Jermyn Street theatre, LondonKatherine Moar's bold and taut drama about the kidnapping of a fictional heiress explores the toxic inheritance of the 1970s Katherine Moar's riveting drama is i…
Michael Moore, Lynn Nottage, Ava DuVernay and Amanda Palmer will take part in an event series to 'unite in defiance' Artists and artistic organisations around the US are set to take part in …
Southwark Playhouse Borough, LondonA young officer becomes the de facto carer of a vulnerable inmate in Evan Placey's well-observed play about a stretched Prison Service A decade ago, playwr…
Aviva Studios, ManchesterResisting simple titillation, this sprawling four-hour odyssey through often naked rituals has weddings, funerals and eye-popping love potions Factory International'…
Mimi's Shebeen, choreographed by Alesandra Seutin, charts South African legend's exile and ascendancy with 'beautiful songs, strong messages and moments that hit' "You speak about Miriam Mak…
Soho Theatre Walthamstow, LondonThe performance artist's first solo show in five years considers the plight of our planet, with a compelling mix of standup, songs and folk horror It may cont…
What will the ballet dancer of the future look like? We visit the hunting lodge where the next generation are being trained " and find huge changes are under way It's an idyllic autumn day …
From Rocky Horror to the Muppets, Curry's extraordinary career made him world-famous. Then, a stroke left him paralysed. The actor talks about his cocaine years, his friendship with David Bo…
There are plenty of laughs and a fair bit of trauma to process when a depressed man takes a monkey woman across country It is perhaps an unexpected development that one of the most erotic mo…
Daniel Evans says young drama graduates who learned voice work online missed out on the physical presence of theatre training Young actors who trained at drama school during the pandemic are…
Actor who played senior police officers on TV and delighted critics with his Falstaff for the English Shakespeare Company John Woodvine, who has died aged 96, was a proud Tynesider and stalw…
The playwright's only living descendant traces the shadow cast by his trial " and his rehabilitation as a gay icon Today, Oscar Wilde is one of the most celebrated writers in English, both i…
After 16 years and almost 1,700 episodes, Maron is ending his show " which changed the face of podcasting. No wonder it's sparking an outpouring of sadness When I discovered Marc Maron's in…
Charing Cross theatre, LondonFeaturing 20 of the band's disco-funk songs, this jukebox musical has sparkle but comes with an infuriating concept and little depth of characterisation Fifty ye…
Exeter Northcott theatreThe journey of the Devon club from league minnows to championship winners is told with considerable elan and affection Driving to this theatre, I passed signs to Sidm…
The Irish standup on advice to her younger self, dodgy microphones and why success still makes her feel sick How did you get into comedy?I was on maternity leave and, looking back, I may hav…
Theatre Royal BathThis bizarre drama, with the star playing twins amid plenty of tap dancing, is a warp of hallucinations and reality Small Hotel is a play that defies category, or even expl…
Axis Ballymun, DublinMixing childhood memories, songs and Shakespeare, Michael Patrick delivers a one-man show about the reality of being given four years to live Michael Patrick may not liv…
Watermill theatre, Newbury Rob Madge's colourful reworking of the 1892 comedy makes clever adjustments while retaining the original's spirit The frump turns fabulous in this new version of a…
Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chappell…
Live theatre, NewcastleBased on real-life testimonies, this harrowing tale follows a 17-year-old subject to relentless cruelty at Medomsley Detention Centre There is a warning on the screen …
Theatre and opera director whose work stretched from Gilbert and Sullivan to Shakespeare Ian Judge, who has died aged 79, enjoyed a wide-ranging career as a theatre and opera director withou…
The OC star will take the role made famous by Barbara Stanwyck in James M Cain's classic noir tale of murder and deceit, touring the UK in early 2026 Mischa Barton is to make her UK stage de…
Dundee RepAndrew Panton's production of the memory play gains in quiet domestic realism what it loses in unhinged vitriol Christopher Jordan-Marshall breathes the evening into life. Gliding …
The Lord of the Dance was always fanatically driven, practising for sixteen hours a day in his teens. His body now bears the damage of that era. But he still wants more. He discusses love, p…