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 and…
Theatre 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 …
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…
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 rollerc…
Orange Tree theatre, LondonRichard Eyre's adaptation brings comedy and tenderness alongside Strindberg's original savagery August Strindberg's portrait of marriage is unremittingly bleak in …
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 h…
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 thi…
Theatro 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 c…
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 tells us t…
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…
Playhouse, 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…
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…
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…
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 c…
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 revival …
Malmaison 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 there big…
Arcola 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…
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 " an…
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 in …
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 at …
Jermyn 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 quietl…
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…
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 inn…
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 Richard …
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 i…