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Stage

June 2026

  • Rose Byrne and Kelli O'Hara stand holding hands and looking upward on a theatrical stage set

    The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: Rose Byrne breaks out the champagne in the fizzy Fallen Angels

  • Rupert Everett smiles as he spreads his hands wide, mid-anecdote

    The big interview
    ‘I felt I could smash my past up through sex’: the ruthlessness and redemption of Rupert Everett

  • A woman taking part in a dance class appears overcome with joy

    Think dance classes terrify you? Try taking four in a weekend

    Most of us loved dancing when we were kids. I dip my toe in at Melbourne’s Rising festival and rediscover that simple, pure joy
  • Photograph of Suzi Ruffell in 2026 in an oval frame, wearing a cropped top and tracksuit bottoms, her arms folded, smiling at the camera

    Flashback
    Suzi Ruffell: ‘When I met Mel C I was so starstruck Alan Carr had to whisk me away’

    The comedian on coming out at 20, discovering she was funny, and the special moment she marked with a tattoo
  • A man dances on roller skates with a parachute on his back

    Roller skates! Pointe shoes! Parachutes! A mythic dance takes flight again at a Brooklyn rink

    Artist Robert Rauschenberg was known for his painting-sculpture hybrids – and a 1963 dance piece called Pelican that was almost lost to time
  • Hugh Skinner looking down to his left with his arms folded, wearing a dark brown jacket, pictured against a mustard-coloured background

    The Q&A
    Hugh Skinner: ‘My most embarrassing moment? Walking on set naked when I wasn’t supposed to be’

  • Renate Reinsve in Backrooms

    Going out, staying in
    From Backrooms to Paul McCartney: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

  • A woman holds a man's face with one hand while they sit on chairs and face each other.

    Once review – slick romance skips showstoppers and defies razzmatazz

  • Nish Kumar with curly hair and a beard wearing a dark blazer over a collarless white shirt

    ‘I should not be allowed to do interviews’: Nish Kumar on courting controversy and clashing with comics

  • Women dressed as scantily clad health workers sing in front of a huge inflatable naked

    A Year Without Summer review – Florentina Holzinger’s all-nude, orgy-filled, poo-pocalypse musical

  • David Flynn as Beetlejuice with Hannah Nordberg as Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice.

    Beetlejuice review – Tim Burton’s super creep reanimated as a shock jock in ghoulish musical

  • Maureen Duffy stands at a flower stall with white flowers behind her

    ‘True trailblazer’: British author and activist Maureen Duffy dies aged 92

  • Black Comedy at the Orange Tree. Joe Bannister (Brindsley Miller), Jason Barnett (Colonel Melkett) and Simon Manyonda (Harold Gorringe) - credit Sam Taylor

    Black Comedy review – Peter Shaffer’s relentless farce provokes helpless laughter

  • ‘Impossible, exhausting, horrifying’: how a chilling supernatural play explains the terror of life in Iran

  • Redcliffe review – beautiful musical gets straight to the heart of forbidden love

  • Loss of manual jobs could be driving toxic masculinity, says Sting

  • Jay Armstrong Johnson as 'Ilya Rozanov' and Jimin Moon as ‘Shane Hollander' in Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody

    ‘Sexy as hell’: filthy and hilarious Heated Rivalry parody musical comes to New York