Hammersmith Apollo, LondonThe sitcom star and Taskmaster stalwart is on commanding form as she embarks on Older Than Jesus, her first " and deeply daft " standup tour That staple realisation…
The sleeper hit film has been transformed into a Disney stage show. But does it let exploitative huckster PT Barnum off the hook? We go behind the scenes of its launch run in Bristol 'Ladi…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThis parody of courting rituals brings back its inaugural dancers 48 years on " ghosting their onstage choreography with footage of their younger selves, for a moving l…
Hampstead theatre, LondonMichael Frayn's cerebral drama of science and conscience returns with urgency " although this production struggles to ignite its emotional core Paapa Essiedu recentl…
It was the play that rocked a nation. The makers of the devastating drama, which transported theatre-goers from a Fife pub to a war zone, recall how it grew and grew Within six months of its…
Curve, LeicesterTwo prisoners escape their grim Buenos Aires jail into golden age fantasy sequences that elicit big belting showtunes from Anna-Jane Casey's baddie Kander and Ebb's early-90s…
Almeida theatre, LondonAnya Reiss packs the marriage scandal plot with inspired ideas, from convincing talk of Instagram to a look at sexual dynamics in the crosshairs of contemporary capita…
Dancer with Ballet Rambert who later worked as a model and performed in musicals for the Royal Shakespeare Company Keith Hodiak, who has died aged 75, danced with Ballet Rambert from 1972 un…
Melbourne international comedy festivalA show about coming to terms with the fact that you might not have children, delivered with a deadpan humour that feels specifically Australian Get our…
The standup on playing a beaver in Zootropolis 2, being inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger and why her mother is a great source of comedy What is the best advice you've ever been given?I used…
Southwark Playhouse Borough, LondonThe songs soar and blast in this inventive tale of a toxic romance " though it needs a few tweaks to be truly brilliant The scope and ambition of this dark…
New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeA residents' association fights to save its housing in Bob Eaton's jolly slice of social history, with a live band belting out the songs At some point in…
Winter Garden Theatre, New YorkArthur Miller's 1949 autopsy of the American dream finds new urgency in a stripped-back production Somewhere in New York, in the middle of the night, a tired m…
The artist will follow in the footsteps of Ariana DeBose, Cynthia Erivo and Kevin Spacey this June The Tony awards have turned to a singer with a reputation for a high-energy, physical live …
The brassy actor's performance in Death of a Salesman is the crown jewel in a life spent on stage. He says it could be his last Broadway role "It's, like, 10 minutes. I pee, I have a cup of …
Broadhurst Theatre, New York After a disastrous 2019 movie, Andrew Lloyd Webber's easily ridiculed 80s smash hit has now been transformed into something thrillingly new One criticism lobbied…
Hayes Theater, New YorkEhrenreich is electric alongside The Pitt's Patrick Ball in this very 2008 send-up of fallout from one disastrous blind date You'd be hard-pressed to find a more relat…
Director and producer is co-creator of You Are Here, a one-day immersive theatrical event traversing 75 years of youth culture Out of chaos come great cultural movements, according to the di…
Character actor of energetic comic brilliance, notably as Falstaff at the RSC and in Alan Bennett's The History Boys The character actor Desmond Barrit, who has died aged 81, was renow…
In these turbulent times, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui has never been more vital, and returns to the stage starring the Sherlock star and with music by the alt-rockers. But, they say, th…
Dorfman theatre, LondonComedy infuses Winsome Pinnock's disarming but ebullient drama about two Black academics who are given the job of authenticating the diaries of an enslaver You don't i…
Dundee RepCumming and Forbes Masson revive their cult 1994 TV sitcom with brilliant songs and a Beano-esque plot as budget Air Scotia is threatened with takeover If someone tells you this mu…
Watermill theatre, NewburyScreenwriter Daisy Goodwin imagines the old queen revisiting her diaries and reveals a tale of control and coercion behind Albert's dutiful devotion When screenwrit…
After years of skits and Shakespeare, the Black Country performer has found his biggest audience yet on Saturday Night Live UK. Phil Wang and others hail his 'pure comedic instinct' A cast o…
The great Shakespearean shares his passion project, there's a sneak peek of Sam Ryder's Jesus Christ Superstar and Back to the Future: The Musical hits reverse When stages went dark during t…