A cat decided it was the main character during the final scene of a Romeo and Juliet performance by the Imperial Russian Ballet Company in Izmir, Turkey. The cat had a lie down, licked itsel…
From a Noh Othello that puts Desdemona centre stage to a requiem for a family killed in the Rwandan genocide, the theatre at this year’s festival gives voice to the marginalisedWhen Willem…
RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Danny Beard to step into Lily Savage’s heels in Jonathan Harvey’s playFew showbusiness careers begin in a towering blond beehive in the gay pubs of Vauxhall a…
The Standard of Living by James Graham traces economist’s influence on British politics and cultureAfter exploring the rise of Rupert Murdoch and the emergence of Gareth Southgate’s Engl…
Disruption during performance of Inter Alia comes weeks after Pike berated audience member for texting during playRosamund Pike kept her cool after a phone alarm in the front row interrupted…
Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, LondonPerformers representing the four seasons of life – and a wide range of styles – dance to a ravey remix of VivaldiIt was a great idea: a dance thro…
Theatr Clwyd, MoldEmily White’s lyrical, if contrived, play is based on a real coastal village whose residents are being made climate refugees by rising sea levelsIn 2014, residents of Fai…
This collection of ‘art meets theatre meets activism’ by more than 80 writers can feel overwhelming, writes our critic, but it devastatingly conveys the cumulative horror and anger of ab…
Royal Opera House, LondonProdigal son Paul Lightfoot returns with Sol León for their first performance by a British dance company. The result is impressively choreographed, if in need of mo…
Citizens theatre, GlasgowThe novel is adapted with equal parts wit and horror to capture the depravity of a notorious crime in GlasgowOn the bare brick wall backing Jen McGinley’s set – …
Most of us loved dancing when we were kids. I dip my toe in at Melbourne’s Rising festival and rediscover that simple, pure joyAs I wait for my first Cuban salsa class to begin, I have the…
How does a 100-year-old dance company face the 21st century? For Rambert’s Benoit Swan Pouffer the answer is combining innovation with popular adaptations such as the Brummie crime sagaOn …
What will life be like in 2034? Will kids surf in quarries – or live in the woods since they think Earth is hollow? We meet the film-maker behind Gener8ion, whose dark predictions have a h…
Luhrmann’s goofy and lovable film is reissued for generations who don’t know where TV’s Strictly Come Dancing got part of its nameGenerations who don’t know why TV’s Strictly Come …
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe company’s centenary celebration isn’t about nostalgia – this occasionally thrilling triple bill of recent creations showcases some excellent dancersBritain�…
The programme So Are We marks the first time a British company has performed the work of choreographers Sol León and Paul Lightfoot. Tristram Kenton took a first look at Covent Garden Conti…
In 1984, an unlikely coalition was formed between London LGBTQ+ campaigners and Welsh miners. Now their story, as told in the 2014 film Pride, is coming to the stage. The original demonstrat…
He’s the perfect comedian to cool down these incendiary times. As Philly Philly takes his Uh Oh standup show on tour, he talks about woke traps, lefty blindspots – and gen Z’s lurch to…
Plaque installed at actor’s former home in Pimlico, central London, where he lived from the age of five to 12Laurence Olivier has joined David Garrick, Henry Irving, Oscar Wilde and Noël …
Production fusing the band’s sixth album and Shakespeare’s masterpiece will open at the Barbican later this yearHamlet Hail to the Thief, an acclaimed stage production fusing Shakespeare…
Hampstead theatre, LondonJoshua Harmon studies his family’s fraught matriarchal relations in this thoughtful dramaIn an empathetic act of theatrical archivism, American playwright Joshua H…
Almeida theatre, LondonCarmen Nasr’s adaptation of the film set during the Iran-Iraq war is searing enough to feel like a 2026 livestreamReprimanded for wearing her headscarf too loosely, …
Upstairs at the Gatehouse, LondonTo help her digest the grief of her mother’s death, a woman conjures the celebrity cook in this show written by Emily Rose SimonsA musical about Nigella La…
Everyman theatre, LiverpoolJulia Cranney’s play illustrates complex processes as it explores one woman’s plans to start a family but it hops too quickly through her lifeAdoption and the …
The theatrical prequel to the Duffer Brothers’ smash-hit Netflix series is to shut down in the West End and on Broadway this winter, after selling more than 1.5m ticketsThe London and New …