Detroit by Lisa D'Amour ©Catherine Ashmore 6:23pm

Detroit, National Theatre (Cottesloe), London

Two neighbouring couples collide in a drama that possesses energy but lacks direction

6:12pm

Rambert Dance Company, Sadler’s Wells, London

This was a wide-ranging and admirably well-danced programme from a company known for its boldness

May 15, 2012

Chair, Lyric Hammersmith Studio, London

Edward Bond’s play is a grim parable about a future society where security trumps humanity

Tiler Peck and Tyler Angle in Two Hearts (World Premiere) Choreography by Benjamin Millepied New York City Ballet Credit ©Paul Kolnik May 14, 2012

Martins & Millepied premieres, Lincoln Center, New York

Expectations were rewarded by intricate variations on a corkscrew motif and a vibrant fusion of dance and music

May 13, 2012

Snow White, Sadler’s Wells, London

The Grimm fairy tale becomes an affair of bruising tedium in the hands of choreographer Angelin Preljocaj

©Nigel Norrington May 13, 2012

Top Hat, Aldwych Theatre, London

The plot is tissue thin, but there’s exuberant choreography in a production that’s delivered with zest and polish

Laurie Sansom ©Rick Pushinsky May 12, 2012

Pandemonium unleashed

Director Laurie Sansom tells Sarah Hemming about the lure of recklessness and his Festival of Chaos

Luke Barnes ©Guilhem Alandry May 12, 2012

Stranger than fact

New writers and actors make for an adventurous festival in an unlikely rural location

May 12, 2012

Two Roses for Richard III, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

What this production offers is more or less a straight run through ‘Richard III’ save for three significant interpolations

May 12, 2012

Lines Ballet, Joyce Theater, New York

Welcome elements such as a heterogeneous ensemble of 13 stupendous dancers and brave musical choices are thwarted by the choreographer’s style

May 10, 2012

Globe to Globe, Shakespeare’s Globe, London

‘Richard II’ in Arabic; ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ in Shona; ‘Macbeth’ in Polish: another snapshot of this world-spanning festival

May 9, 2012

The Rest is Silence, Malthouse Estate Warehouse, Shoreham-by-Sea

Taking place in a disused warehouse, this meditation on ‘Hamlet’ is full of suspicion, paranoia and surprises

May 9, 2012

The Painted Bird Trilogy, Part 3, Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York

The setting is exalted, the dance is anything but. The final part of Pavel Zustiak’s promising trilogy is a jarringly random affair

May 8, 2012

Breakin’ Convention, Sadler’s Wells, London

This festival of hip-hop moves was symptomatic of an extraordinary era for dance

May 7, 2012

Lonely, I’m Not, Second Stage, New York

There’s a dark post-2008 undercurrent to the sitcommy set-ups in Paul Weitz’s off-Broadway premiere

May 7, 2012

Maurice Béjart evening, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma

From existential angst to zany cancan: Rome Opera Ballet’s tribute to a fêted French choreographer

May 7, 2012

Love Love Love, Royal Court Downstairs, London

Mike Bartlett’s comedy asks whether baby-boomers really have had it all

May 6, 2012

Belong, Royal Court Upstairs, London

Bola Agbaje’s new play is frank and often blisteringly funny, but does not quite resolve the issues it raises

May 5, 2012

‘Chariots of Fire’ comes to the stage

How do you bring the kinetic thrill of the athletics track to the theatre? Sarah Hemming meets the team behind a stage version of the 1981 film

May 5, 2012

The Man with the Disturbingly Smelly Foot/How to Think the Unthinkable, Unicorn Theatre, London

Ethical dilemmas and gross-out humour are skilfully combined in these Sophocles updates for young audiences

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