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Stage

  • Pass The Parcel 2 - Credit Atanas Paskalev LtoR Hayley Sheen, Jessica May Buxton and Katie Erich

    Pass the Parcel review – witty reckoning with a mother’s death

    Bubbling with quirky detail, Sarah Whitehead’s full-length debut captures the contradictions of close relationships between sisters without sentimentality
  • Caught in the middle … Sarah Chun and Harris Beattie in Fools.

    Northern Ballet: Three Short Ballets review – star-crossed lovers, a sunny party and a 20th-century classic

  • Poetic … Five Lines at the Pit, Barbican.

    Five Lines review – mini dystopia projects maximum climate catastrophe

  • Neil Gaiman

    Stage adaptation of Coraline cancelled after allegations against Neil Gaiman

  • Lauren Drew (Céline Dion) squeezes between Rob Houchen as Jack and Kat Ronney as Rose in Titanique.

    My heart will go onstage: Céline Dion and Dolly Parton celebrated in outlandish musicals

  • ‘This is how revolutions start’ … Rod Wooden in Newcastle.

    The play that changed my life: ‘Your Home in the West was an explosive act of anger’

Reviews

  • A man wearing a suit holds a guitar and smiles while performing onstage

    Hugh Jackman: From New York, With Love review – the showman hits Broadway again

    The actor and performer’s charmingly old fashioned one-man show saw him rattle through surprising list of showtunes and fan favorites
  • Martin Shaw and Edward Bennett in A Man for All Seasons at Theatre Royal Bath.

    A Man for All Seasons review – Martin Shaw excels in Robert Bolt’s timeless Tudor morality play

  • The cast of Play On! in a row on stage.

    The week in theatre: Play On!; A Good House; Moby Dick – review

  • Royal Ballet: Onegin review – Marianela Nuñez is a marvel of desperation and desire

  • The Rite of Spring review – Stravinsky ignites a fantastical visual feast

  • Amy Annette: Thick Skin review – tales of 00s teenhood teleport you to the dancefloor

  • James Rowland Dies at the End of the Show review – it’s the final countdown

  • Cymbeline review – hip thrusts and gender inversions enliven this tricky romcom tragedy

  • The Merchant of Venice review – poisonous prejudice erupts with shocking speed in a show with tech-bro touches

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Dance

  • Sadlers Wells East

    Sadler’s Wells East review – all the right moves

    Built in Italian red brick by acclaimed Irish practice O’Donnell + Tuomey, Sadler’s Wells’s vibrant new sister theatre provides six dance studios, elegant auditorium – and a big welcome to all
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Comedy

  • Soho Theatre Walthamstow in east London.

    ‘A sight to behold!’ Soho Theatre Walthamstow brings live performance back to historic venue

  • Demi Adejuyigbe

    Demi Adejuyigbe’s must-see comedy backflip: ‘It’s kind of Evel Knievel!’

  • ‘Preshow, I’ll drink water and read QPR forums’ … Sean McLoughlin.

    Sean McLoughlin: ‘I tried to focus on my jokes but Dave Grohl was in the front row!’

  • Graham Fellows aka versatile singer/song writer John Shuttleworth. For g2 arts

    ‘I’ve finally realised I like John Shuttleworth!’ Graham Fellows on 40 years with his organ-plonking alter ego

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Theatre

  • Morgan Lloyd and Kate Bond of You Me Bum Bum Train.

    You Me Bum Bum Train: ‘There have been weddings, children and lifelong friendships made through this show’

  • ‘This is who I am’ … Daniel Evans, who feels a very personal connection to both these productions.

    ‘We were booed. I felt proud’: Daniel Evans on his rollercoaster journey to RSC supremo

  • Serena Evans (Mistress Page), Christopher Benjamin (Falstaff) and Sarah Woodward (Mistress Ford) in The Merry Wives Of Windsor @ Shakespeare's Globe (Opening 18-06-08) Tristram Kenton 06/08 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com

    Christopher Benjamin obituary

  • Scottee, activist, actor and writer, host of Rat Park

    ‘People are still doing it, but nobody talks about it’: queer collective Duckie break the chemsex taboo

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Pictures & video

  • Just Stop Oil activists interrupt Sigourney Weaver performance in The Tempest – video

  • Joan Plowright

    Joan Plowright – a life in pictures

    The English actor, whose distinguished career in Hollywood, Broadway and the West End won her a Tony award and two Golden Globes, has died aged 95
  • The Vivienne rose to prominence through RuPaul's Drag Race, winning the first UK series of the show in 2019
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    Remembering The Vivienne: Drag Race winner and TV star

    The Vivienne rose to prominence through RuPaul's Drag Race, winning the first UK series of the show in 2019
  • Sam Tutty  and Dujonna Gift  in Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) at the Criterion theatre, London

    Scene stealing: Tristram Kenton’s best theatre and dance shots of 2024

  • A scene from Maddaddam

    Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam morphs into a Wayne McGregor ballet

  • Overhead view of ballet dancers in a line during a performance

    The Nutcracker ballet in Nairobi

  • Shklyarov joined Mariinsky Theatre in 2003, became its principal dancer in 2011 and went on to perform all over the world
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    Vladimir Shklyarov: a look back at the career of the acclaimed Russian ballet dancer – video

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  • Cynthia Erivo, photographed by Ejatu Shaw for The Guardian in London, January 2025 Stylist: Jason Bolden Stylist's assistant: John Mumblo Make-up: Joanna Simkin

    Cynthia Erivo on fame, fear and not fitting in: ‘I’ve never talked about how tough my journey has been’

  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste in a scene from Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths

    Marianne Jean-Baptiste decries lack of great roles for black women

    Oscar-nominated actor says she has had to compromise because of dearth of complex roles in UK and Hollywood
  • Performance of a lifetime … George Fouracres as Lloyd Webber, backed by Flo & Joan.

    ‘King of the musicools!’ Inside the outrageous musical send-up of Andrew Lloyd Webber

    It’s had hit runs in Edinburgh and Soho – and was the Guardian’s funniest show of 2024. Now it’s blazing into the West End. Comedy duo Flo & Joan (who were both in Joseph at school) reveal all about One Man Musical
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