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 humdrum …
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! Mar…
Almeida 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 origi…
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 dressed t…
Lyttelton theatre, LondonCoughlan plays a barmaid, alongside Derry Girls co-star Siobhán McSweeney, in JM Synge's 1907 classic Every woman loves a bad boy, or so the cliche goes. Here it …
Bridge theatre, London Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's fairytale adventure follows its archetypal characters into real-world emotion, brilliantly drawn and sung Can Stephen Sondheim and …
Young Vic theatre, LondonA powerful blend of VR, testimony and theatre exposes the human toll of benefit cuts " and asks what justice looks like in a new political era David Cameron did not …
Young Vic theatre, London Rajiv Joseph's tale of a captive animal that returns from the dead after the 2003 invasion is bracingly unconventional There is an exciting wildness to the European…
As bombs fell on the capital, a Bengal tiger was left all alone " until a US marine shot it. Rajiv Joseph explains why he brought the beast back from the dead for his Pulitzer-nominated dram…
Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonHuman drama and witty direction as the RSC stages an adaptation of John Galsworthy's dynastic shenanigans Long before the upstairs/downstairs drama of Downto…
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonJanie Dee and Alexandra Gilbreath are excellent as wives preparing to meet an old flame in an entertainingly directed play that builds to comic chaos and a ma…
Sherman theatre, CardiffAlice is a boring grownup at the start of this intelligent and catchy Christmas musical " then she's whisked off to Wonderland again What has happened to Alice? Why i…
Arcola theatre, LondonThis riff on Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories has flashes of promise but its comedy and purpose never land Shouldn't that be Flat 2b? Then again, there are bigger…
Savoy theatre, LondonState-of-the-art animatronics, imaginative staging, fabulous performances and some marvellous songs about marmalade make for an evening that will fill you with joy and m…
Riverside Studios, London The madcap sci-fi tale is retold on a lavish scale, complete with in-show merch, but it never really blasts off Douglas Adams's sci-fi comedy about Earth's destruct…
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonAbigail Pickard Price's stripped-back staging conjures ghost stories, seaside dreams and Dickensian tragedy through three performers' dazzling transformations Th…
Tara theatre, London A young, gay Indian man learns steps to Britishness from a phantom vision of the Tory politician, but the result is less sinister a satire than it should be Remember Th…
Wyndham's theatre, LondonBryan Cranston, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Paapa Essiedu and Hayley Squires achieve theatrical alchemy in Ivo van Hove's superb production In 2014 Ivo van Hove's Young …
Dorfman theatre, London David Eldridge's two-hander depicts the difficult conversations that follow one partner's cancer diagnosis David Eldridge's trilogy has travelled across the early and…
New Diorama, LondonTwo stories, centuries apart, are used to chart climate disaster in this ambitious musical with bitty scenes and cumbersome lyrics This climate disaster musical takes plac…
Kiln theatre, LondonThe accused of the Pendle witch trials are given a voice but this glib production fails to do them justice Rebecca Brewer and Daisy Chute's musical, inspired by the Pendl…
Troubadour Canary Wharf theatre, LondonEye-popping visuals and a strong lead performance energise Matthew Dunster's production " but the emotion gets lost amid the action A luminous bow hove…
Hampstead theatre, LondonOverbearing life coach Winston and reluctant daughter Joy take a road trip through repression and half-spoken feelings Nancy Farino's debut play looks at the fault l…
Theatr Clwyd, MoldThis could have been a powerful play about rebellion but a busy plot and flatly drawn central character make it a missed opportunity John Jones's life is ripe for dramatisa…
Park theatre, LondonAlliances and enmities form among a crew of butchers who are trying to shape new lives after prison despite ICE, addiction and the financial lure of criminality Busy kitc…