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Theatre
Tim Burton’s hit 1988 comedy horror is enjoying an all-singing, all-dancing afterlife on stage. After recent productions in the US and Australia, the musical opens in London this month. We…
May 25, 2026
· 1 min read
Kim Noble
The unsettling performance artist, who has made some electrifying stage shows in his time, is taking a leap into literature with an eye-opening book, In Pursuit of a Wonderful Nothing.…
May 25, 2026
· 1 min read
TV comedy
Having enjoyed breakout fame on Taskmaster and Last One Laughing, the subversive Australian comic has been handed the reins of his own, very strange sitcom. Get ready for feet animations…
May 24, 2026
· 2 min read
Comedy
Know your way around a homonym? Nah, me neither but come in and have a crack at our Sunday quiz anyway.
May 23, 2026
· 1 min read
Comedy
In his final episodes, the late-night host’s greatest asset wasn’t his comedy. It was something else.
May 22, 2026
· 1 min read
Boots Riley
The outspoken musician and film-maker talks I Love Boosters, his colorful follow-up to 2018 hit Sorry to Bother You, and the criticisms of his partnership with an EllisonDon’t call Boots…
May 22, 2026
· 1 min read
Television
Proper Ladies is being compared to Derry Girls for its portrayal of a wild but relatable girl gang. Its creator opens up about trying to reshape the way Black and…
May 20, 2026
· 1 min read
Stage
King’s Head theatre, London An office toilet once used by the wartime PM sparks a culture war in this frenzied show about politics and patriarchyWhen Rachel Reeves became chancellor in…
May 20, 2026
· 1 min read
Comedy
The Crescent, YorkThe comedian addresses a relationship breakup via The Waste Land, Aldi and a dimwit estate agentHow has it come to this? That’s what new show Tilting at Windmills…
May 19, 2026
· 2 min read
Theatre
Bush theatre, LondonMarried aspiring standups confront on stage what they’re concealing in real life, in Piers Black’s compelling two-handerStandup is performance in extremis, self-projection in the raw – and has…
May 18, 2026
· 2 min read
Comedy
The comedian Munya Chawawa on satire in the age of social media and what Donald Trump has in common with wrestlersEven if you don’t know Munya Chawawa’s name, you will…
May 18, 2026
· 1 min read
Stage
When she broke through the glass ceiling and became chancellor, Reeves found her office had its own latrine. Rosie Holt reveals why she turned the story into a play called…
May 13, 2026
· 2 min read
