Print Room at the Coronet, LondonTheatre Damfino's sketchy exploration of how food gets on our plate would work better in the classroom than in the theatreTheatre and cooking have a real aff…
Jim Broadbent does Scrooge, Martin McDonagh's Hangmen hits the West End, there's something fishy in Suffolk and Cornelia Funke's Inkheart is staged in ManchesterJim Broadbent stars as Scroog…
A hip-hop history, a dance-theatre Macbeth and the start of the festive programme … here are the shows to look out for this weekThe Damon Albarn and Moira Buffini musical wonder.land, insp…
Unicorn, London The Big Bad Wolf is locked up with Captain Hook and co in an ingenious, witty musicalA few years ago a survey found that a substantial number of parents believed traditional …
A study suggests that bullying is more common in the arts than in the army. It's time to speak outFor many people working in theatre, bullying is a fact of life. The whispers about it are co…
The Beeb's On Stage strand of programmes about regional venues is well-meaning but presents a distorted picture of British theatre stuck in a time warpThe BBC's recent collaboration with Bat…
Southbank Centre, LondonThe cabaret show skilfully celebrates music-hall routines and circus acts, adding a bit of darkness behind the dazzle London may now offer plenty of choice when it co…
This collaboration with Battersea Arts Centre showcased the values of British independent theatre: innovation, inclusivity and spontaneityIn an era when television has become slick and shiny…
Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonHeart-stopping passion and delightful comic touches abound in Emma Rice's finely judged, almost hallucinatory productionWhen Daphne du Maurier's novel, which s…
The Bruntwood prize for playwriting is announced this week, and its anonymised selection process could provide a new model for all theatres when considering scriptsTomorrow, the winner of th…
There's more to Warren Mitchell than meets the eye, Lyn Gardner discovers.Warren Mitchell has made a career out of playing miserable old gits. Most famously there was racist bigot Alf Garne…
Ben-Hur with real sea battles, a children's magic show gone wrong and more … here are the new shows opening and touring this weekIt's your last chance for the strange and compelling Pomona…
Trafalgar Studios, LondonJames Fritz confirms himself as a writer going places in this fascinatingly slippery play in which moral certainties collapse and relationships unravelJames Fritz ma…
Above the Arts, London The late Snoo Wilson let his imagination run wild in this rough and ready absurdist delve into the brilliant mind of the troubled codebreakerPlaywright Snoo Wilson had…
ICT's extraordinary Brainstorm, available on BBC iPlayer from Sunday, is part of a wave of shows in which teenagers are emerging as fully fledged artistsAt 9pm on Sunday 15 November, BBC Fou…
Young Vic, LondonThe role of women in the opposition to the Belarus dictatorship is explored through the stories of three real-life political prisonersIn the work of Belarus Free Theatre the…
Caledonian Park, London"Today's the day," whispers a woman urgently. "We're building a new city. Follow the path." We do as we are told. A woman irons in a tree, a man pl…
Inextinguishable Fire, performed at the National Theatre as part of Spill festival, takes on the mantle of every violent act you have ever heard aboutOn Sunday evening, the Spill festival en…
Southbank Centre, LondonLucy Bell's two-hander about the pressures of being a parent with a drug habit is cunningly constructed and gloriously sungHannah (Kathleen Fitzpatrick-Milton) and Ki…
The Just Like a Woman season begins at Chelsea theatre, Radar festival starts at the Bush and Barney Norris's Eventide is in BristolThe TEAM's RoosevElvis continues to delight at the Royal C…
Roundhouse, LondonA group of young people, neuroscientists and psychologists endeavour to resolve the age-old conundrum " with the help of a bacon sandwichFourteen-year-old Eden has been thi…
Park theatre, London George Brant's hit US play gets an expressive, stylish revival incorporating British Sign Language, spoken word and visual storytellingGeorge Brant's play about a female…
It's time for theatres to ask some hard questions about their impact on people who have never even seen one of their showsSome years ago I left the National Theatre having seen Fiona Shaw in…
Theatre 503, LondonJon Brittain's play about identity politics and individuality is sharply observant yet gets a little shoutyRotterdam is a port city, a place people pass through, but Alice…
The Yard, London Pamela Carter's thrilling drama follows the basic training of a bunch of army recruits who have no one to fight but themselves and each other What does it feel like to be a …