Known so far for her TV performances, Jessica Brown Findlay is powerfully impressive at the Almeida in Oresteia, western culture's oldest drama, says Dominic Cavendish
Lisa Dwan has successfully made Beckett's short plays her own, says Dominic Cavendish
Gina McKee shines in this astute portrait of the relationship between mothers and sons, says Dominic Cavendish
Simon Russell Beale's Dean provides him with a performance which instantly ranks as one of the finest in his career, says Dominic Cavendish
The Theatre Royal begins its ambitious, weekly-rep season with a Seventies political farce, says Dominic Cavendish
This revival of Farquhar's late-Restoration comedy is professionally done but needs more zing, says Dominic Cavendish
Veteran South African playwright Athol Fugard has issued a stark warning about the direction his country is going in - and has urged younger playwrights to tackle the widespread injustices h…
Two of the world’s most in-demand young screen actresses - Keira Knightley, and Elisabeth Moss from 'Mad Men’ - are appearing together on stage, in the first play Ian Rickson has…
Terror is integral to the pleasure of John Simm, who takes on "the greatest role ever written", Hamlet, at the Sheffield Crucible.
As 'When We are Married' opens on the West End, Maureen Lipman and the playwright's only son discuss his father's appeal.
There are pleasures and perils to acting with your spouse, say Alexander Hanson and Samantha Bond.
Janet Suzman, who played Cleopatra almost 40 years ago, talks to Dominic Cavendish about directing 'Sex and the City’ star Kim Cattrall in Shakespeare’s greatest female role .
The Globe and the RSC are showing The Merchant of Venice at the same time - and the two productions don't compare favourably, says Dominic Cavendish
Daphne Du Maurier meets Salvador Dalà in a bracingly discombobulating new adaptation of Rebecca, says Dominic Cavendish
Judi Dench, Catherine Tate and Mark Gatiss star in a brilliantly apt play about the last 90 minutes of polling day, says Dominic Cavendish
Playing the Queen, Scott Thomas holds her own against the gilded memory of Helen Mirren, says Dominic Cavendish
The Office meets heartbreaking realism in this timely look at life on zero-hours contracts, says Dominic Cavendish
Playwright Michael Frayn talks to Dominic Cavendish about brevity, being critically mauled and how life has got harder
Jonathan Pryce gives a highly sympathetic performance of Shylock at the Globe, says Dominic Cavendish
This fresh version of the 15th-century morality play is an intriguing enough prospect but not necessarily enough to tempt people indoors, says Dominic Cavendish
Its replica river and 65,000 litres of water might sound gimmicky, but this revival of Alan Ayckbourn's black comedy is surprisingly powerful, says Dominic Cavendish
From exuberant singing to deadpan dialogue, a brilliant cast of child actors delivers the goods in this stage version of Alan Parker's much-loved film, says Dominic Cavendish
Despite much to admire in the peformance of its star, this revival of David Mamet's classic is a little underwhelming, says Dominic Cavendish
The National Theatre's new production of Caryl Churchill's epic account of political upheaval in 1640s England couldn't be more timely, says Dominic Cavendish
This political play appears to hark back to the Gordon Brown era, says Dominic Cavendish