A brilliant balance of raucous comedy and immense pathos Where should Leila live " Ilford or Kent? It doesn't sound like an earth-shattering decision for a 15-year-old to make, but the stake…
An entertaining but not quite convincing makeover for a tricky play There probably isn't a more able translator of vintage drama than Martin Crimp, the playwright whose 2004 version of Pierr…
Playwright Beru Tessema makes a striking stage debut We are in a room in a simply decorated house in northwest London, where an Ethiopian-British family is gathering for a funeral "tea" for…
Rodgers and Hammerstein revival goes to the dark heart of the story No surreys, fringes or corny chap-slapping: the Rodgers and Hammerstein revival that has arrived at the Young Vic from New…
Ché Walker directs his savage play, with a stellar turn from Clare Latham Ché Walker claims he wrote Wolf Cub, now in the Hampstead Downstairs studio space, in a two-day blitz prompted …
The 2010 satire about race and the realities of real estate remains blistering Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park arrived at London's Royal Court like a blazing comet in 2010, a bold kind of sati…
An epic undertaking about British teenage life, beautifully performed Do you happily binge four hours of mind-candy TV in one sitting? Alecky Blythe's latest verbatim play, Our Generation " …
Carey Crim's play leaves the issues it raises sadly undramatic Carey Crim's 2017 play arrives from the US at north London's Park Theatre trailing a feminist playwriting award for its dissect…
The author of 'The Father' plays unsatisfying games with the audience If Florian Zeller isn't a Wordle fan, I'd be very surprised. As with the hit online game, the French playwright likes t…
Nell Leyshon's play-with-music asks questions of a legacy Cecil Sharp, heritage hero or imperialist appropriator? If you attended school in the first half of the 19th century, you would have…
A triumphant musical about teenage angst When Berliners sat down to watch Franz Wedekind's debut play Fruhlings Erwachen " Spring Awakening " in 1906, they had little inkling of the kind of…
Has director Patrick Marber boobed this time? In his 1973 play Habeas Corpus, now revived at the Menier Chocolate Factory under the direction of Patrick Marber, Alan Bennett had his way with…
Hilarious and probing satire from Young Jean Lee The Korean-American writer Young Jean Lee's Straight White Men, currently enjoying its UK debut at Southwark Playhouse, is presented wi…
Katie Mitchell hits a new career high Katie Mitchell's desire to bust the boundaries of theatre has taken a brilliant turn. Over her long and distinguished career as a director she has been…
The Menier opens its new second stage with this podcast-turned-play What counts as offensive in these days of cancel culture? Ham-fisted pronoun usage? Culturally appropriated hairstyles? To…
Martin McDonagh's breakthrough play dazzles anew "You can't kick a cow in Leenane without some bastard holding a grudge for 20 years," sighs Pato Dooley (Adam Best) prophetically; he has alr…
Can a runaway slave help a black actress love the theatre more? Jasmine Lee-Jones has a hard act to follow - namely, herself. Her award-winning 2019 debut play, seven methods of killing kyli…
Debut work from Benedict Lombe is a red-hot poem of protest What's in a name? In Benedict Lombe's incendiary debut play at the Bush Theatre, the answer to this question encompasses a whol…
Intriguing, inventive play from Jack Thorne and Headlong Limbo, in Jack Thorne's latest play, is a room lined ceiling-high with drawers, a sort of morgue rebooted as a vast filing system. It…