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  • Urielle Klein-Mekongo, Obi Maduegbuna and Jude Akuwudike in Utopia Theatre s The Swamp Dwellers

    The Swamp Dwellers review – this rare Wole Soyinka drama is a total revelation

  • Tom Stoppard.

    Duke of York’s theatre to be renamed after Tom Stoppard

  • Russell Tovey holds a phone to his ear, lit dramatically against a dark background in The Guilty at Donmar Warehouse, London.

    The Guilty review – Russell Tovey is commanding in cop thriller that fills you with dread

  • Rosamund Pike in judge's robe and white wig holds a microphone stand while gesturing during a performance

    The best theatre to stream this month: all rise for Rosamund Pike’s Inter Alia

  • Sharon D Clarke looking stern

    RSC casts Sharon D Clarke as black lesbian Othello in reimagining of play

  • Aerial acrobats perform on silks above a crowd in a theatre

    Trafalgar Entertainment acquires Nicholas Hytner’s Bridge theatre

  • Ania Magliano at Soho theatre, London.

    Ania Magliano: Peach Fuzz review – body and soul comedy from superb SNL UK star

  • Two performers stand back-to-back, one playing violin, one in white dress, with costumes on a rack behind them

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – regal rockers and a fairy folk band strike up trouble

  • Robert Lindsay (Franklin D Roosevelt), right, with Andrew Havill (Bertie, The King) in Springwood at Hampstead theatre, London.

    Springwood review – timely tale of British monarch’s mission to the US

  • Michelle Wolf dressed in black with a microphone in her hand

    Michelle Wolf: The Best Job in the World review – motherhood, mischief and The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s menopause

  • Mysterious adventure … Merlin (Rose Wardlaw, centre) leads Grace (Gurjot Dhaliwal, second left) into the past.

    Arthur review – modern girl’s quest yields a good knight for all ages

  • Radicalised … Stanley Morgan, left, and Chris Walley as the hungry plotters in a railway vault.

    Archduke review – twisted history goes to war for a sandwich

  • A brass band in burgundy uniforms perform on stage

    Brassed Off review – stirring tale of coal and cornets moves Yorkshire audience to tears

  • A vast number of bodies chiming in precise formation

    Colossus review – masses of dancers, masses of fun in a show that goes whoosh!

  • Le Pas du Monde by Collectif XY.

    Beyond human: Montpellier Danse festival delivers one feat after another

    This year’s celebration of contemporary dance in the French city is bold, baffling and breathtaking, with some high-voltage performers
  • Spirit and rhythm … Lil Buck, right, with young dancers from ZooNation and Body Politic, Oxford.

    Land of the free movers: how jookin street dancer Lil Buck’s 1776 reframes independence

  • A wheelchair ballet class in the Royal Ballet School

    ‘Like swimming through the air’: my thrilling role in Giselle with the Royal Ballet School’s wheelchair dancers

  • Impressive visuals … San Francisco Ballet’s Mere Mortals. Wei Wang makes an acrobatic move

    Toe-to-toe boxers, a moving maze and comedy flamenco: Edinburgh festival 2026’s hottest dance and circus

  • Boss Morris, an all-female morris dancing side, in white clothing with flower crowns and nature-themed decorations

    Midsummer morris dancers and their mysterious goat Caprihorn: Hollie Fernando’s best portrait

  • Elf Lyons looks on in shock with blue-painted nails, wearing a sculptural blue and gold textured dress

    Show me the funny: essential comedy at Edinburgh fringe 2026

  • a man in glasses holding a microphone

    Louis CK: Ridiculous review – the troubled comedian returns … with a whimper

  • Hannah Byczkowski, press, publicity photo

    Hannah Byczkowski: ‘The Traitors helped me become a better comedian’

  • Comedian Phil Wang in Goodcup, Nunhead Green, London. Please mention the location.

    ‘Audiences no longer laugh if you call their town crap’: can Phil Wang heal divided Britain?

  • James Norton rests his arms on a white spherical object, gazing at the camera

    ‘A privilege – and pretty terrifying’: James Norton to play Hamlet in the West End

  • ZWanamaker in a long white dress stands holding the back of a chair and gazing pensively to one side

    I’ve seen Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard 20 times – and it blossoms when tended by the British

  • Peter Marinker sits at a table with tape reels, hand to ear, against a dark background in Krapp's Last Tape at The Cockpit, London.

    Beckett with 'a foggy brain': Peter Marinker, star of Krapp’s Last Tape, on performing with Alzheimer’s

  • A group of seven people in vests walk toward the camera on a wet boardwalk with damaged amusement park structures behind them, in a scene from the warriors

    Warriors come out to Broadway with Lin-Manuel Miranda musical

Pictures & video

  • O Romeow … cat steals the show during final scene at Romeo and Juliet

    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
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  • Joel Harper-Jackson (Frank Sinatra), centre, in Sinatra: The Musical

    That’s life! Musical about Frank Sinatra’s explosive rise opens in London

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  • Vadim Muntagirov and Anna Rose O’Sullivan in Shoot the Moon from So Are We : León And Lightfoot @ Royal Opera House. Choreography by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot. (Opening 11-06-26) ©Tristram Kenton 06-26

    Dynamic duo: dance legends León and Lightfoot at the Royal Ballet

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  • Beetlejuice: The Musical at Prince Edward theatre, London

    ‘It’s showtime!’ Beetlejuice musical is a rave from the grave – in pictures

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  • Sting and Shaggy arrive

    Tony awards 2026: red carpet looks and the best of the show

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