Chekhov classic from the team behind the West End hit Summer and Smoke About a year ago, director Rebecca Frecknall electrified this venue with an award-winning revival of Tennessee William…
This memoir of a Berlin secretary in the Nazi era is the theatre event of the year Maggie Smith is not only a national treasure, but every casting director's go-to old bat. Now 84 years you…
New play about the freedom struggle in Tibet is a bit too unclear for its own good Theatre can give a voice to the voiceless " but at what cost? Abhishek Majumdar, who debuted at the Royal …
Enjoyable high-definition revival of Caryl Churchill's 1982 feminist classic Caryl Churchill is a phenomenal artist. Not only has she written a huge body of work, but each play differs in bo…
Adaptation of Max Porter's contemporary classic gets the big-stage treatment Wow, what a collection of talent: this show stars Peaky Blinder Cillian Murphy, and Enda Walsh's adaptation, Grie…
Resonant new play about genetics is well-written and excitingly staged Contemporary British theatre loves time travel " and not just to the past. It also enjoys imagining the future, especia…
Triumphant, if crude, West End transfer of a heartfelt account of a Renaissance woman Emilia Bassano Lanier is not a household name. But maybe she should be. Born in 1569, she was one of the…
Adaptation of Harriet Lane's psychological and satirical bestseller never quite takes off Okay, so this is the play that will be remembered for the character names that have unusual spellin…
New show about representations of women's prisons in the media is fun but pointless Dear Clean Break, Thank you very much for your latest, called Inside Bitch, a show which is billed as "a p…
The final part of Florian Zeller's domestic trilogy is powerfully melodramatic Well, you have to give it to French playwright Florian Zeller " he's certainly cracked the problem of coming up…
★★★★★ THE ANIMALS AND CHILDREN TOOK TO THE STREETS, LYRIC HAMMERSMITH 1927 theatre company returns with its classic hit show 1927 theatre company returns wit…
★★★★ EQUUS, THEATRE ROYAL STRATFORD EAST Thrilling physicality Brilliant revival of the 1970s classic about pagan worship and repressed sexuality There is no doubt th…
Bright new monologue about coming of age in the Instagram era really rocksTitles matter: they send out messages. So, in the current #MeToo climate, isn't it a bit provocative that there's a …
Frantic Assembly's latest is a moving meditation on war and masculinity Nadia Fall is a good thing. Her appointment as the artistic director of this venue, with her first season having …
New play about a cab office fails to find its accelerator pedalWrite what you know, says the adage, and that's exactly what playwright Ishy Din has done with his new play, Approaching Empty,…
Thrilling revival of Danai Gurira's 2012 play about Chistianity and imperialismWow! First, the Black Panther team took cinema by storm; now, they have conquered theatre as well. Or, at …
Mark Ravenhill's comeback play is a brilliant account of the abuse of powerPlaywright Mark Ravenhill, who shot to fame in 1996 with his in-yer-face shocker Shopping and Fucking, has bee…
Short new play from actor Ellie Kendrick is full of ferocity, but lacks originalityActor Ellie Kendrick is a familiar face on television, but it's only as a writer that she reveals the depth…
Girls just wanna have fun in the sun - smart, funny but slender debut playBecause of the #MeToo movement, and the revival of feminist protest, the theme of sisterhood now has a much stronger…
Imaginative adaptation of Zadie Smith's 2000 classic let down by unnecessary musicYou can see why artistic director Indhu Rubasingham chose to stage this version of Zadie Smith's classi…
New epic compares the experience of black people in the US and the UKTwo countries; two histories. Being black in the US; being black in the UK. Compare and contrast. Which is exactly what d…
Martin McDonagh's latest is poorly written and lacking in imagination It's all in the title, isn't it? Martin McDonagh's surreal new play comes with a warning that not only screams its …
Nina Raine's follow-up to her very big hit Consent is often funny but rarely deepIn 2017, playwright Nina Raine's Consent, an excellent National Theatre play about lawyers and rape vict…
David Hare's latest is set in an alternative reality that is more 2008 than 2018Whatever you might think about Brexit, the dreaded B word, the current climate certainly seems to be reinvigor…
Victorian pugilistic drama: thoroughly heartfelt, highly original and completely timelyThere are not that many plays about sport, but, whether you gamble on results or not, you can bet that …