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  • Ballerina Marianela Núñez performs in Ballo Dello Regina

    Interview
    ‘The Messi of ballet’: Marianela Núñez, the Buenos Aires bombshell shaking up British dance

    The superlative Royal Ballet star finally has her own show. She talks about fabulous footwork, her Argentina-inspired leotard – and why she named her cat after a certain footballer
  • Dancers in black and gold jackets leap mid-air in unison with arms outstretched in an industrial space. Leather Jacket by Oona Doherty at Bold Tendencies.

    Dance
    Oona Doherty: Leather Jacket – dancers delight in their hard sweaty work

  • The World Is full of Married Men at Yard Theatre, London.

    Puppetry
    The World Is Full of Married Men – Jackie Collins’ bonkbuster as a gloriously filthy puppet show

  • Bryan Batt in a pinstriped suit performs centre stage with arms outstretched, flanked by ensemble in dark coats

    Musicals
    Here Comes J Edgar! A Musical Comedy – show tunes, Mel Brooks zing and real human anguish

  • A dancer looks upward with flowing golden fabric billowing around their body against a gray background

    Report
    Beyond the body: Wayne McGregor stretches the definition of dance at this year’s Venice Dance Biennale

  • Silhouetted figures with raised hands against dramatic diagonal light beams in blue and white tones

    Dance
    Shechter II: In the Brain – a thrilling release of rave and ritual

  • The cast during the curtain call on the opening night of Trainspotting the Musical

    Review
    Trainspotting the Musical – forgettable songs make this a bad trip

  • A man stands on stage surrounded by oversized pieces of sheet music.

    Tao of Glass review – stage magic as McDermott meditates on the minimalist master

  • Kerry Frampton as Sarah, Tanvi Virmani as Cobweb and Kyle Ndukuba as Cass in A World Elsewhere at Shakespeare's Globe, c. Manuel Harlan

    A World Elsewhere review – chaotic thrills as kids sail, fight and fall through trap doors

  • Luke Cinque-White lies draped across Leo Bill's lap on stage, covered in blood, with a sunflower standing nearby

    Cleansed review – Sarah Kane’s visions of brutal torture resonate more intensely than ever

  • Two performers on stage in the circular theatre of Shakespeare's Globe, one in red matador costume, the other shirtless wielding a sword

    Love’s Labour’s Lost review – paella, bullfighting and flamenco make Shakespeare’s farce a fiesta

  • Marianela Nuñez and Vadim Muntagirov in Le Corsaire part of Divertissements from Marianela-Timeless by Royal Ballet And Opera @ Royal Opera House. (Opening 29-07-26) ©Tristram Kenton 07-26

    Marianela: Timeless review – perfect ballerina shows off a leg-whipping, frictionless mastery

  • Joe Haddad in PalesTEENian at Riverside Studios, London.

    PalesTEENian review – engaging story of mixed identity is a bit of a muddle

  • Laurie Kilmartin

    Laurie Kilmartin review – Oscars gag-writer unleashes a fierce and filthy talent

  • A person kneeling holds the face of another person sitting on the floor in a minimalist interior

    For Dolores review – dependency and desire in portrait of obsessive friendship

  • Fred Gehrig, Bibi Dória and Oluwaseun Olayiwola in rehearsals for Trio A.

    Yvonne Rainer, Trio A review: watching this thrilling performance for free feels like an enormous privilege

    With this work, the choreographer changed the course of dance – and on its 60th anniversary, viewed by babies, tourists and passers-by, it’s as beguiling and hypnotic as ever
  • Le Pas du Monde by Collectif XY.

    Beyond human: Montpellier Danse festival delivers one feat after another

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Comedian Eric Lampaert, wearing a burgundy jacket and white T-shirt, looks into the camera, flanked by two doubles representing his dissociative experience

    The man who forgot himself: life before and after total amnesia

  • Comedian Lindsey Santoro wearing a pink frilled dress with pink hair, eyeshadow and nails

    Lindsey Santoro: ‘The problems I have are my own – I’ve caused them, I’m the issue!’

  • Bill O’Neill, D Marcucci, Max Baumgarten, John Norris and Claire Woolner

    Underground Monk Show: inside Edinburgh fringe’s cult comedy of the highest order

  • 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

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    Was England’s 1970 World Cup dream brought down by the CIA?

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  • Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in worn period clothing and bowler hats sit close together against a black background, in Samuel Beckett Waiting for Godot.

    ‘It’s a national reclamation’: the 12-year festival bringing Samuel Beckett back to Ireland

  • Helen Hunt in a blue silk dress with shoulder ties smiles at the camera against a pale background

    ‘Bored? You’re never good enough to get bored!’ Oscar-winner Helen Hunt on great roles, unruly audiences and her RSC debut

  • A puppet with wild red hair and white masks on their chest raises their arms while surrounded by actors in period costume in Dracula: Lucy’s Dream.

    ‘It still haunts me’: the puppet show Dracula that’s definitely not for small children

  • Hannah Reilly plays a feminist podcaster in Roleplay. She is pictured in underwear, holding a headphone cord like a whip

    Bigfoot, ‘slutfluencers’ and a David Bowie-powered gay fantasia: Edinburgh festival 2026’s must-see theatre

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

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