‘I’m an everythingist’: How Es Devlin became the go-to for Beyoncé gigs, fashion runways and the Olympics
The Londoner is the set designer big names turn to for eye-popping spectacle. As a new retrospective opens, she gives the Guardian a glimpse at her studioFour years ago, the V&A East Storehouse in east London got in touch with Es Devlin. The museum’s…
First Encounters: Julius Caesar review – so thrilling it kept a hall full of teens in pin-drop silence
Ormiston Bushfield Academy, PeterboroughAn intro to Shakespeare doesn’t get any better than the RSC’s revival of Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female prison-set production led by Harriet Walter, which is touring schoolsThe auditorium is stripped bare – a…
Amelia Bullmore: ‘I met my husband doing Romeo and Juliet. We weren’t the leads – it wasn’t that tidy’
The actor on getting caught gossiping, the footballer she has a crush on, and having both her best and worst kiss in one nightBorn in London, Amelia Bullmore, 62, studied drama at Manchester University. In 1990, she became a regular on Coronation Street…
‘A couple of times people walked out’: how an Anne Frank musical became the hottest theater ticket of the year
The creators and stars of Slam Frank on their off-Broadway production - which reimagines the Holocaust victim as a pansexual rapperIt’s difficult to not invoke the term “woke” when discussing Slam Frank, the 2025 musical that reimagines Anne Frank as a…
English National Ballet: Rhythm Riot review – this triple whammy brings zing, grit and chills
Sadler’s Wells, LondonA trio of dances taking influence from Stravinsky, tap and William Blake’s poetry combine with powerful performances exuding showmanshipDamn, there was some amazing dance going on in mid-20th century New York. You had George…
Table 17 review – a tasty romcom served with dazzle and cheek
Kiln theatre, LondonMarisha Wallace and Jamael Westman play exes who reconvene over dinner in Douglas Lyons’ sparky old-school charmerThis incorrigibly likable romcom comes to the UK with a series of sold out runs in New York and Los Angeles in its wake.…
Phil Wang: Uh Oh review – how to achieve an eighth of an orgasm, and other millennial myths
Soho Theatre Walthamstow, LondonThe standup delivers older and wiser musings and mockery, whether it’s about taches, a passion for Gail’s or a distaste for cyclistsLots has changed in the world of Phil Wang since his last tour. He has mastered the art of…
Sindhu Vee: ‘Makeup, music to feel reckless, two pieces of milk chocolate – and then I go on’
The banker turned standup turned actor shares her preshow rituals, what’s behind her ‘very swanky hairstyle’ and her joke about Indian Santa ClausHow did you go from investment banker to standup comedian? I didn’t go on purpose from one to the other. I…