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Last week, The Stage published an interview with UK Theatre president Fiona Allan to mark the organisation's publication of 10 principles designed
UK Theatre's president tells Lyn Gardner how personal experience has informed her approach to harassment allegations and why theatre must no longer
Hope Mill, ManchesterThis rock-musical version of Frank Wedekind's 1891 play about sex, abortion, abuse and depression has some great tunes but never quite fliesHope Mill has staged one moul…
The actor is set to play Shakespeare's army commander as a gay woman in Gemma Bodinetz's new production at Liverpool's EverymanWhen Golda Rosheuvel stars as Othello at the Liverpool Everyman…
Even at my advanced age I quite frequently look around a theatre audience and feel relatively young and spritely. Of course, there
Unicorn, LondonThe enterprising children in Tim Crouch's moving comedy learn that growing up is hard to doIf you've ever looked in the mirror and seen a glimpse of your 10-year-old self, or …
NST City, SouthamptonChelsea Walker's intriguing take on Tennessee Williams's play conjures illusions before cruelly dismantling themI don't want realism. I want magic!" cries Blanche Dubois…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterA lawyer adrift in Hong Kong summons the spirit of her Chinese grandmother to explore their shared history " and a passion for foodHelen is a Cambridge-educated law…
Like many people, I find change hard. But I know that whenever change has been forced on me, it has turned out
Ustinov, BathIn Trevor Nunn's handsome but stilted production, an Edwardian painter is caught between her art and the affections of three men'Only little bits of me are developed, and those …
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonJosé Rivera's adaptation of Manuel Puig's prison-set romance is well-acted but needs more of an erotic and political chargeManuel Puig's odd-couple love stor…
Arcola, London This inventive adaptation of the novel set in an ape-dominated world pokes fun at human assumptions of evolution Will Self believes the novel is doomed. But the Arcola theatre…
Audible has recently announced the first wave of writers to receive commissions for new one and two-person plays for its platform. The
Nottingham PlayhouseRamps on the Moon uses sign language and captioning brilliantly in a striking update of Timberlake Wertenbaker's historical humanist play'People who have no imagination s…
Critics accuse the sector of becoming increasingly dominated by middle-class sensibilities, neglecting the tastes of many in favour of 'high art'. Working-class
The Yard, LondonJosh Azouz's horror-tinged play, with an eight-month-old baby played by an adult, comes over like surrealistic Harold PinterNur (Hoda Bentaher) and Jaden (Noof McEwan) have t…
Empire Cinema, LondonBack in the West End after 10 years, Rice's heart-stopping adaptation cuts seamlessly from theatre to cinema It's billed as Noël Coward's Brief Encounter, but this la…
I loved Nicholas Hytner's Julius Caesar at London's Bridge Theatre, and one of the reasons I enjoyed it so much was because
Alexander Wright is about to open a new version of his successful immersive production of The Great Gatsby in a disused pub
Sheffield CrucibleMorgan's play on the clash between the chatshow host and the US president gets a timely, entertaining revival​This 12-year-old play by The Crown writer Peter Morgan …
Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonAudience expectations are gleefully derailed as Lucy Bailey directs this creepy tale of love and liesSneered at for so long as a dramatist, Agatha Christie i…
Charing Cross theatre, LondonThere's witty live music and convincing performances by Sheila Hancock and Bill Milner but this staging of the cult movie feels coy and dated'I can never underst…
Attending the first preview of Dennis Kelly's gut-wrenching Girls and Boys at London's Royal Court Theatre was hugely enjoyable, especially as I
Viaduct, HalifaxDeborah McAndrew adapts the classic novel about facts and feelings but comedy drowns out subtlety"Is it possible that, despite all precautions, a storybook could have got int…
The Matilda playwright has written a shattering solo drama that he didn't think his star would read. He talks about fear, masculinity and burying secrets"It's a really, really tough play for…
