Murder, She Wrote star receives near-universal acclaim for her first theatrical appearance in London since 1975You didn't need a mystic to see this one coming: Angela Lansbury's return to th…
The Two Worlds of Charlie F, a play performed and inspired by injured British servicemen and women, is on a tour of dutyBefore joining the British Royal Marines, Cassidy Little trained as a …
Nottingham PlayhouseThis tubthumping update of The Beggar's Opera seems, at times, unfocused despite its powerful casting"What keeps a man alive?" The cri de coeur at the heart of Bertholt B…
Alan Parker's show is made for kids and shot through with innocence " and that's what makes it truly charmingSome of the best musicals were written for kids. Joseph and the Amazing Technicol…
New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeThis knockabout family drama is also a delicate treatise on human natureWhat do you leave behind after death? In Vi's case, there's a wardrobe full of dresses, a…
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsJohn Steinbeck's affecting story of two Depression-era farmhands carries too much dramatic dead weight in this low-testosterone productionIt's time for a new a…
Much-lauded Headlong adaptation of dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four will offer 101 seats at special price each dayHeadlong's production of 1984 will transfer from London's Almeida theatr…
The British actress starred alongside legendary baritone Bryn Terfel in a New York concert performance
Curve, LeicesterThis adaptation of the 1988 film can be giddy and gutsy, but tends to replicate its high-school attitudes rather than warp themAlready a big Broadway and West End hit, Marc S…
For Told By An Idiot's new show, actor-director Paul Hunter decided to write about his childhood appearance on Tiswas. And then Jimmy Savile hit the news…When Told By An Idiot first worksh…
The controversial artist Theo van Gogh and the far-right politician Pim Fortuyn are an odd couple bound together in death in a new play for young audiencesPim and Theo are not your everyday …
Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonJames Dacre's production keeps this tale fresh, as Parisian riots trip into English promenades with the pace of a political thrillerBest of times, worst of tim…
Revival of 1997 musical wins four awards before US launch on Broadway, and pub theatres go home empty-handedThom Sutherland's fringe production of Titanic has picked up four Off West End awa…
Rupert Goold will direct at the Adelphi theatre with the former Bond girl taking a role played by Sally Hawkins in the 2010 filmGemma Arterton is to star in a West End musical version of the…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterSuranne Jones is superb as Woolf's epoch-hopping hero turned heroine in this carnivalesque, tumble-turning productionRead interview with Suranne JonesOrlando is a y…
Olivier award-winner will return to West End after three years away when she takes up role of Mrs Wilkinson in MayOlivier award-winner Ruthie Henshall is to join the cast of Billy Elliot the…
30 Million Minutes, directed by Michael Grandage, will be 'somewhere between a monologue, a play and an autobiographical slide show …'Dawn French will embark on her first solo tour this su…
This mauling of Mozart's life work was wilfully sacrilegious and mostly awful, says Matt Trueman
Success for play that mixes US-Chinese culture clash with Tiananmen Square mysteryAnother day, another major award for playwright Lucy Kirkwood. Her smash hit Chimerica has picked up the pre…
Musical about the Profumo affair will end its run on 29 March, four months after it openedViva Forever lasted seven months. From Here to Eternity will have survived for five by its last perf…
Got a tenner to spare? Forget buying a ticket - these days, producers want you to invest in a West End showReckon you can tell a Wicked from a Which Witch? It might be time to put your money…
Director tells the Guardian that he has moved on from his star-led revivals despite winning four WhatsOnStage awardsMichael Grandage has ruled out a second season of West End shows, despite…
Innovative theatre company aims to put audiences to sleep " and then wake them up " in new site-specific performance"Sleep no more! Macbeth doth murder sleep." So rings the voice in Macbeth'…
Opus is a Shostakovich-meets-the-circus show so astonishing that Matt Trueman wonders why no one ever runs away to join a string quartet
Mirren takes on The Tempest, Trevor Eve performs Pygmalion and Cynthia Erivo sings from The Color Purple at Rada gala at Buckingham PalaceHelen Mirren is used to performing as the Queen, but…