The Pulitzer-winning show about gender-fluid bohemians in a time of pandemic is back. As Rent hits Manchester, the original cast remember its barrierbusting magic " and its tragic, visionary…
Is performing for young audiences easier? Far from it say the comedians who do clubs at night and CBBC shows by day What do standup comics do in the daytime? A glance at television schedules…
Lily Savage, The League of Gentlemen, Fleabag and a host of telly sensations started out on tiny stages at the extravaganza. In its absence, who will be next? Paul O'Grady's first night at t…
Acclaimed actor whose dazzling career included memorable roles in Alien, Chariots of Fire and The Lord of the Rings Ian Holm, who has died aged 88, was a brilliant actor in all media whose c…
Sidi's new online soap opera brings all the overheated thrills of Mexican telenovelas to the home counties If a Mexican TV company set a Spanish-language soap opera in a bland British town, …
Riverside Studios, LondonAlice Krige's commanding presence can't ignite this stark adaptation, which suffers from needless narrator interjections Ingmar Bergman adaptations have provided a s…
His influence is everywhere " but is the great, groundbreaking comedian being forgotten? Twenty-five years after his death, we reassess his impact The reports of Peter Cook's death on 9 Jan…
London PalladiumJulian Clary, Paul O'Grady and Matt Baker vamp it up in this big-budget extravaganza yet it's a case of double the entendres and half the story Now in its fourth year, the Lo…
They revel in filth and have names like Sinderella and Jack Off the Beanstalk. But is there more to X-rated panto than gross-out gags? Panto season is under way and Pinocchio is on stage in …
He's the musicals maestro who's now starring in everything from Joker to Gemini Man. He reveals how he went from working men's clubs to Hollywood " via a Pinteresque spell in theatre There's…
He's been a blissful Bottom in Nick Hytner's Dream and triumphed with the breakneck Barber Shop Chronicles. Now the rising actor is in a 50s political drama that chimes with today's rise of …
He dresses like a New Romantic and played Johnny Marr and Danny Baker. Now the rising Welshman is taking on his most painful role yet On my way to interview Laurie Kynaston, who is about to …
The procedure left the comedian with sexual anxiety " and a tell-all show at the Edinburgh festival Journalistic etiquette decrees that any delicate questions are usually saved until near th…
How do actors cope with having their defining line shouted at them in the streets " for decades? Richard Wilson, Maureen Lipman and Tony Robinson tell all When it happens to Richard Wilson, …
Her revelations about Harvey Weinstein sparked #MeToo. Now, as the disgraced mogul's trial approaches, the actor is back with an Edinburgh show Sometimes Rose McGowan can say his name, and s…
After the smart-aleck sitcom Community and the outrageous Hangover movies, the rude and raging comedian is returning to standup Rage, mania and disinhibition are the common factors in Ken Je…
Assembly Hall theatre, Tunbridge WellsThere may be a weary air to some of the obligatory scripted smut, but Clary's affectionate put-downs remain acutely calibrated A week shy of his 60th b…
Combining TED talk and party, the comic's gigs challenge sexism and body-shaming. Now she's riffing on Mary Magdalene, singing Cher to Richard Curtis " and hoping viewers watch again and aga…
The story of a sound engineer recording effects for an Italian horror film is coming to the Donmar Warehouse. It's not a gorefest, say its director and writerThe first thing you see when you…
She wrote, directed and starred in prickly comedies that put power in women's hands. But she did not see her greatest success. As Waitress hits the stage, stars remember an explosive talent'…
From Freddie Mercury to Queen Anne, awards season is set to be dominated by queer characters played by non-LGBT performers. So is this sexuality's equivalent of blackface " or is it simply a…
After the 'attacks', tabloid fear-mongering and a devastating horror film, clowns were meant to be all clapped out " with pirates and princesses muscling in. So why is business booming?Don't…
London PalladiumRollerskating snowmen, a hydraulic dragon, a Strictly duo and Nigel Havers are among the attractions in this variety pantoWith Snow White, Julian Clary enters his third conse…
Trailblazing comic, Oscar-nominated writer and acting sensation Elaine May is back on Broadway. Nathan Lane, Cybill Shepherd and others reveal what makes her tickThe very idea ought to be mi…
His films tackled paedophilia, abortion and deadly dachshunds. In his debut play, the barbed laureate of US cinema explores the race and class dynamics of childcare. But his own nanny isn't …