The creators and stars of Slam Frank on their off-Broadway production - which reimagines the Holocaust victim as a pansexual rapperIt’s difficult to not invoke the term “woke” when dis…
Sadler’s Wells, LondonA trio of dances taking influence from Stravinsky, tap and William Blake’s poetry combine with powerful performances exuding showmanshipDamn, there was some amazing…
Kiln theatre, LondonMarisha Wallace and Jamael Westman play exes who reconvene over dinner in Douglas Lyons’ sparky old-school charmerThis incorrigibly likable romcom comes to the UK with …
Soho Theatre Walthamstow, LondonThe standup delivers older and wiser musings and mockery, whether it’s about taches, a passion for Gail’s or a distaste for cyclistsLots has changed in th…
Theatre by the Lake, KeswickInspired by Helen Rebanks’ bestselling memoir, Hannah Khalil’s play foregrounds the women holding everything togetherWhile anthropologists have made links bet…
Rose theatre, Kingston upon ThamesA rag puppet Montmorency, a fake moustache and an aria for reeking cheese add to the mischief of Jerome K Jerome’s very English storyBack from Lib Dem con…
In the choreographers’ new work, virtuosic movement and some green-screen magic unfurl the theatricality of high-stakes television interviewsIt appears the interviewer has got him on the r…
The actor we know as Dustin was a ‘theatre kid’ from age 11. Now he’s starring in a new staging of Rent. He discusses why the musical is as relevant as ever – and what it’s like be…
Glasshouse Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts CentreSting plays a Wallsend foreman navigating the threat of his shipyard’s closure, taking a renewed version of his musical on an internati…
The banker turned standup turned actor shares her preshow rituals, what’s behind her ‘very swanky hairstyle’ and her joke about Indian Santa ClausHow did you go from investment banker …
New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeCacophonous and comedic staging sees an experienced, older duo engage in an enthusiastic liaison rather than a rebellious first romanceAs in any production of Sh…
The playwright’s daughter found Catch Me Who Can after her mother’s death. Now it has become a compelling audio drama with Toby Jones and Rita TushinghamWas Shelagh Delaney a one-hit won…
As the chancellor, John Healey, ponders options ahead of his first budget, the playwright’s new work offers lessons from the pastStill only 44, James Graham has become a formidable chronic…
The Yorkshire poet had a ‘magic touch’, Liz Hicklin recalls, felt by many women: ‘It was like I was blossoming’Liz Hicklin had missed the ferry that could change her life. Pelting ra…
Osipova plays the wife of formerly gay economist John Maynard Keynes in a new play. The ballerina talks about the allure of her Russian character, dismissed as a ‘frivolous, foghorn of a c…
National Theatre, LondonTiago Rodrigues’s play has incensed audiences abroad with one character’s hellfire rightwing invective. But its combination of boredom and shocks ultimately feels…
Hackney Empire, LondonThere is real skill in making us laugh about things that are depressing. And the gags come thick and fast in the ex-Mash Report host’s touring showNish Kumar is angry…
Arcola theatre, LondonThe slick production and sound design of Morgan Lloyd Malcolm and Nicky Allpress’s adaptation is hampered by its own clevernessHere is Henry James’s canonical ghost…
Minghella theatre, ReadingSoprano Claire Booth’s mouth is isolated against a black background to capture the racing brain of a desperate woman, with added operatic flairThere is a long pre…
Birmingham RepAlex Keenan perfectly captures protagonist Chris’s bewilderment and cheeriness in Ned Bennett’s ambitious new staging The most alarming moment in Mark Haddon’s young adul…
Byre theatre, St AndrewsWarm-up routines lead into a reverie about life on the stage in Company Chordelia’s funny, carefully calibrated showThe inevitable aches and sprains of an ageing bo…
Southwark Playhouse Borough, London The sequence of richly atmospheric novels about lonely souls in the capital is condensed into an engrossing play that could be more unsettlingPatrick Hami…
Theatre Royal BathThis heady mix of circus mayhem, cabaret sexiness, comedy antics and medieval tragedy is utterly irresistibleKneehigh’s take on this medieval legend was first staged in 2…
Royal Court, LiverpoolEllie Clayton and Angela Simms are superb in a funny, tender adaptation that hugs close to the 1985 filmBy some quirk of marketing, Letter to Brezhnev is always associa…
Stage and screen director behind landmark productions of Samuel Beckett, John Osborne and Edward AlbeeAnthony Page, who has died aged 90, was one of a group of talented and individual – so…