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The Times UK

From darkness to greatness
David Morrissey tells Kevin Maher about an acting career of wildly eclectic roles fuelled by loss and profound grief

Whoopi Goldberg brings Sister Act to UK
Hollywood heavyweight Whoopi Goldberg is headed for the West End with a stage version of her Nineties hit film Sister Act

The Guardian

Shafts of sunlight
Poetry is not merely a luxury for the middle classes - it offers a tough language for those with hard lives. As a TS Eliot festival opens in London, Jeanette Winterson remembers how his poems helped her through her troubled teenage years

This Child, Southwark Playhouse, London
This is astonishingly grown-up and hard-hitting theatre for young people, says Lyn Gardner

The seven ages of Shakespeare
Review: Soul of the Age: The Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare by Jonathan BateCan another biography really surprise us? Absolutely, says Richard Eyre

Theatre preview: Why The Whales Came, Birmingham
The Old Rep Theatre, to Jan 24

Theatre preview: A Taste Of Honey, Manchester
Royal Exchange, to Dec 6

Theatre preview: TS Eliot Festival, London
Donmar Warehouse, WC2, Thu Nov 20 to Jan 17

Theatre preview: Slava's Snowshow, Plymouth
Theatre Royal, Tue Nov 18 to Nov 22

Theatre preview: Wig Out!, London
Royal Court, SW1, Thu Nov 20 to Jan 10

Theatre preview: Black Tonic, Manchester
The Place Hotel, Thu Nov 20 to Nov 30

Pick of the week: London: Theatre
La Cage Aux Folles Oedipus No Man's Land The Norman Conquests To Be Straight With You

Pick of the week: Central: Theatre
The Cripple Of Inishmaan One Night In November Why The Whales Came Far From The Madding Crowd

Pick of the week: South: Theatre
The Horse Marines England David Copperfield Slava's Snowshow

Pick of the week: Scotland & Ireland: Theatre
Sunshine On Leith 4.48 Psychosis West Side Story The Caretaker Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us

Pick of the week: North: Theatre
A Taste of Honey King Lear Black Tonic Death Of A Salesman

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Ian Jack: It's as if we've moved from a warm living room into a chilly kitchen
David Hare calls his new play 'pure fiction', but it feels more like a relic from the age of Blair

Daily Telegraph

How August: Osage County launched reluctant star Deanna Dunagan
Deanna Dunagan initially turned down a rare plum role in August: Osage County, writes Matt Wolf.

August: Osage County, the first great American play of the century
When Tracy Letts wrote his award-winning play, August: Osage County, based on a dark chapter in his family history, he found himself compared to O'Neill and Albee. As the play comes to London, he talks to Matt Wolf.

How Billy Elliot conquered Broadway
Charles Spencer reports on Billy Elliot's opening on Broadway