Berlin-based Rimini Protokoll returns to the Manchester International Festival, but this time with a work—unusual for MIF, which usually only presents new commissions—that has already

By the time she is presented, at the end of a dynamic two-hour-no-interval show, with her 2020 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance, undeliverable

In Manchester’s Spinningfields district, there is a wall-sized display of (artificial) flowers spelling out the word Buzzin’. Presumably this is intended to suggest a dynamic, industrious area

Jennifer Tang’s reimagined version of Shakespeare’s The Tempest includes songs, occasional audience participation and a higher-than-usual profile for Caliban and Ariel, but it is still Shakespeare’s play with

The downfall of Boris Johnson suggests the UK may be tiring of narcissists who get others into trouble while dodging consequences themselves. If so, this

When Henry VIII came to York in 1541 as part of his tour of the regions, vast sums and manpower were spent on lavish improvements

Ignaz Semmelweis was an Hungarian obstetrician whose emphasis on the importance of hygiene and concept of what is now known as bacterial infection predated the

The formula for autobiographical plays is well-established: well-meaning, soulful self-examinations leading to an uplifting ending. Joe Leather avoids the obvious with Wasteman, a show which is

Kwame Kwei-Armah directs a compelling and frequently funny production of his own play about racism, politics and power. He wrote Beneatha’s Place in response to

Musicals are often regarded as easy-going entertainment intended to give audiences a flash of showbiz glamour. Occasional ‘feelbad’ musicals pop up but Titanic the Musical is at

Forget its illustrious history, just go and enjoy the excess of talent on display in an evening of nostalgia. The Gershwin melodies (“I Got Rhythm”,

The lunatics might not have taken over the asylum in Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet, but it is a near thing. The purpose of The Verona