The Secret Garden: Musical to return to Broadway by Ilana Kaplan, Ilana Kaplan

This is a pleasant surprise

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:23pm on February 12, 2018☆⚑

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch - Viktor, Sadler's Wells, London, review: Well over three hours " and sometimes gruelling by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

Pina Bausch's 'Viktor' is inspired by the city of Rome and is the first of her large-scale works responding to locations from Hong Kong to Brazil

SOURCE: The Independent at 11:17am on February 12, 2018☆⚑

The Captive Queen, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London, review: Daringly conceived, but a touch undercooked in its execution by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Barrie Rutter's swansong as artistic director of Northern Broadsides is a re-imagining of John Dryden's 1675 tragedy 'Aureng-zebe'

SOURCE: The Independent at 9:56am on February 12, 2018☆⚑

Gundog, Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court, London, review: Finely acted and beautifully paced by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Simon Logan's debut Royal Court play, directed by Vicky Featherstone, about two sisters fighting for survival on a rural farm, shows him to be a playwright of distinct promise

SOURCE: The Independent at 9:34am on February 8, 2018☆⚑

Long Day's Journey into Night, Wyndham's Theatre, London, review: Shatteringly good by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville star in Richard Eyre's revival - an unmissable masterpiece

SOURCE: The Independent at 1:13pm on February 7, 2018☆⚑

Booby's Bay, Finsborough Theatre review: Key central issues are drowned by scandals galore by Emma Henderson, Emma Henderson

A platform to really get to grips with one of Cornwall's most important issues - the housing crisis caused by empty second homes - loses it way

SOURCE: The Independent at 11:33am on February 6, 2018☆⚑

Sampled, Sadler's Wells, London, review: A pick'n'mix selection of dance by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

Sadler's Wells' introduction to dance includes Birmingham Royal Ballet performing Alexander Whitley's new work 'Kin.', hip hop dance form of French b-boy crew Yeah Y…

SOURCE: The Independent at 12:24pm on February 5, 2018☆⚑

Henri Michaux, Guggenheim Bilbao, review: We see only part of Michaux's greatness by Michael Glover, Michael Glover

This show brings together about 230 of the artist's visual works - including drawings made under the influence of mescalin and other drugs in the 1960s, documents and personal objects

SOURCE: The Independent at 11:13am on February 5, 2018☆⚑

Dry Powder, Hampstead Theatre, London, review: A razor-sharp comedy by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Hayley Atwell takes a glorious relish in conveying the conscience-free capitalist zealotry of Jenny in Sarah Burgess's comedy set in the cut-throat world of high-finance

SOURCE: The Independent at 9:39am on February 5, 2018☆⚑

Eugenius!, The Other Palace, London , review: The show has a rollicking spirit by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The superhero musical, driven by a catchy Eighties-inspired score, which includes Mark Hamill of 'Star Wars' fame amusingly voicing a robot, will plant a smile of your face

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:50am on February 2, 2018☆⚑

Jakop Ahlbom Company, Peacock Theatre, London, review: A distinctive sense of atmosphere by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

Following the hit 'Horror', Ahlbom returns with his mix of surreal slapstick and acrobatics, this time inspired by Buster Keaton's 1920 silent film 'The Scarecrow'

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:07am on February 2, 2018☆⚑

Why are stories by or about queer women ghettoized as 'lesbian' or 'feminist'? by Jen Silverman, Jen Silverman

As the award-winning American playwright Jen Silverman's unapologetically queer and female play 'Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties' arrives in the UK, she looks at how g…

SOURCE: The Independent at 9:46am on January 31, 2018☆⚑

Julius Caesar, The Bridge Theatre, London, review: Ben Whishaw is excellent as Brutus by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Nicholas Hytner proves again that Shakespeare's plays can be powerfully pertinent for today with this modern-day promenade production of 'Julius Caesar' which stars Whishaw an…

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:17am on January 31, 2018☆⚑

The Brothers Size, Young Vic, London, review: Shares similar preoccupations with Tarell Alvin McCraney's film 'Moonlight' by Kaleem Aftab, Kaleem Aftab

From the writer of 'Moonlight', the 2017 Academy Award winner for Best Picture, this revival of his first play, is about two African-American brothers who reconnect after a spell i…

SOURCE: The Independent at 6:30am on January 31, 2018☆⚑

Mother, Barbican Theatre, London, review: A brilliant mix of naturalistic observation and weirdness by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

Part of the London International Mime Festival, 'Mother' is a strange exploration of motherhood and loss, with a cast of singers, dancers and contortionists

SOURCE: The Independent at 6:47am on January 29, 2018☆⚑

John, National Theatre, London, review: Quirkily funny and disquieting by ,

A haunting new play by Annie Baker, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning 'The Flick' was a hit at the National in 2016

SOURCE: The Independent at 1:39pm on January 25, 2018☆⚑

Lady Windermere's Fan, Vaudeville Theatre, London, review: Jennifer Saunders is inspired casting by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Kathy Burke directs the second play of Oscar Wilde's work that Dominic Dromgoole's new company Classic Spring is bringing to the West End

SOURCE: The Independent at 6:53am on January 24, 2018☆⚑

Woman Before a Glass, Jermyn Street Theatre, London, review: Judy Rosenblatt captures the shafts of loneliness and pathos beautifully by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

This one-woman show about the great art collector Peggy Guggenheim, who loved art and sex in about equal measure, is part of Jermyn Street Theatre's Scandal season

SOURCE: The Independent at 12:04pm on January 22, 2018☆⚑

Lin-Manuel Miranda released music video for Hamilton Mixtape single 'Wrote My Way Out' by Ilana Kaplan, Ilana Kaplan

Hamilton's popularity won't be disappearing anytime soon

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:38pm on January 19, 2018☆⚑

The Birthday Party, Harold Pinter Theatre, London, review: Zoe Wanamaker and Peter Wight are superb by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

This starry, meticulous, beautifully considered revival demonstrates the play's undiminished power to disconcert

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:26am on January 19, 2018☆⚑

Royal Shakespeare Company's co-founder John Barton, dies aged 89 by Sam Blewett, Sam Blewett

'The names William Shakespeare and John Barton will be for me forever united'

SOURCE: The Independent at 6:55pm on January 18, 2018☆⚑

Le Jeune Homme et la Mort/ La Sylphide, English National Ballet, London Coliseum, review: Ivan Vasiliev is very starry guest for this ballet by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

Roland Petit's 'Le Jeune Homme et La Mort' stars Tamara Rojo's as Death who takes pleasure in tormenting Vasiliev's self-destructive artist

SOURCE: The Independent at 9:35am on January 18, 2018☆⚑

All's Well That Ends Well, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London, review: You look at 'All's Well' with new eyes by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Caroline Byrne's compelling interpretation of Shakespeare's play is set in the candlelit intimacy of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

SOURCE: The Independent at 6:33am on January 18, 2018☆⚑

Resolution, The Place, London, review: Part of Britain's dance ecosystem by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

The UK's biggest dance festival for emerging talent includes 81 artists who will perform original works for The Place stage

SOURCE: The Independent at 12:00pm on January 15, 2018☆⚑

Strangers in Between, Trafalgar Studios, London, review: Adam Spreadbury-Maher's beautifully cast production well deserves this transfer by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The Australian playwright Tommy Murphy's witty coming-of-age play explores the highs and lows of growing up gay in modern Australia

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:02am on January 15, 2018☆⚑