1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (739+ words) Chris Cantrill just won the ‘Oscars of live comedy’ for his Edinburgh Fringe show Rewildling, and he’s spending the £10,000 prize money on a new chimney. (He’d already booked the holiday, don’t worry.) ‘More of it than you would think is…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (204+ words) El-Ghorri is not short on attitude, whether dissing gentrification ("when I'm rich I'm gonna buy a house here just to bring the prices down") or discussing her penchant for having a potty mouth ("I can be clean for the right…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (221+ words) Audiences are warned that the play contains strong language, sex, abusive behaviour, racism and grief. Deep seated family resentments exploding in a drama never sounded so appealing me ducks! There’s enough energy in this play to light up a former…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (340+ words) Tracy-Ann Oberman has form when it comes to bold theatrical reboots, said Dominic Cavendish in The Telegraph. In 2023, the actress “memorably reclaimed” “The Merchant of Venice”, turning Shylock into an East End matriarch in the 1930s. Now, she takes on “Present…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (955+ words) It’s both an honour and a curse to be singled out on Taskmaster. Very few comedians have the privilege of being given their own task by the big scary boss Greg Davies and his minion Alex Horne. It can be…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (506+ words) The Chelsea Detective star hates gore but loves cycling – and singing in the car. What’s the view from your sofa? It’s in what we call my “man cave”, which is just a sofa and a big telly – no pinball machines....

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (823+ words) Plays International David Wootton on the South Bank ★★★☆☆ Written and set in 2003, Tracey Scott Wilson’s The Story concerns the world of print journalism, and examines its involvement in the coverage of the murder of a white male schoolteacher in a…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (217+ words) Escaped Alone and What If If Only are two radically different plays — but together they make a thrilling evening of theatre. In Escaped Alone, four women sit in a garden, drinking tea and talking about ordinary things. Then Mrs Jarrett…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (353+ words) FANS of Bridgerton, Jane Austen and musical theatre are being invited to a Regency-inspired evening of romance, scandal and intrigue when Studley Operatic Society stages a new original production next month. The society will present Masquerade at Trinity High School…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (33+ words) RICHARD O’Sullivan, known for his role as Robin Tripp in the 1970s TV sitcoms Man About the House and Robin’s Nest, has died aged 82. A familiar face on Britain’s most beloved sitcoms......