Whether it is Vegas gamblers, Peruvian art treasures or one-off jazz collaborations you’re after, our critics have your plans for the week coveredThe Card CounterOut nowOscar Isaac (pictured, above) burns up the screen in the role of a former Guantánam…
Tim Dowling: A trip to the theatre is on the cards. To go or not to go?
I’ve been on a plane and shaken people’s hands but as restrictions lift, I still haven’t been to a pub or to a live show I am sitting in front of my computer when my wife rings me from a train platform.“Busy?” she says. Continue reading…
Footfalls and Rockaby review – Beckett double bill casts a chilling spell
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonPacing endlessly and rocking towards the big sleep, Siân Phillips and Charlotte Emmerson’s performances make this evening deeply affectingThis no-frills cellar theatre is becoming one of our best spaces to see and hear Beck…
Juliet Stevenson: ‘The perception of women of my age is so reductive’
The actor, 65, on growing up in a loving family, recognising her partner, and getting more interesting while the parts she is offered get less interestingMy earliest memory is jumping off a little stone wall in the garden in Australia. I called it my j…
What’s New Pussycat? review – high-voltage collision of two Tom Joneses
Birmingham Repertory theatreThe 18th-century novel and Welsh crooner meet on 1960s Carnaby Street in a spirited jukebox musicalThis is a madcap mashup of a musical. Its basic premise is, bizarrely, a meeting of two Tom Joneses: the foundling and rakish…
‘People felt threatened even by a puppet refugee’: Little Amal’s epic walk through love and fear
From being pelted with stones in Greece to receiving a papal welcome in Rome, the giant girl’s migrant trek from Syria to Manchester provoked powerful responsesIn Greece, far-right protesters threw things at her as she walked through the streets, local…
I can’t get a refund after my theatre show was cancelled due to Covid
I’ve emailed the theatre and the agency, Encore Tickets, but just get an automated replyLast year I used the Encore Tickets website to purchase four tickets to see The Shark is Broken at the Ambassadors theatre in London. The performance was supposed t…
50% of UK theatres streaming shows online during Covid revert to in-person only
Drop off in digital performances sparks fears better access provided by online shows may be lostMore than half of UK theatres that offered online performances during the Covid pandemic have reverted to in-person shows this autumn, raising concerns that…
‘There is a reason why famous people are often screwed up’: Tim Minchin on quitting comedy
The Australian composer has returned to performing after a 10-year break. He writes about fame, failure and his surprise comebackIn 2003, I booked a tiny venue for Melbourne fringe festival, to perform a show I had tortuously titled Navel: Cerebral Mel…
Theatre in UK faces exodus of women after pandemic, study finds
More than 60% consider leaving jobs amid concerns that ‘safe’ work by men could be prioritisedLeading women in British theatre have expressed concern that cash-strapped theatres could prioritise staging “safe” work by men and face an exodus of female t…