Actor Cherrelle Skeete wept with joy when she read Temi Wilkey's debut play, which explores queerness and homophobia in the black community When Cherrelle Skeete read The High Table, she was…
Albert Square's bad boy was told leaving would end his career. But he has no regrets. He relives his journey from Bugsy Malone to existential Cormac McCarthy play Gary Beadle fell in love wi…
The last 10 years have seen a boom for black British playwrights, actors, artistic directors and others in the industry. What has changed on and off stage " and what's next? I left drama sch…
Jackie Sibblies Drury thinks her acclaimed play, and the stereotypes it presents, will soon go out of date. As it comes to the Young Vic, she and director Nadia Latif explain why Playwright …
The fast-rising director talks about staging Maxim Gorky's Vassa with a last-minute lead, her passion for musicals and the joy of brain-digging in rehearsals When I meet the director Tinuke …
The writer and director of We Anchor in Hope sink a few pints and discuss memory, community and what unites pubs with the theatre In the three years since an underground car park in London, …
The in-demand actor, writer and director talks about staging The Last King of Scotland, representing inner-city London and what he learned from Millwall supporters When the actor, writer an…
Soon to star in the Game of Thrones prequel, the Olivier-winning actor presents Anguis at the Edinburgh fringe 'The last thing I did in any kind of creative-writing capacity would have been …
The actor celebrates all big events in his life by wrapping his arms round a sturdy trunk. With the help of director Kwame Kwei-Armah, he has turned his obsession into a show Idris Elba has …
Jessie Cave's intimate standup, a beatbox Frankenstein and a twist on the star-crossed lovers are among the Edinburgh shows we've previously reviewed. Here's what we said … Pleasance Court…
The director takes about hearing The Glass Menagerie differently " and recalls the day he realised he had to do more than act His career has spanned more than three decades, but Femi Elufowo…
The playwright captured an entire century of black American experience. His widow Constanza Romero explains how she shares his message, as gritty play King Hedley II returns to the stage 'It…
Gina Moffatt's remarkable story inspired Emma Dennis-Edwards to write Funeral Flowers, a hit at last year's Edinburgh fringe. Now, the story has come full circle back to north London Three y…
In his dance-theatre solo about a young working-class man, Lanre Malaolu draws on his own experiences with depression A couple of years ago, the actor and choreographer Lanre Malaolu was cre…
When someone threw a burger at Travis Alabanza, the trans performer turned it into a hit show. Next goal? Playing Juliet Trans people are said to be "obsessed with pronouns", Travis Alabanza…
Can you do jokes about terminal illness and mourning? The team behind a 'big, soppy hug of a show' think soIt's not uncommon in theatre to see an actor dying on stage. But how often do we ge…
Fuelled by passion and outrage, the playwright and director is shaking up theatre with works about Windrush to an all-women-of-colour Richard II " and now she's taking over the Bush in Londo…
Smash hits by black British playwrights were few and far between. Now Arinzé Kene and Natasha Gordon have work in the West End " and they're changing the audiences too In 1957, Moon on a Ra…
Theatre 503, LondonAlison Carr's tight three-hander, set in a seaside B&B, examines the relationship of a woman who has had a stroke and the daughter who cares for herSixty-something Mae…
Assembly Rooms, EdinburghThis feminist fantasy about women worldwide suddenly growing vastly bigger and stronger than men is uneven but eloquent about power dynamicsWhat would happen if ever…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghA beaver disturbs the budding rapport between two neighbours in Jean Ann Douglass's surreal and wonderfully written dramaDora and Ronnie live side by side in Rho…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghNouveau Riché's pared-back piece has insight, power and beautiful a cappella singingWhat makes theatre? Words, of course, but sometimes plays are wordless. Stag…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghEndearing storytelling carries the day in Alissa Anne Jeun Yi's show, combining standup, poetry and rapAlissa Anne Jeun Yi's flyers call her Edinburgh fringe deb…
Zoo Southside, EdinburghThrough song, dance and costume, Neema Bickersteth brings to life a wealth of characters with incredible energyThis Canadian import at the Edinburgh fringe from Volca…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghCamilla Whitehill and Strictly Arts explore institutional racism and mental healthcare in a fast-paced hourIn Freeman's first five minutes, six figures on stage…