study has found that people with dementia not only react to music, but that it can help them improve their mental abilityKathryn Smith, director of operations at the Alzheimer's So…
Carlos Acosta rose from humble beginnings in Cuba to become one of the greatest ballet dancers of his generation, and now he's written his first novelIt wasn't until he was well into hi…
Channelling an 18-stone drunken loudmouth made him a national icon " but endangered his health, his reputation and his family. Michael Pennington tells Emine Saner how he escaped Johnny…
Theatre was David Morrissey's first love, making him a star at home, and now in the US, via a major role in hit zombie drama The Walking Dead. But is acting becoming a closed profession?When…
Tamara Rojo spent 12 years as the Royal Ballet's prima ballerina. She explains why she walked away, at her peak, to take a new job as artistic director of the English National BalletIt shoul…
Comedian, playwright, novelist, TV personality: Sandi Toksvig is a one-woman cottage industry. She talks about coming out, panel shows and why she's turned her back on the Lib-DemsA few year…
Susan Calman has not had it easy. Growing up gay in Glasgow was like being 'a vegan abattoir worker'. At 30 she gave up the law to become a comedian, and it's starting to pay offThe lucky th…
The Vagina Monologues shot writer Eve Ensler to stardom. Now she is a global campaigner who plans to call a billion women out on strike against rapeWho could have predicted what an effe…
Producer attributes Wizard of Oz sequel's five-year run to 'untold story' angle " and social networking sites"I'd rather see The Wizard of Oz 20 times than this ersatz show once," said the T…
After 50 years playing everything from Gandalf to gangsters, the beloved 'national institution' explains why acting keeps him saneNext week, it will be 50 years since Sir Ian McKellen first…
He divides audiences like no other comedian, his fans hanging on every word of his rambling monologues, his critics raging at the lack of laughs. Stewart Lee explains his pleasure at being h…
In the second of a new series of weekly columns, leading comedians choose their favourite performer of all time. Coming up: playwrights and lead vocalists. Reginald D HunterThe standup who h…
A second Olivier awards nomination, a starring role in Episodes and now Friday Night Dinner. Tamsin Greig has never been busierIt has become a truth, to the point of cliche, that once most f…
Anna Maxwell Martin is about to become the face of Sunday night TV. She tells Emine Saner what makes a meaty roleAs a drama student, Anna Maxwell Martin used to go for walks along the Thames…
Was Ricky Gervais's Golden Globes turn funny, or just mean? Is comedy getting too cruel? Comedians Steve Punt and Shappi Khorsandi debate what is a joke too farDepending on your sensitivity …
Hard work and insecurity drive outspoken comic with a career that spans five decadesYou would think that there is nothing that Joan Rivers can do to shock any more. She started her career ma…