Much as we loved his Uncles Vernon and Monty, the actor shone brightest on stage, where he infused his roles with intelligence and witThe BBC chose to announce the death of Richard Griffiths…
Mercury, ColchesterHoward Goodall and Melvyn Bragg's musical about Cumbrian working life premiered at the Nuffield in Southampton, but failed to find favour in its 1984 debut in a West End a…
Steinway Hall, LondonLundahl & Seitl are a remarkable company whose work explores the relationship between the physical world and our consciousness of it. Can an imagined space ever seem as …
The musical's success owes as much its clever use of Twitter and Facebook as anything that happens on stageThe news that The Book of Mormon set a record on Friday for the biggest single day …
Camden People's Theatre, LondonThe pain of exile versus the relief of having got away " both emotions run through J Fergus Evans' solo show, which tells the story of the performer's own upbr…
Corinthea Hotel, LondonThe title of this one-on-one promenade show from Look Left, Look Right is deceptive. It refers to the requirement that the staff of a luxury hotel always go "above and…
Nuffield, SouthamptonHow does it feel to say goodbye to your children, not knowing if you'll ever see them again? To arrive in a country where you're seen as an alien? To find yourself …
The American Plan comes to Bath, Hugh Walpole's Rogue Herries is adapted for stage in Keswick, and The Hired Man is back in business in ColchesterSouthGlenn Waldron's Forever House, about a …
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonLondon theatre has a thing about prime numbers at the moment. They feature prominently in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and they also pop…
Cinema screenings aimed at parents with babies and toddlers have proved a huge hit. Isn't it time theatres did the same?I'm sitting in the auditorium at Camden People's theatre in central Lo…
Camden People's theatre, LondonIn Greek mythology, Nereus is known as the Old Man of the Sea, a divinity who helps sailors in distress. In this latest piece from Laura Mugridge " who once cr…
How can the performing arts compete against technology? And does creativity always lead to anguish? Just a few of the subjects raised in these talks from TED and beyondReading on a mobile? C…
Young Vic, LondonIn Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, the local doctor, Astrov, charts the decline of the forests. "Almost everything has been destroyed now, and nothing has yet been created in its pla…
Dominic Cooke makes his swansong at the Royal Court with The Low Road, Will Adamsdale's The Victorian in the Wall opens in Bristol, and the brilliant Takeover festival takes off in YorkCentr…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonIt's done with sound rather than smoke and mirrors. But the result is certainly unsettling in David Rosenberg and Glen Neath's 50-minute piece, played out in pit…
A new campaign, My Theatre Matters, is looking to audiences to speak out " get involved!We haven't always been as good as we might be at arguing for continued investment in theatre, and abou…
It doesn't matter if a participatory show has fine ideals or is brilliant behind-the-scenes. What counts is the workI can only ever review what I see. I can't review intent, and I can't revi…
Apollo, LondonSimon Stephens' clever adaptation of Mark Haddon's bestselling novel about a teenage boy with Asperger's syndrome is like a cute dog that leaps up and wants to lick you all ove…
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Ibsen's Hedda Gabler changes her name and moves to Edgbaston, Brighton is all about the Bard, and Judi Dench brings fairytale magic to LondonScotland and Northern IrelandThis week at the Tra…
Bristol Old VicShakespeare with puppets? Of course it's been done before, but not with some of the same team behind the National Theatre's mega-hit, War Horse. But, although puppets of many …
Soho theatre, LondonThe year is 1982 and the place is Deptford, London. Relations between black and white communities are tainted with suspicion and hostility in the wake of the Brixton riot…
An event at the Young Vic examined the urgent need for people of East Asian heritage to become more visible in UK theatreWhen I started out as a theatre critic in the early 1980s, there were…
Royal Court, LondonThere's no getting away from God or the Catholic church in Anna Wakulik's lively play: the whole theatre has been cleverly transformed into a church, complete with nave an…
As Forced Entertainment prepares a longer, all-day-all-night version of its show at the Barbican, we look at what " in this age of short attention spans " makes durational theatre so seducti…