Stage News

Stevie Martin: hello can be the hardest word in comedy
I wanted to write my first solo act but had no idea where to start. So I came up with 30 openings – and included them all
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'England became smaller and bigger': what 'home' means in Brexit Britain
Headlong theatre company’s latest production, Acts of Resistance, plugs into people power in four communities across the country
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RSVP Nina Simone and Shamima Begum: a dinner party for our times
In Caryl Churchill’s play Top Girls, five famous women from history gather for a dinner party. Who would today’s big names in theatre invite?
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Local Hero review – oil-movie gem strikes a salty musical note
Bill Forsyth’s bittersweet comic drama about a Scottish village’s fight with an oil firm sheds its whimsy in this tougher version, scored by Mark Knopfler
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On my radar: Carlos Acosta’s cultural highlights
The renowned ballet dancer on Zadie Smith, The Get Down and Wifredo Lam’s powerful painting
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Hamilton’s young star says Britain must confront its colonial past
Jamael Westman explains how his role in the West End show has affected his politics as well as his career
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Edmond de Bergerac review – all the fun of the farce
A reimagining of the life of Cyrano de Bergerac writer Edmond Rostand is a whirl of can-cans and cavorting
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Russell Maliphant and Vangelis: The Thread review – Greek is the word
Myth meets modernity in this profound and thrilling collaboration
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Stephen Mangan: ‘You don’t see Daniel Day-Lewis on 8 out of 10 Cats’
The TV star on ‘putting himself out there’, voicing a horse and being in a power couple with Joan Bakewell
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The week in theatre: Standing at the Sky’s Edge; Downstate; Richard III – review
A new musical with songs by Richard Hawley is set in Sheffield but richly resonant for all
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A tale of two West Side Stories: musical theatre to heal your soul, but is it whitewashing?
Why is Opera Australia staging two different productions of the same show? Can we handle this much Maria and Tony, the contemporary Romeo and Juliet?
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Hypnotic odysseys and beatboxing monsters at BAC's talent pageant
Four Women and Frankenstein are among the mindblowing highlights of Homegrown festival’s four-week creative carnival
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