Shakespeare's Globe, LondonBack in the role she first played in 1997, Hunter uses her extraordinary transformative powers to show us the king as a geriatric child at the head of a disintegra…
Chichester Festival theatreHenry Goodman gives us every inch of Hercule Poirot's dandiness and comedy in this exemplary adaptation of Christie's ingenious murder mystery, but also gets every…
Sondheim theatre/Prince Edward theatre, LondonJudi Dench, Rob Brydon, Imelda Staunton and Bernadette Peters joined the cast for this superb tribute to a genius Stephen Sondheim was so vast a…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonWith their portrait of a wobbling monarchy and egotistical leadership, these rare stagings are particularly topical The three plays about King H…
Chichester Festival theatreMosse's adaptation of her blood-soaked novel delivers on chills but could do with more substance amid the sound and fury Gothic chillers are rare in modern theatre…
Watermill theatre, NewburyThe actor-musicians deserve an award for multitasking here, switching between roles and instruments in a production exploring lying and dual identities Though equiv…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonThis elusive curiosity " whose original production in 1964 closed on Broadway after nine performances " finds brilliant new contexts for its absurdist story Some S…
Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonDavid Owen Norris and his son Barney reflect on the slipperiness of history in a show that elegantly defies categorisation Ticketing websites divide shows fo…
Bridge theatre, LondonFiennes heads an electrifying cast in David Hare's dynamic portrait of Robert Moses, an aggressive yet visionary urban planner who refused to back down Robert Moses, wh…
The classy actor could play both establishment and villainous characters with aplomb. He was naturally charming and hugely admired by great men of theatre like Harold Pinter Peter Bowles die…
Coronet theatre, LondonThis drama about a sculptor looking back on his life is powerfully staged by the Norwegian Ibsen Company In the last year of the 19th century, when Henrik Ibsen began …
As he beams aboard another Star Trek adventure, the 81-year-old actor talks about playing Picard as an intergalactic Prospero, hitting the bottle during Macbeth " and reaching page 310 of hi…
Holy Trinity Church, GuildfordFox is emotionally wrenching in Tom Littler's inventive and streamlined production, which explores the play's integral Christianity Shakespeare gives a variety …
A generous-hearted jokesmith, Cryer created laughs for generations of comics, was a consummate performer and had a lifelong commitment to wit 'An honorary uncle to countless comics': Jack De…
Derby theatreUsing music hall and Broadway songs to tell the story of former MP Dennis Skinner's colourful Commons battles makes surprising sense Writers often say that content dictates form…
Ian McKellen and Sanjeev Bhaskar will also take to stage and solve a crime without rehearsal in starry fundraising drama at London theatre Actors have nightmares of going on in a play for wh…
Park Theatre, London Interweaving triple narratives of lovers, siblings and soldiers doesn't give enough space to explore the complexities of British rule The title of The 4th Country presum…
How does it feel to go back on stage night after night in a play that's been mauled by critics and deserted by audiences? Richard Eyre and other directors and actors relive their trauma Movi…
Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, LondonPablo Manzi's political scenes, which span several decades and are powerfully performed, could perhaps lead to a future epic Thirty years ago, the Royal C…
Young Vic, LondonDavid Harewood and Charles Edwards go head-to-head as William F Buckley Jr and Gore Vidal respectively in an enthralling play based on a 1968 TV debate James Graham speciali…
Birmingham Repertory theatreThe A-lister provided joyous shock on opening night, as Morecambe and Wise's screen routines return to the boards Regularly drawing TV audiences in the 1970s that…
The American composer and lyricist, who has died aged 91, shaped the musical artform with his wise, witty and extravagantly clever work Stephen Sondheim achieved such acclaim " for deepening…
Finborough theatre, LondonDavid Ireland's provocative, surreal, intensely brutal farce finds a former loyalist paramilitary seeking mediation from Eamonn Holmes for a dispute with his neighb…
North Wall, OxfordWill Howard and Kimberley Jarvis portray more than 20 characters with ease in this superb tale set against the 2001 disaster The new BBC Two documentary Blair and Brown: Th…
Bush theatre, LondonIgor Memic's prize-winning debut is an affecting if slightly uneven conflict romance brought to life by vivid detail Igor Memic, winner of the 2020 Papatango new writing …