Sonali Bhattacharyya's coming of age drama returns with a new cast Do the right thing! But doing the right thing isn't easy " especially if you are a teen. And a female teen who is being pre…
New play about the queer club scene is a fabulous extravaganza Ever been to a queer club? You know, drag cabaret night at Madame Jojo's, or the Black Cap or Her Upstairs. No? Well, not to wo…
Stephen Karam's 2011 award-winning play is a subtle exploration of suffering Pain is, at one and the same time, something to avoid, and also something you can use. Kahlil Gibran, the Lebanes…
April De Angelis's latest has Fay Ripley, but precious little else Is British new writing in deep trouble? With the Arts Council defunding venues such as the Hampstead Theatre, the Donmar an…
New play about an Iraqi exile and his daughter is strong if a bit messy What is the best way of talking about the Middle East? Should plays take a documentary or verbatim approach, all the b…
Terry Johnson returns with a sex comedy that is neither sexy nor funny In the past, playwright Terry Johnson has mixed sex and comedy with hilarious results. His Freudian farce, Hysteria, a…
New play about a junior doctor on the edge is powerful and moving Every day there is bad news about the NHS " junior doctors are exhausted, nurses need foodbanks and the stats are hitting a…
New play about the Queen of Scots is a bit wordy, but well worth it Scottish playwright Rona Munro is both prolific and ambitious. After her trilogy of historical dramas, The James Plays, w…
The playwright talks about his latest play, Not One of These People, which he is performing himself, and about digital creativity and constraints on authorship The fictional world is our wo…
New West End theatre opens with a bio-drama that is joyful silly - but a bit relentless Opening a theatre should be a celebration, says Nica Burns, the West End power behind this new theatre…
New play about therapy is powerfully emotional, but sadly predictable Therapy is inherently dramatic. After all, it's all about character " and it has the aim of producing a recognizable cha…
After its antisemitic blunder a year ago, this venue makes amends What is the Royal Court theatre for? Is it a space that stages innovative new writing, or does it prefer to do documentary t…
Two-hander about a contrasting pair of gay Pakistanis is beautifully wrought Britain is a divided nation, but one of the divisions that we don't hear that much about is that between Pakistan…
Dramatization of Kavita Puri's Partition Voices is moving and compelling Partition equals trauma. It cannot have escaped anyone's attention that the British Empire's solution to intractable …
A jury of young people hold their elders to account for climate change Dystopian theatre takes many forms " but this is the first which is a jury-room drama. Dawn King has previously explor…
Francesca Martinez's debut play about disability politics entertains " and frustrates Has the pandemic made us more angry? Although Francesca Martinez's debut play, which is at the National …
New award-winning political play is warmly idealistic, if a bit too obvious While Britain is experiencing a "summer of discontent", with inflation, strikes and other conflicts, it is odd th…
Roy Williams's latest is a tribute to the children of the Windrush generation I live in Brixton, south London. A few days ago, the borough's aptly named Windrush Square hosted events which c…
Loving account of two couples is perceptive, but a bit slender Is gig theatre the latest sugar rush? Okay, it ups the brain's serotonin levels and charges around your body like a crazy elec…
Lucy Kirkwood's new play is depressingly cynical in form and content What is the shelf life of a theatre gimmick? In April, the Royal Court announced that they were going to stage a debut pl…
Tamasha play about a Punjabi family-run salon could do with a makeover Theatre is slowly recovering from the effects of the pandemic " and many shows which were cancelled because of the fir…
David Eldridge's follow up to his 2017 hit, 'Beginning', is disappointing The traditional, and much derided, well-made play is meant to have a beginning, middle and end. Although playwright …
Dominic Cooke's imaginative revival improves on Emlyn Williams's 1938 play Let's talk repertoire. Over the past decade the range of British plays, especially those from the 17th, 18th and 1…
Ruth Wilson is brilliant in Jean Cocteau classic adapted by Ivo van Hove Is there really such a thing as an unmissable show? Depends on your taste of course, but for sheer hype this event ta…
High-energy revival of Mike Bartlett's 2009 play boasts a dynamic cast Mike Bartlett's Cock invites suggestive comments, but the main thing about the play is that it has proved to be a magn…