The Yellow Wallpaper review – Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s story given hi-tech staging
Aurélia Thierrée narrates the tale of a confined ‘hysterical’ woman while Fukiko Takase dances on a screen behind her
Metamorphosis review – Lemn Sissay adaptation is more poetic than dramatic
This staging of Kafka’s story is physically exciting, even tireless, but it hits an early peak of terror then has nowhere to go for two hours
Eliza Clark’s BookTok sensation Boy Parts becomes a one-woman show
Aimée Kelly will star in adaptation of the 2020 novel about an artist who takes explicit photographs of young men
Rebecca review – Mrs Danvers steals the show in Du Maurier musical
Among polished performances, Kara Lane’s creepily obsessed housekeeper proves a powerful force
Enter the Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for arts journalism 2024
The annual competition to discover outstanding new critical writing on the arts is now opened for submissions
On my radar: Jamie Lloyd’s cultural highlights
The award-winning theatre director on being stopped in the street to talk about his tattoos, the influence of the musician Ryuichi Sakamoto and the play he’d love to direct
Great Expectations review – Bengal in 1905 is tailor-made for Dickens
Tanika Gupta brings authority and nuance to her adaptation, exploring class, colonialism, partition and invasion – and finding unexpected resonance
‘This family is being devoured’: Lemn Sissay on why Kafka’s Metamorphosis is a tale for our times
The poet has teamed up with Frantic Assembly to bring the novella, about a man who turns into an insect, to the stage. He explains why this story of family meltdown is all about modern life
Michael Frayn at 90: a miscellany of the satirical columnist’s finest moments
Playwright and novelist Frayn wrote for the Guardian since 1957. Here’s a selection of his writing from the past 65 years, covering everything from the arrival of saunas to the Lady Chatterley’s Lover trial
The Guardian view on Shakespeare’s First Folio: the sum of its history
Editorial: The year of its 400th anniversary is a moment to think about the true value of one of the world’s most expensive books
Comedian London Hughes: ‘I made more money in one year in America than my whole life in Britain’
Fed up with the white boys’ club of British standup, a one-way ticket to LA finally brought fame to the ‘comedy Beyoncé’. Now she has written a memoir detailing her rise from bullied teen to transatlantic hit
Power to the people! Film, music, books and more about collective action
From a vast anti-war statement by Pablo Picasso to a powerful treatise on section 28, our critics showcase culture that reminds us what we can achieve when we come together
Rob Delaney: ‘I can’t help it, swearing makes me happy’
The actor and writer on getting his grief down on the page, the five ingredients of good comedy and why the actors’ strike is sure to succeed
On my radar: Val McDermid’s cultural highlights
The bestselling crime writer on exploring the Belgian coast, deep-diving into the middle ages and an enlightening exhibition of female Scottish artists
To see or not to see: Edinburgh fringe’s startling plays about perception
Two new shows at the festival question senses of hearing and sight in engaging and eccentric ways