Stephen Poliakoff's 1991 film Close My Eyes, about incestuous siblings, echoes as the actors return in David Eldridge's End, playing a couple facing a cancer diagnosis First there was Beginn…
In Initiative, a group of young people in the early 2000s finds themselves via the role-playing game, the latest example of its undying popularity It sounds like a big ask, the idea of prese…
Polka theatre, LondonThis spellbinding adaptation uses a bulging dramatic toolbox of clever effects and manages to be both epic and intimate Some children's books " simple stories from famil…
One of the greatest actors of Japanese cinema best known for Ran, the 1985 film adaptation of King Lear Though he had the well-appointed bone structure of the 1950s matinee idol, it was Tats…
Ariana Grande sparkles in the concluding part of the Wicked Witch tale, and the first batch of final episodes of the retro sci-fi juggernaut are unleashed Wicked: For GoodOut nowWas the deci…
Researchers say results underline large language models' poor grasp of humour, empathy and cultural nuance Comedians who rely on clever wordplay and writers of witty headlines can rest a lit…
After getting dropped by a major label, the Leonard Cohen-influenced south Londoner kept going, and has now won fans in RosalÃa, Sabrina Carpenter and more. But writing for the Bard is th…
Lyric Hammersmith, London A sinister giant computer and a meat-eating headmaster have a sinister plan for shy Jack and his schoolfriends. Meanwhile, the Fairy Godfather has the hots for the …
Tron theatre, Glasgow There are jokes aplenty in Johnny McKnight's panto update of Lewis Carroll's Wonderland story, played with delirious daftness by an ebullient cast More than the odd pla…
Tara theatre, London A young, gay Indian man learns steps to Britishness from a phantom vision of the Tory politician, but the result is less sinister a satire than it should be Remember Th…
Star turns are boosting ticket sales this season, including Islington show featuring MP's Wizard of Oz and Olivier winner's Toto We're a third of the way through the fabulously camp producti…
Soho theatre, LondonTim Foley's conspiracy-fuelled comedy pits reason against delusion as a palaeontology lecturer faces a dean who believes Jurassic Park is real Logic and reason are torn t…
Wyndham's theatre, LondonBryan Cranston, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Paapa Essiedu and Hayley Squires achieve theatrical alchemy in Ivo van Hove's superb production In 2014 Ivo van Hove's Young …
The West End show's former lead actors will travel back in their careers to share the role with its current star for the 1985 film's anniversary Audiences at the West End musical Back to the…
Birmingham RepHumphrey Ker and David Reed's witty thriller blends Victorian sleuthing, meta gags and new songs by the great musical-theatre duo A serial killer working through the alphabet (…
Alice and Ellen Kessler, who died by joint assisted suicide this week, entertained " and occasionally scandalised " Europe with their glitzy and subversive pop music and classically informed…
Long before her big-screen success as Elphaba, the British actor lit up the stage with performances in Sister Act, The Color Purple and other hit shows Continue reading...
Sadler's Wells, LondonA trio of choreographers respond to Muhly's vivid scores with works that veer from the meditative to the macabre If you thought we had exhausted shows that were postpon…
Dorfman theatre, London David Eldridge's two-hander depicts the difficult conversations that follow one partner's cancer diagnosis David Eldridge's trilogy has travelled across the early and…
A chance viewing of the comic's World Tour of Scotland made me swap Australia for the Highlands, although things didn't quite go to plan … I was 23 and thought I had found my path in life.…
Royal Court theatre, LiverpoolPaul Duckworth's sweary Scrooge has romantic history with Marley's widow in a pun-heavy festive show Whether it's Paul Hilton at London's Old Vic this winter or…
Southwark Playhouse Elephant, LondonA rollercoaster accident leaves six choristers in limbo, each having to make their case for a second chance on Earth in this eccentric show Well, this is …
Roles as EM Forster and a young, gay American dying of Aids in the 2018 play allowed an opportunity for deep personal and social reflection In 2018 I had recently lost my mother, so I was lo…
He's been in everything from Love Actually to Shakespeare with Al Pacino " but will he always be thought of as the string-vest-wearing boozy Glaswegian? Ahead of a tour as himself, the actor…
Theatre by the Lake, KeswickAll the major characters are present in Sonia Jalaly's update, but this is also a journey of self-realisation with brisk songs and cartoonish humour Most people …