Adelphi theatre, LondonTheatre wunderkind’s adaptation of the Oscar-winning film has plenty of suspenseful stagecraft but struggles to match its subtletyAnother new show, another old story…
The late actor’s co-stars in Logan and Anthony and Cleopatra remember dog impressions, marching band-conducting and a fervent belief in funI had the unbelievable privilege of working with …
An unmissable documentary play, Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia with luminous Isis Hainsworth and ecstatic dance in a Norwegian museum are among November’s highlightsSwiss director Milo Rau’s r…
Whether it’s immersive chiller Blackout or the campily scary 2:22: A Ghost Story, ‘tis the season to be scared witless at the theatre. But what’s the secret to making an audience gasp …
Shoreditch town hall, LondonScott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie’s audience participation musical gets toes tapping and bodies spinning – even if its story lacks a little depthThere’s onl…
With his striking voice, so rich and resonant, the actor blazed through the RSC – and his time in Hollywood only enriched him. Yet he was a great team player, capable of anything, as his d…
Vivian Beaumont theater, New York CityUnconvincing performances and an ill-fitting big stage make a retooled version of the classic courtroom drama feel like a missed opportunityGiven the cu…
Swan theatre, Stratford-Upon-AvonThis RSC staging of the sprawling middle England masterpiece has humour, compassion – and even George Eliot herself as a characterIs there a literary achie…
Theatre Royal BathEdward Bond’s play about consumerism and the strength of humans in dark times is hugely enlivened by Saunders and her tight-lipped pomposityWhen describing his own play, …
Young Vic, LondonRecalling Boko Haram’s abduction of schoolgirls in Chibok in 2014, Theresa Ikoko’s fierce and tender play reveals how three teenagers find hope and laughter under the mo…
Hit London plays 2:22, Paranormal Activity and A Ghost in Your Ear are now spooking audiences on and off Broadway amid high demand for communal experiencesAs we escaped the restrictions of t…
Arcola theatre, LondonDavid Edgar’s translation grounds Ibsen’s otherworldly play about a middle-aged architect’s fall from power, but its flaws are too loud to ignoreThis outing of He…
The RuPaul’s Drag Race alum on queer visibility, politics and starring in Cole Escola’s smash comedyAlaska may be starring in the most subversive comedy in American theater today, but sh…
The festive season brings swashbuckling adventure, heartwarming Antarctic antics, a yuletide spin on Pride and Prejudice and Matthew Bourne’s CinderellaRoyal Exchange theatre, Manchester, …
He made Daniel Radcliffe’s Harry Potter fart, left Judi Dench unable to control herself and told a fry-up fantasy about Helen Mirren. A new biography details the star’s mischiefJasper Re…
With its shimmering forest and its plunge into darkness and destruction, this fairytale romp bagged an Olivier for its lighting – and, reveals designer Aideen Malone, it wasn’t even fini…
Park theatre, LondonThis adaptation is perhaps too smooth but is well-staged and performed, and draws strong feeling from the pianist’s compositionsThe idea of turning the survival story o…
Apollo theatre, LondonProphecies are impossibly fulfilled by the superstar who takes his cue from the legendary French seer in his show Only HumanDo we have free will – or are the words I …
Sadler’s Wells, LondonAlina Cojocaru astonishes in John Neumeier’s Ghost Light, an ethereal meditation on time, while Glen Tetley’s Firebird has much to cherishA ghost light is the nam…
Bristol Old VicA family are just getting used to their new home in this haunting drama when a parallel world emergesOverheard in the auditorium during the interval: it’s like Tales of the …
More than 30 years after Raymond Briggs’ story became a stage show, director Will Tuckett and Paddington designer Tahra Zafar have given it a hi-tech refresh with a hunky Saint Nick“Top …
Shepherd’s Bush Empire, LondonRichly wrought lyrical wit and sumptuous harmonies enhance the duo’s clever new show – along with plenty of backchatThe last time Flo & Joan played Sh…
Sadler’s Wells East, LondonThe Olivier-winner draws on his Cameroonian heritage in a visceral show, with music and movement that speak as oneDickson Mbi won an Olivier award for his last m…
A New York theater show about the infamous viral video explores the effects of growing up with internet pornAmong the first questions posed in Two Girls, a verbatim play reconstructing the e…
Old Vic theatre, LondonMatthew Warchus directs a radical and intimate revival of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s musical about a Frenchman who flees homeSome revivals overstat…