As You Like It / Hamlet, Shakespeare's Globe, London, review: There's a lot of imaginative freedom to Michelle Terry's double-bill by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

As You Like It is gloriously oddball, but Hamlet falls a bit flat by comparison

SOURCE: The Independent at 9:12am on May 18, 2018☆⚑

Swan Lake, Royal Opera House, London, review: A high stakes new production pays off by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

A new Swan Lake is a once-in-a-generation thing " and Liam Scarlett's starry and spectacular staging proves suitably grand

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:04am on May 18, 2018☆⚑

Audience etiquette: The dos and don'ts of theatre, concert and cinema viewing by David Lister, David Lister

There's clearly an ideological struggle going on between respect for the sanctity of the text and the profits that can be made from a noisy snack

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:12pm on May 17, 2018☆⚑

Ruthie Ann Miles: Broadway star who lost daughter in fatal car crash loses unborn child two months later by Ilana Kaplan, Ilana Kaplan

Miller was due to have a baby girl this month

SOURCE: The Independent at 11:24am on May 17, 2018☆⚑

Elizabeth, Barbican, London, review: A magnificent central performance but a trivial view of its subject by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

Zenaida Yanowsky is superb as the Tudor queen in Will Tuckett's dance drama, but the work struggles to look beyond her relationship with men

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:06am on May 17, 2018☆⚑

Jane Eyre, Sadler's Wells, London, review: Catches the fierceness of one of literature's angriest heroines by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

Nevermind Rochester and romance: Northern Ballet's staging sees Jane step into the spotlight as her own woman

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:04am on May 16, 2018☆⚑

Red, Wyndham's Theatre, London, review: Alfred Molina plays Mark Rothko in a phenomenal production of a flawed play by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Michael Grandage revisits John Logan's play about the creation of the Abstract Expressionist's monumental Seagram murals

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:48am on May 16, 2018☆⚑

Guleraana Mir: The Coconut playwright on why she had to write about inter-cultural dating by Guleraana Mir, Guleraana Mir

As a British-Pakistani non-practicing Muslim, finding love wasn't always easy for Guleraana Mir. Now, she's determined that we need to hear more stories like hers

SOURCE: The Independent at 1:33pm on May 15, 2018☆⚑

The Greatest Showman heading to broadway by Jack Shepherd, Jack Shepherd

Hugh Jackman has previously spoken about a live version of the film

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:06am on May 15, 2018☆⚑

Crave, Barbican, London, review: Dance version of Sarah Kane's play is coolly abstract by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

The overlap of dance and theatre is uneven Julie Cunningham & Company's staging of the playwright's bleak text

SOURCE: The Independent at 9:04am on May 14, 2018☆⚑

Hamlet, thy name is woman: Why Michelle Terry's Globe is staging post-gender Shakespeare by Natasha Tripney, Natasha Tripney

All parts are cross-cast in Globe's ensemble, non-hierarchical productions of 'Hamlet' and 'As You Like It'

SOURCE: The Independent at 9:04am on May 14, 2018☆⚑

Describe the Night, Hampstead Theatre, London, review: Not for folk who like to leave their brains in the cloakroom by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Rajiv Jospeh has written a massively ambitious play that hops back and forth across a century of Russian history

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:54am on May 11, 2018☆⚑

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Sadler's Wells, London, review: Lin Hwai-Min's farewell has a new urgency by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

Combining contemporary dance, qi gong, martial arts and calligraphy, this Taiwanese dance company explore the colonial history of their island

SOURCE: The Independent at 4:36am on May 11, 2018☆⚑

The Old Vic at 200: Celebrating the theatre's golden legacy by David Lister, David Lister

On the bicentenary of the Old Vic, David Lister looks back at the theatre's golden age, inspired by Laurence Olivier's Othello performance and its later rebirth under Kevin Spacey

SOURCE: The Independent at 1:24pm on May 10, 2018☆⚑

The Old Vic at 200: Eight seminal productions that defined the legendary London theatre by Joe Sommerlad, Joe Sommerlad

The great stage celebrating its bicentenary has played host to some phenomenal performers and many an extraordinary night

SOURCE: The Independent at 1:24pm on May 10, 2018☆⚑

Mean Girls musical: Tina Fey is finally making 'fetch' happen by Ilana Kaplan, Ilana Kaplan

The actress-comedienne brings The Plastics into 2018

SOURCE: The Independent at 1:24pm on May 10, 2018☆⚑

Life and Fate, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, review: Maly Drama Theatre stage 'the 20th century's War and Peace' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The renowned Russian theatre company adapt Vasily Grossman's epic 1960 novel, which was suppressed by the KGB

SOURCE: The Independent at 6:54am on May 10, 2018☆⚑

Nightfall, Bridge Theatre, London, review: Barney Norris's special sensitivity is lost on such a large stage by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

This play about grief, rural decay, and a struggling farm in Hampshire cries out for the intimacy of a studio environment

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:04am on May 9, 2018☆⚑

Show, Hofesh Shecter Company, Lyric Hammersmith, London, review: Murderous clowns and insistent beats by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

Eight dancers move in unison before killing each other in stylised gesture, carried along by Hofesh Shecter's driving score

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:04am on May 9, 2018☆⚑

The Troth, Southbank Centre, London, review: Pays tribute to 60,000 Indian soldiers who died in WWI by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

Based on Chandradhar Sharma Guleri's celebrated Hindi short story 'Usne Kaha Tha', Akademi performed The Troth as part of the Alchemy festival

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:54am on May 8, 2018☆⚑

Breakin' Convention, Sadler's Wells, London, review: The hip hop dance festival breaks new ground by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the festival launched into live music, a joyful collaboration with musicians from Jazz re:freshed

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:54am on May 8, 2018☆⚑

The Muppets' Beaker tells all in exclusive interview: 'Meep meep mo mo moo' by Clarisse Loughrey, Clarisse Loughrey

'Mee mee. Mo mee meep meep. Mee mee mee. Mo meep meep meep'

SOURCE: The Independent at 12:06pm on May 4, 2018☆⚑

An Ideal Husband, Vaudeville Theatre, London, review: Edward and Freddie Fox create a delicious double act by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Oscar Wilde's comedy gets a shrewd, enjoyable revival from Jonathan Church

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:48am on May 4, 2018☆⚑

Mood Music, Old Vic, London, review: Joe Penhall's forceful play explores the relationship between commercialism and creativity by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

A young female recording artist wrangles with an older male producer

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:42am on May 3, 2018☆⚑

Chess, Coliseum, review, London: It's impossible to take this show as seriously as it takes itself by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

This new production of the Eighties musical by Tim Rice and ABBA's Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus is overblown and messy

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:36am on May 2, 2018☆⚑