204 stories by "Ryan Gilbey"
Riverside Studios, LondonSpattered with blood and brains, this blend of cabaret and cosplay brings together Quentin Tarantino's career highlights with flashes of divine inspiration
Children …
Theatre Royal, WindsorIan McKellen and Roger Allam star in a rambling but unabashed depiction of desire after middle-age
Walking their dogs on Hampstead Heath, the widowed Frank (Roger Allam…
As the two hard-loving herders from the 2005 Oscar-winner get back on their horses, the team behind a new musical version talk about fear, regret " and the tragic power of forbidden desire
T…
Park theatre, LondonDavid has cerebral palsy and is determined to lose his virginity using Grindr in Jon Bradfield's entertaining play
Any Grindr user faces a barrage of questions. Top or bo…
After 30 years, the standup star is now finally winning acting plaudits, for a 'tour de force' take on Dickens with sharper punchlines " and Hamlet is next
First names first. What does the a…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonDepicting the Rwandan radio station that spurred on genocide, this harrowing show raises a warning to be heeded today
In a brightly lit studio, three DJs (Diogè…
Marylebone theatre, LondonThe capacity to arrest our own destruction is central in Eugene O'Hare's stark look at a woman struggling to cope after the death of her teenage daughter
As The Dry…
Duke of York's theatre, LondonMaths, magic and Les Mis all feature in the entertaining musings of the Ted Lasso star's northern know-it-all
'Who's here 'cos of Ted Lasso?" grins Nick Mohamme…
Is chirruping dangerous? How many legs can you tap-dance with? And what have they all been smoking? As the SpongeBob SquarePants musical hits Britain, we dive down to Bikini Bottom
"Who live…
Ustinov Studio, BathRyan Craig's play stars Eve Ponsonby and Kris Marshall as a couple tearing themselves apart over cancel culture and other hot-button topics
Think male-female two-hander i…
Hackney Empire, LondonClive Rowe gives a masterly performance as he shapes the high jinks while wearing fabulous frocks in this infectiously funny panto
It's worth flocking to this triumphan…
Curve, LeicesterCatwalk-ready costumes, expressive puppetry and a knockabout cast make this a fun, if rather cluttered, production
Even without the ubiquitous Wicked, there is no shortage of…
Sixty-five years after his first rave reviews, the star of I, Claudius and Last Tango in Halifax is still drowning in work " and self-doubt. Can a man who won Ian McKellen's heart really see…
The actor discusses his new drama at the London film festival, being starstruck by Meryl Streep " and the best way to take environmental action
On the day that Mark Rylance video-calls from …
Riverside Studios, LondonAn overreliance on technology and a doomy score can't replace old-fashioned chemistry in this emotionless offering
Anhedonia is a condition that renders the sufferer…
With little plot and almost no dialogue, Playtime does not seem an obvious fit for theatre. Will the addition of songs by Martha Wainwright and Chilly Gonzales help?
Comedy doesn't get any m…
Riverside studios, LondonTwo men trying to spice up their marriage get stuck with their dom in a cosy comedy that's neither naughty nor revealing
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a pigeon?…
He blazed through the 90s, an explosive mix of hellraising laddishness and sheer comic talent. As the 68-year-old resurfaces in Rehab, a musical about a drug-addicted pop star, he hits the G…
Eventim Apollo, LondonKnight and Saunders are full-throated and bristling in the hit musical-from-a-film, with a sprawling cast and hip flasks aplenty
The plot of the 1992 comedy Sister Act …
Three years ago, the caustic comic had a fatal aortic dissection mid-show. Now a new documentary about the self-proclaimed 'most banned act in Britain' reveals a saga of booze and outrage
Wh…
Stage and screen actor hailed for his 1965 Hamlet at the RSC who went on to have a distinguished film and TV careerIt would be misleading to suggest that the actor David Warner, who has died…
Oscar Jenkyn-Jones was one of the wildest new talents in comedy. But he suddenly disappeared " and reinvented himself as a therapist instead. He explains the joys of swapping the fringe for …
Festival theatre, ChichesterEven-handed to a fault, Stephen Beresford's new comedy coasts by on sub-Alan Bennett humour and the odd eye-roll at wokeness. But its hero's stance on balloons be…
Park theatre, LondonCo-written by Hill and Steve Brown, this is a messy jamboree-bag of songs and silliness that pokes enjoyable fun at the messianic ex-PM
Harry Hill and Steve Brown's X Fac…
Minerva theatre, ChichesterMark Gatiss directs Reece Shearsmith in Moffat's cringe-tastic play that more than stands up next to the trio's celebrated TV work
Inside number nine on a west Lon…