Theatre Royal Haymarket, London Harewood is captivating alongside Toby Jones and Caitlin FitzGerald but Tom Morris's stylish staging could probe greater depths David Harewood was the first B…
The Japanese version of the pop-rock phenomenon about the six ill-fated wives caused a sensation in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. As that production now hits the UK, we go behind the scenes (and …
Barbican theatre, LondonThe RSC production of Ella Hickson's feminist take on JM Barrie's tale has grown into quite the theatrical monster, big on lights, waves and clashing cutlasses This p…
Almeida theatre, LondonJack Holden has elegantly adapted Alan Hollinghurst's Booker winner about class envy, gay culture and political scandal in 80s Britain How to adapt a novel as big and …
Park theatre, LondonThe bonhomie curdles as an otherwise unconnected group of women set out to scatter someone's ashes in a promising setup that flounders despite a beautiful set Sarah Rickm…
Arcola theatre, London Two flat-earthers' quest for truth in Antarctica descends into a mishmash of conspiracy theories, in Jessica Norman's sparky yet heroically flawed debut play That Jess…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonThere are superb performances in this screen-saturated staging of Jean Genet's play, updated for the influencer age Screens were essential to Kip Williams' one-woman …
Royal Court theatre, LondonMarianne Elliott directs Nick Payne's tonally uneven play about a missing son that comes with ill-fitting moments of comedy Nick Payne is an exemplar of this theat…
Minerva theatre, ChichesterJamie Bogyo's debut play recounts the renaming of a Yale University college with broadstroke humour and some exquisitely sung a cappella interludes What happens wh…
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonKatherine Moar's bold and taut drama about the kidnapping of a fictional heiress explores the toxic inheritance of the 1970s Katherine Moar's riveting drama is i…
Theatre Royal BathThis bizarre drama, with the star playing twins amid plenty of tap dancing, is a warp of hallucinations and reality Small Hotel is a play that defies category, or even expl…
Old Vic theatre, LondonFive actors play the protagonist at different stages over 70 years in Tracy Letts' play, co-starring Andrea Riseborough If there is something familiar about a play com…
Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon The giant-hootered lover ventriloquising his passion for Roxane through a physically dashing rival is the standout star of this warm and l…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonAchilles is a slob and Ajax is a meathead in Owen Horsley's streamlined production, which is bursting with invention and comic inversions Shakespeare's take on th…
New Diorama theatre, LondonEphemeral Ensemble's atmospheric but unfocused follow-up to Rewind depicts the west's ecologically ruinous colonisation of Latin America from a feminist perspectiv…
Lyttelton theatre, LondonHiran Abeysekera brings humour to the tragedy and Francesca Mills steals the show as Ophelia but this staging pulls its emotional punches Last week, Indhu Rubasingha…
Park theatre, LondonPainter Lee Krasner's rivalry with her husband is laid bare in an affecting play about a relationship both loving and riddled with hostility Art history is littered with …
Theatre Royal Haymarket, London Maxim Didenko delivers Wilde's version of the biblical tale with a blingy design, topless men in hoods and yodelling Is it morally acceptable to host an Israe…
The great performance artist reveals all about her new four-hour Balkan Erotic Epic " a wild reinvention of ancient rituals that is sure to shock, move and amuse audiences Marina AbramoviÄ�…
Hampstead theatre, London Will Lord's exciting new play adds a neurodiverse inner voice to the Mamet-like rivalry between ambitious debt collectors chasing financial success The most dangero…
Barbican theatre, LondonCaroline Guiela Nguyen's epic drama explores global labour and personal suffering with moments of haunting power A three-hour durational show with a three-minute paus…
Olivier theatre, LondonThis eccentric take on Euripedes by Nima Taleghani is a striking yet often frustrating opening statement It takes courage and some flamboyance to launch an inaugural p…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonDirector Emily Burns puts a laser focus on the moral rot and hypocrisy of men in power with this streamlined and superbly performed version Shak…
Rose theatre, Kingston upon ThamesAva Pickett's modern-day adaptation of the novel adds pop music, farce and clowning but lacks gimlet-eyed observations An early blast of Lady Gaga's Bad Rom…
Dorfman theatre, LondonDirected by Stephen Daldry, David Lan's historical drama has a revelatory performance by Artie Wilkinson-Hunt David Lan's play takes us into a fascinating corridor of …