Minerva theatre, ChichesterA stressed out community choir rehearse pop hits ahead of a TV appearance in this uncharacteristically feelgood comedy from the usually hard-hitting Bhatti Playwri…
Manchester Opera HouseThirty years after its release, the Bollywood blockbuster is back, this time on stage with a multiracial take on the diaspora tale On its release in 1995, Bollywood blo…
Rose Theatre, LondonDidactic two-hander sees trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe face down racism with song as she tours the segregated US south with her fawning protege With her coffee table-…
The 'class clown' from the racy BBC sitcom discusses his return to the stage, the draw of the dark side and preparing his parents to see him in 'full bum' nudity on screen For the past five …
The Pit, Barbican, London Finn Beames and Company's show is overwrought but features a fine performance from Oscar-nominated actor Ruth Negga, playing a queer boy struggling to fit in A stri…
Victoria Zaragoza-Martinez was retired, with little to do except hate the miserable British winter. At 71, she decided to bring some Latin warmth into her life Victoria Zaragoza-Martinez was…
The east Londoner won a Bafta for her performance as the teenage lead in Sarah Gavron's hit 2019 film. Now, on the eve of three new stage and screen projects, she talks about her whirlwind f…
Goodness Gracious Me made him a household name. Now The Sandman could bring international stardom. He talks about the bullies who tried to keep him down " and life as a reluctant role model …
Olivier award-winner Simon Hale on the thrill of orchestrating two legends' tracks on Get Up, Stand Up! and Girl from the North Country It's not often you get the green light from Bob Dylan …
Brixton House, LondonThis uneven but refreshing debut by Waleed Akhtar is inspired by the rise and fall of Afghanistan's first pop TV show Early 00s pop TV was fertile ground for hyperactive…
Having written about sex tapes and the Delhi bus gang-rape, Anupama Chandrasekhar is tackling Nathuram Godse, the gunman who was raised as a girl " and is now a hero to Hindu nationalists 'S…
The two-times Tony nominee is about to portray Jean-Michel Basquiat alongside Paul Bettany's Warhol. 'We're digging deep and getting to the heart of their relationship,' he says When Andy Wa…
From first kisses to lockdown days, a cast of disabled and non-disabled performers lay their personal lives on the line in a moving new show, Human On a bare black stage, Jonny Leitch is rem…
New albums, new TV series, and actual live shows " the culture taps might have run dry during the pandemic, but this autumn they are switching on again at last. Our critics give their pick o…
Writers and artists including RóisÃn Murphy, Tiffany Calver and Sigala on the art that transports them to the dancefloor during lockdown There have been many notable nightclubs in film…
The Mischief Theatre Company has a flourishing stage and TV franchise, with a second Christmas special on the way. The trio discuss how difficult it is making mistakes go right "There's noth…
For his new Channel 4 documentary, Khan " a dancer and choreographer for more than 30 years " trained with three fighters as he explored his relationship with violence 'I've never felt so in…
A new drama " The Endz " will see pupils from Harris Academy Peckham collaborating with The Multi-Story Orchestra to give a voice to victims of knife crime It is three hours after the end of…
The Bollywood hit has been remade for the stage. Its tunes are beautiful but this is a missed opportunity to reimagine an antiquated story Even by the standards of Bollywood sagas, Umrao Jaa…
The giant housing estate has seen highs and endured lows, as captured in the new show Standing at the Sky's Edge, which has impressed those who know the place best Residents of Sheffield's P…
Best known as the acerbic Sister Michael in Channel 4's Derry Girls, the Irish actor is set to take on another comic role in Rory Mullarkey's Pity at the Royal CourtSiobhan McSweeney was bor…