After surviving the whirlwind of Doctor Who, the actor returns to the stage in 'horny Elizabethan drama' Born With Teeth. He and co-star Edward Bluemel discuss bust lips, hot pants and queer…
Soho theatre, LondonThere is crackling chemistry in Harrison David Rivers' two-hander starring Omari Douglas and Alexander Lincoln There are never just two people in a room, or two voices in…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonSamira Wiley is superb as a corset-maker who embroiders dreams for herself and others in Lynette Linton's tremendous production Lynn Nottage's 2003 play explores what…
Theatr Clwyd, Mold Performed and designed with gusto, Jonathan Larson's zippy musical about creative passion is a fitting show to relaunch this cherished Welsh stage How do you relaunch a ch…
Southwark Playhouse, London A droll Dionysos, an ab-obsessed himbo and a waddling ballet for goggle-clad frogs can't outshine Sondheim's songs in this rarely seen version of the ancient Gree…
He created the iconic Phantom of the Opera mask, made Daniel Radcliffe go topless and even had his Führer design banned on the tube. Theatreland's go-to graphic artist Bob King talks us thr…
She had just finished working with Steve McQueen and was starting on the Stranger Things stage show when she had a stroke. But the movement director is determined to come back stronger The m…
OVO Arena, Wembley, LondonThis highlight reel of totemic routines interspersed with some dazzling cast numbers showcases the couple's former greatness and timeless elegance A painfully mirth…
Ustinov, BathIn an emphatic production that prowls around the mess of human motive, Peake's Sister Aloysius doggedly pursues a suspicion of abuse John Patrick Shanley's play first appeared i…
Barbican, London Katsiaryna Snytsina gives a merrily messy account, complete with deft displays of her ball skills, of being driven from sport into politics In this new piece by Belarus Free…
The Old Vic, LondonRami Malek's outsider vibes enliven seamy, superb new staging of Sophocles' family tragedy Dance in Greek tragedy " why not? The ancient Athenians did it, their choruses a…
Hampstead theatre, LondonThe quicksilver actor is a vocal glory as the poet and classicist AE Housman looking back at his younger, tormented self in Tom Stoppard's play A man arrives at the …
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonJohn Douglas Thomas and Juliet Rylance reprise their New York roles as Othello and Desdemona, while Will Keen is all gripe and snipe as shaven-h…
Marylebone theatre, LondonTwo couples have a sour reunion in Patrick Marber's production of Nathan Englander's play, updated from his 2011 short story to include events after 7 October Natha…
New Diorama theatre, LondonSisters navigating a harsh immigration process conjure up an unnerving helper in Sonali Bhattacharyya's drama Sonali Bhattacharyya's shivery new play begins with a…
@sohoplace, LondonNassim Soleimanpour's experiment in live theatre has a different performer discover the script for the first time each night " but Sheen is especially well suited to its mi…
American ballerina who defied the odds of her early childhood in wartorn Sierra Leone to perform with top dance companies This was the making of a ballerina. "When I was four years old, a ma…
Kiln theatre, London A familiar romcom isn't an option for these two young British Muslims, who can't shut out Islamophobia and public paranoia from their love story The title? It's a sandwi…
Where does the National send up-and-coming playwrights to have their ideas honed, pulled apart, rebuilt " and turned into dramatic dynamite? Our writer is granted rare access to the hallowed…
Holloway Garden theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonGender games, rebirth and affection remain in this 80-minute slash of the Shakespeare romcom, which is stylish but short on invention You expect g…
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonClive Rowe and Lucie Jones star in Schwartz and Joseph Stein's tale of a French bakery, given a chamber setting Life should be sweet as our asparagus and apri…
Finborough theatre, LondonThe last surviving member of a military band shelters from Russian bombardment in Inna Goncharova's valiant attempt to capture the terrible essence of war As the pl…
Southwark Playhouse Elephant, LondonSoulful anthems with hard-knock lyrics cover 150 years of British care system history in a sophisticated show from Lung theatre company We're a long way f…
Barbican, London Cole Porter's musical variation on The Taming of the Shrew gets an exhilarating revival, even if the Line of Duty star's singing is less than sensational Cole Por…
Huge audiences and even larger livestreams are putting a whole new type of pressure on dancers. Yasmine Haghdi, principal of the Royal Ballet, tell us how Britt Tajet-Foxell fixed more than …