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Dancer and artistic director of English National Ballet who championed contemporary choreographers
"I didn't start dancing out of burning desire for it. I did it because I was a well-behaved…
Hampstead theatre, London Elizabeth Dulau is terrific in Alexi Kaye Campbell's new play as the young woman set to become a daring pioneer in fiction and real life
This is a play about George…
This portrait of a multi-ethnic comic troupe could do with more unpicking, but its reflections on the grind of war, life on the road and the reactive nature of comedy are insightful
It must …
Exclusive: Canon now includes domestic tragedy Arden of Faversham, which is attributed solely to Kyd and 'not at all' to Shakespeare
The number of plays attributed to the 16th-century playwr…
The comedian on non-verbal heckles, one-legged dancing before gigs and his new show about benches
Why did you get into comedy?I was told the only copy of a map to the lost, golden city of Pa…
Applying cosmetics for concerts and competitions is part of dance culture but many now question the tradition
I recognised the signs straight away: the twirling, the mirror glances, the obse…
New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme The cast in this four-person capsule telling of the Conan Doyle thriller bring vigour and charm but it's hard to discern any point to the exercise
To get the m…
Citizens, GlasgowNewcomer Mandipa Kabanda plays the Maid of Orleans from obscure teenager to army-commanding conqueror, tearing through dialogue with rare pace
When George Bernard Shaw's pla…
Revisiting the Troubles in 1990s Belfast, Sapling is the result of intensive research in the city. And winning the Women's prize, says Duncan, 'is the maddest thing that's ever happened to m…
Derby theatreConrad Murray's family musical is serious about its commitment to community " but completely lacks dramatic thrust
This is not the first time the tale of the Pied Piper has had …
Soho Theatre Walthamstow, LondonShe draws us in with bursts of manic physical expression and never stops poking fun at her own quirks and compulsions
'Why did Americans decide to elect a dic…
Colab Tower, LondonGet lucky with your arrival time in this expansion of Aeschylus's Oresteia and you'll witness a fight or a sacrifice " but there are long dull patches
Egg yolk is being mi…
A musical number about a woman's letter to her husband on the second world war frontline unlocked my ability to blub " and made me a happier person
I am sure I must have cried as a child, bu…
Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon After a book, a film and a Ted Talk, William Kamkwamba's heroically inventive response to floods, drought and starvation is now delivered with energetic son…
Soho theatre, LondonAllen, one half of the influential Pajama Men comedy duo, mines his personal trauma for a slightly undercooked show about his high-octane upbringing in New Mexico
Shenoah…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterDirector Selina Cartmell delivers a giddily theatrical take on Jim Cartwright's slice-of-life portrait
Selina Cartmell's vision for Jim Cartwright's play is big. To…
Abbey theatre, DublinThe sale of the parental home triggers a generational showdown in Una McKevitt's droll play about money, inheritance and caring for ageing relatives
On a brief stopover …
Novelist George RR Martin says RSC is 'obvious choice' to put on new play The Mad King, which will open after spring
A new prequel to George RR Martin's blockbuster fantasy saga Game of Thro…
Birmingham RepThe bands that came to symbolise a divided nation compete to top the charts in John Niven's jokey play but it is woefully short on drama
Apparently, they did a lot of sitting a…
Comedians, theatre-makers and actors including Rachel Weisz, Sally Phillips and Simon Munnery recall the late teacher's alarming lessons
Philippe Gaulier, clown guru, dies aged 82
Louise Bre…
The Wicked star plays all 23 characters in a hi-tech London staging of Bram Stoker's novel by Kip Williams. Here's a bite-sized look at the critics' verdicts
Dracula, the Ur-vampire and ulti…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonThe Black Panther actor's melding of social commentary and Shakespearean themes is sometimes opaque yet undeniably poetic
Chadwick Boseman was not only an acco…
Noël Coward theatre, LondonDeploying accents and wigs, the Wicked star takes on all Bram Stoker's characters, but the atmosphere lacks the fever or diabolicism required
Are people born wi…
The Canadian performer visited hospices, mystics and cemeteries to research Age Is a Feeling. The show, which has now been performed in 10 languages, has reduced men in their 70s to tears
It…
Park theatre, London Patrick Marber updates Strindberg's story to a country house in 1945, where upstairs-downstairs disaffection drives the drama
Strindberg claimed that he wrote Miss Jul…
