Alt-rockers will score Hitler allegory The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, with Mark Gatiss in the title role Alt-rockers Placebo are set to collaborate with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC…
Singer told Jimmy Fallon that 'the ink is not dry' on a deal but the prospect of a stage version of her critically acclaimed album was 'very exciting' Lily Allen has said she is in discussio…
Elvis Costello songs to feature in play by Girl from the North Country's Conor McPherson, directed by Rupert Goold at Almeida theatre London's Almeida theatre has announced a stage adaptatio…
Drumsheds, a venture from Printworks company Broadwick, will preserve industrial elements of the 608,000 sq ft space It once played host to the sound of staff announcements, bored children a…
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…
With theatre and dance scaled back, music dominates, including concerts from Simon Rattle, Damon Albarn, Nicola Benedetti and Laura Mvula After a year away because of Covid-19, the Edinburgh…
Florence + the Machine singer will collaborate with musician Thomas Bartlett and Pulitzer-winning playwright Martyna Majok on stage production Florence Welch, frontwoman of Florence + the Ma…
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…
We asked arts workers for their stories of how the lockdown is affecting their livelihoods. Here are their responses Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage This week…
Agent confirms death of comedian-songwriter who co-founded the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and wrote for Monty Python Neil Innes, the comedian and songwriter known for spoof Beatles band the Rutl…
Former Beatle is to write songs for Frank Capra's 'universal story', working with Lee Hall, author of Billy Elliot He has written perhaps the greatest canon of pop music, collaborated with …
Actor to perform hits from musicals including The Greatest Showman and Les Misérables across Europe and North AmericaHugh Jackman has announced a live tour that will see him perform songs f…
Bec Hill's Sudoku joke wins competition to mark WaterAid's World Toilet Day, beating gags by John Cooper Clarke, Lucy Porter and Tim Key' Brian Logan on comedy snobs' Adrienne Truscott: the …
Jon Bon Jovi's key change killer, Gemma Arterton's weep-off with Glenn Close, the weirdest thing that ever happened to Harry Shearer … here are the highlights of 2016's culture webchatsHav…
Critics have filed their reviews of the first Potter stage play, and they're universally positive Related: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: the West End extravaganza " in pictures With the…
The musical take on The Man Who Fell to Earth, starring Michael C Hall and directed by Ivo van Hove, comes to London following a strong New York debutFollowing a well-received run in New Yor…
The Scottish comedian brings his High Horse tour to the capital in January 2016, following stints in Scotland and CanadaUnbowed by prostate cancer and Parkinson's disease, Billy Connolly is …
Ian McKellen, Sigourney Weaver, Ruby Wax, Stephen Poliakoff, Richard Wilson and others remember a peerless actor and friendAlan was perhaps our most distinctive and unique stage and film per…
Heckler is upbraided with c-word during performance of The Patriotic Traitor at the Park theatre in LondonThe actor Laurence Fox, best known for his longstanding role in crime drama Lewis, s…
The film's screenwriter and songwriters have signed up to adapt the Disney sensation, with a TV special also announced for 2017After $1.2bn in ticket sales and truckloads of DVDs " as well a…
The standup comedian and star of Trainwreck says she is 'literally going to take a polygraph test' after being accused of copying material by Patrice O'Neal and othersThe comedian Amy Schume…
From DiCaprio's astonishing The Revenant to "tea and catastrophe" with Caryl Churchill and the Comic Strip's take on the phone-hacking scandal, here are this week's cultural highlightsFILMTh…
Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Helen Mirren among those remembering the giant of movies and theatre " known best to many as Professor Snape in Harry Potter " …
Ian McKellen, Sigourney Weaver, Ruby Wax, Stephen Poliakoff, Richard Wilson and others remember a peerless actor and friendAlan was perhaps our most distinctive and unique stage and film per…
From Tarantino's unholy fusion of Agatha Christie and Reservoir Dogs, to the chart-storming Maccabees and return of Tracey Ullman, here are this week's cultural highlightsFILMThe Hateful Eig…