Friday, February 13, 2026
Aldwych theatre, LondonWilliam Nicholson’s take on CS Lewis’s marriage to an American divorcee should have you in bits but it fails to feel as eviscerating as it should
The drama of love…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06PMTheatre Royal Stratford East, London Using photographs from an archive album of Auschwitz staff relaxing, this searing drama builds into an unforgettable inquiry
This play is based around a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMWednesday, February 11, 2026
Dorfman theatre, LondonA financier facing corruption charges is reunited with his son in this high-concept mishmash of screwball comedy and financial thriller
The National Theatre is certain…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMMonday, February 9, 2026
The former Bond girl talks about her new role as a top writer accused of stealing a story as her actor husband is cancelled – and why she has no regrets about her time aboard the 007 rolle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMSunday, February 8, 2026
Orange Tree theatre, LondonRichard Eyre’s adaptation brings comedy and tenderness alongside Strindberg’s original savagery
August Strindberg’s portrait of marriage is unremittingly ble…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:01PMFriday, February 6, 2026
Minerva theatre, Chichester Award-winning writer Tim Foley’s frightfest brings an out of work actor to a country manor to burnish the myth of its resident wraith. Beware of the silhouetted…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18PMThursday, February 5, 2026
Old Vic, LondonStuffed with knowledge and often regarded as the playwright’s finest work, this drama’s sheer cleverness gleams in an exuberant production
When Tom Stoppard was asked what…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMTheatro Technis, London In Philip de Voni’s ambitious debut play, a clash over funeral rites exposes deep divisions in a British-Cypriot extended family
Ancient Greek literature teems with…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AMTuesday, February 3, 2026
Bush theatre, London Farah Najib’s play tells the story of an isolated woman who dies at home and considers the community’s responsibility
The opening quote to Farah Najib’s drama tell…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMSunday, February 1, 2026
Almeida theatre, LondonIn a bloody, brilliant, full circle Rupert Goold bows out as artistic director of the Almeida with a timely revival of the musical he first staged here in 2013
The ter…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18PMPlayhouse, SheffieldTwo siblings growing up in a high-rise search for escape and liberation in this idiosyncratic and infectious drama with a beautiful script by Debris Stevenson
Debris Stev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMFriday, January 30, 2026
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London Some spells are cast by this show, in which the director stars as Prospero, but it wearingly replays the same tricks
The Tempest seems like the perfect Shakes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMMonday, January 26, 2026
Arcola theatre, LondonBeguiling but deeply disturbing verbatim solo show is based on testimony of Gazan children and relates the confusion and tragedy of war
Eleven-year-old Renad dreams of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMFriday, January 23, 2026
Royal Court theatre, London Rosie Sheehy and Robert Aramayo excel as a couple reeling from an ultrasound scan in Luke Norris’s extraordinary play
The trigger warnings are handed to us on a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMWednesday, January 21, 2026
Thornton Wilder’s classic American play is transposed for the inaugural production of National Theatre Wales. The result is heartfelt, though its emotional bite can feel uncertain
A reviva…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01PMMalmaison hotel, LondonTheatregoers move from room to room as emotional messiness is laid bare with spirited bridesmaids, painful encounters and ‘call it all off’ nerves
When isn’t the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AMArcola theatre, LondonChris Bowers, a former British diplomat in Iraqi Kurdistan, brings authenticity but not enough human drama to his play about the 1991 Kurdish uprising
This historical d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:31AMTuesday, January 20, 2026
In All Is But Fantasy, the fates of Juliet, Lady Macbeth, Cleopatra and more are given a thrilling twist by US writer, director and singer Whitney White. She talks about untimely deaths – …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMFriday, January 16, 2026
Aldwych theatre, LondonJamie Eastlake’s play about two football fans mixes together song, dance, comedy and dark family drama, with incohesive results
This tale of two hard-up reprobates i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMSunday, January 11, 2026
Hampstead Theatre, LondonWith shades of MR James and Inside No 9 Jamie Armitage’s innovative recording studio haunting is a good old-fashioned fairground-ride chiller
The trigger warning a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMJermyn Street theatre, LondonAn outstanding cast grapple with this revival of Lyle Kessler’s 80s set drama but the play feels incomplete with too many threads remaining unresolved
The quie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMFriday, January 9, 2026
Harold Pinter theatre, LondonCrudup and Denise Gough lead a tense adaptation that turns the film into a debate play whose McCarthy-era roots resonate powerfully today
How do you turn a class…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24PMTuesday, January 6, 2026
Duke of York’s Theatre, London
Sheridan Smith’s disconsolate housewife seeks refuge in a fantasy world, in critique of the emptiness of married life
Susan is not the first woman battling…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32PMMonday, January 5, 2026
Lesley Manville and Aidan Turner unite for Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Michael Sheen launches Welsh National Theatre and Bridget Christie revs up for a return to the stage Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMSunday, January 4, 2026
Orange Tree theatre, London
Comedy’s upper-class antics are transposed to 1920s Bath and bring a crowd-pleasing mix of anarchic spirit and silliness, though it slackens occasionally
Richar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMTuesday, December 23, 2025
Omnibus theatre, LondonSweet and funny show is based on rumoured vampire sightings in north London in the 1960s and 70s – though it could do with producing a few more goosebumps
For a time…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMSunday, December 21, 2025
Chichester Festival theatreA musical adaptation of Matt Haig’s children’s book is visually delightful and heroically performed by Chichester Festival Youth Theatre but the songs are humd…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AMThursday, December 18, 2025
Trafalgar theatre, London Arriving from Broadway with much fanfare, Cole Escola’s play about Mary Todd Lincoln is loaded with obvious jokes and squanders the talents of its cast
Oh, my! M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMWednesday, December 17, 2025
A meet-cute between Humanity and Earth, a mod ballet and Nick Mohammed’s career-best standup set – our critics pick the best stage shows of the year
10. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMAlmeida theatre, London A north London Jewish family share a meal – and heated arguments – in this complex and courageous drama
Stella Adler, the renowned actor and teacher of Yiddish o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMSunday, December 14, 2025
Festive theatrical feasts serve audiences a slap-up dinner with their entertainment. But is what’s on stage as appetising as what’s on your plate?
In west London, a line of smartly dress…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AM 
