As they bring their cabaret to the West End, the writer and actor discusses toying with American history and dealing with celebrity
Al Miller’s production at London’s Jermyn Street Theatre draws us into the North Philadelphia home of two brothers, where a third man is held hostage
The great comic actor stars alongside Romesh Ranganathan in the troubling comedy at London’s Duke of York’s Theatre
The 35-year-old actor has been seducing audiences with his brand of mischievous villainy since Skins. As he leads a satanic cult in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, we meet cinema’s favourite rogue
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At 86, he’s written close to 100 plays. As Sheridan Smith stars in a London revival of ‘Woman in Mind’, the playwright reflects on what makes true theatre
A festive family get-together becomes an arena for ideological debate in this finely tuned play at the Almeida
An exceptional cast brings new life to the 1938 play at the Donmar Warehouse, London
Cole Escola’s play at London’s Trafalgar Theatre brings crazed comic energy to the life of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham
Michael Grady-Hall gives a remarkable performance as the fool Feste in this RSC staging at London’s Barbican
Punchdrunk’s Felix Barrett creates an unsettling, often terrifying show at the Ambassadors Theatre, London
Though uneven, this revival of JM Synge’s play at London’s National Theatre is handsome and gorgeously acted
An immaculate cast carries the composer’s fiendish score with panache in this first London production for almost a decade
Western swagger meets true crime in a five-star triumph performed by Jack Holden at London’s The Other Palace
Bleakly funny drama at London’s Young Vic riffs on a real-life event during the US-led invasion
As she stars in a revival of the late playwright’s ‘Indian Ink’, the actress reflects on a life in the theatre
Noël Coward’s 1920s comedy is riotously led by Janie Dee and Alexandra Gilbreath at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory
Staging at London’s Sam Wanamaker Playhouse dives into the play’s darker recesses
Show at London’s Savoy Theatre emphasises empathy and acceptance — and features a bonkers song-and-dance tribute to marmalade
On stage and screen, the writer turned the weightiest of topics into dazzling, humane drama
Czech-born author of witty, cerebral plays was also an award-winning screenwriter
Palestinian actor and comedian Alaa Shehada delivers an ebullient one-man show at London’s Bush Theatre
Ivo van Hove’s production of Arthur Miller’s play at Wyndham’s Theatre, London, lays bare the American dream
From darkest Peru to TV, film and now a London musical — meet the puppeteers bringing Michael Bond’s much-loved bear to life
