Southwark Playhouse Elephant, LondonHollering songs, cartoonish characters and dire dialogue mar this well-intentioned true story of the first all-female crew to attempt the Whitbread ocean …
Southwark Playhouse Borough, LondonAlex Urwin's warm drama tells the story of Simon Parkes who at just 23 bought the Brixton Academy for a pound and turned it into a mainstay of the UK music…
Chichester Festival theatreTwinkly eyed Phillip Attmore and silky-singing Lucy St Louis have natural chemistry in this stylish, witty adaptation of the mistaken identity drama It looks like …
James Ijames was told Shakespeare wasn't for the likes of him. Yet his Hamlet revamp electrified Broadway and scooped up Tony nominations. As Fat Ham hits the UK, he talks violence, vengeanc…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonYaël Farber's production manages the problem play's shift from dark to light well, but is often opaque in meaning Male sexual jealousy drives…
Savoy theatre, LondonThis adrenalised adaptation of the 2010 film is stuffed with superb voices and sensational moves What a tremendous breath of fresh air. Amid the indefatigable rise of mo…
Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence combines comedy, songs and athleticism as a young netball player reckons with her own ambitions against an electro-pop score A spate of Macbeths will hit the…
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonThe stage version of John Carney's film stays bright-eyed despite the darker turns in this tale of teenage pop, poverty and fractious families This stage adaptation …
Dorfman theatre, LondonShaan Sahota's play sets a British-Sikh politician's schemes against his family betrayal " a tremendous debut from a writer of huge promise Adeel Akhtar has become a g…
Orange Tree theatre, LondonCasting two Netflix stars in this funny and astute modernisation of the life of Saint Clare of Assisi shows that the gulf between rich and poor never changes Chiar…
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, West Yorkshire Stupendous set design brings E Nesbit's children's classic to new life as a wealthy Anglo-Indian family is forced to adjust to reduced lif…
London PalladiumZegler excels as Eva Perón and the crowds outside are used to capture the hypnotic appeal of populism but the narrative takes a backseat in his staging of Andrew Lloyd Web…
Malta festival, PolandThis updating of Agnieszka Holland's 1981 film about a struggling single mother suggests life under capitalist consumerism is no easier than it was under communism Agni…
Stara Rzeźnia, PoznaÅ„This outdoor offering, part homage and part reimagining of Shakespeare's text, has visual spectacle, a magnificent score and a cast undeterred by an actual storm …
Almeida theatre, LondonRebecca Frecknall's usually bold directorial hand seems stilled in a glacially paced revival co-starring Michael Shannon and David Threlfall Rebecca Frecknall has give…
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, LondonLuke Brady is the hero navigating between godliness and humanness in a show that's big on booming numbers yet short on emotion Four years ago, Disney brought …
Kiln theatre, LondonIman Qureshi's play starts as a good, old-fashioned underdog story before exploring sexuality, homophobia and trans identity A group of women convene around a piano in a …
Arcola theatre, LondonOn a quest to visit all 54 African nations, a band of travellers explore personal, political and social history " but it can be hard to work out what's happening There …
Royal Court theatre, LondonKane's emotionally unswerving gifts as a writer are on full display in a 25th-anniversary production reuniting the original cast What must it have felt like to wat…
Chichester Festival theatreNatalie Dormer is exceptional in the title role with Phillip Breen's clever production reflecting the full scope of the novel's ambition The stampede of actors m…
Deptford Storehouse, LondonWhile Liana Patarkatsishvili's gargantuan immersive show looks spectacular, too many ideas are thrown about without being tethered to a story The disused warehouse…
Brixton House, LondonMojisola Adebayo's play deftly navigates light and heavy subject matter as its hero embarks on a quest to feel the earth move Do not underestimate the gravity of the med…
Newly arrived in the West End, Disney's demigod is the latest mythological A-lister to knock out showtunes. Why are deities such as Hermes and the 'half-blood' Percy Jackson having a moment …
Teatro Carlo Goldoni, VeniceIn an extraordinary theatrical feat, two agile actors play 23 characters populating the seemingly ordinary working day of a central couple A day in the life of a …
Tese dei Soppalchi, VeniceBetween smashing glasses and reading conceptual index cards, Dafoe and Simonetta Solder neglect to locate this two-hander's drama " or its heart Long before Willem …