There’s not much satirical sophistication on show in this oddly-timed musical effort from Harry Hill and Steve Brown
Even if it’s not entirely successful, this experimental show highlights just how boringly safe and naturalistic most theatre remains
New artistic director Mark Ravenhill’s spooky tale, inspired by the King’s Head itself, is ambitious but clumsily done
The director’s new prodution of Jitney opens at the Old Vic in June - it’s 40 years old but it still resonates today
Some decent performances can’t drag any contemporary relevance out of this talky French classic
As a West End star vehicle for the celebrated actress, The Glass Menagerie barely passes its MOT
This is one for Shakespeare completists only
Alfie Cain’s debut play about being dropped by his football academy aged 18 reveals the emotional cost of early commitment
Marina Carr’s examination of the Trojan War through women’s eyes is gripping
Bartlett Sher’s production repackages this witty, well-crafted piece of work for a new generation
A layered, expressive lead performance from Anne-Marie Duff can’t save this baggy production
The Essex-born playwright asks why, as theatre diversifies, do the working class-made-good seem to remain invisible
Covid chaos has had a huge effect on theatre shows and understudies have held them together - it’s time to do more than applaud
After becoming the youngest female director on Broadway for Six, Lucy Moss is putting her spin on Legally Blonde the Musical
Beru Tessema’s first play is a family epic that captures the universal in the specific
After triumphing at the Tonys, this pared-back production comes to London
4000 Miles had already been postponed for two years
Claire Rushbrook and Daniel Ryan give heartfelt, nuanced performances as a late-fortysomething Essex couple in crisis
Director Lucy Bailey’s production offers a purely pleasurable evening at the Globe
You could watch Rylance’s performance every night and still find new dimensions
The Killing Eve star is what we’re here to see in this one-woman show about a barrister who is sexually assaulted - and she delivers
Anoushka Lucas spent her twenties trying and failing to get a record deal; in her thirties, she’s found a thrilling new career in theatre
Frequently deemed the best play of the 21st century, Nick Curtis explores the story of Jerusalem as it returns to the West End 13 years after it first opened
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Screen star Monica Bellucci is spectacularly wooden in this tedious meander through opera star Maria Callas’ personal scribblings, which make dull source material
Nicola Walker is captivating in this play about the power of education and language
Jackie Sibblies Drury’s play has a compelling and topical premise - but the result is haphazard
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Punchdrunk’s first major venture in London for eight years, inspired by the Trojan War, will blow you away
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The production promises to tell the story “of Mandela the man and Mandela the movement”
This spoofy, wrong-headed version of the story of dashing vigilante Zorro should never have got this far
Jeff James’s adaptation has voguing and a foam party - but doesn’t interrogate the novel’s more retrograde gender politics
Mike Bartlett’s blank-verse drama about Trump running for president (again) is eloquent and clever, but has surprisingly little to say
There’s a surprising amount of joy in Ryan Calais Cameron’s play about the experience of young British black men
He had a West End smash with 2:22 A Ghost Story and his Battersea Poltergeist podcast is being made into a TV show - but what’s haunting Danny Robins?
The Almeida’s long-awaited production features an on-stage swimming pool and full-frontal nudity