It's a dream team: the creator of the 1982 BBC series and the writer of Sherwood. The pair meet in Liverpool to discuss putting Yosser and the lads on stage in a new era of economic desperat…
RSC, Stratford-upon-AvonBenefitting from a Scottish cast and a rewritten Porter's speech by Lee, Wils Wilson's production gets at the demonic drive of people desperate for power but hopeless…
Almeida, LondonSam Holcroft's drama delights in the theatrical trickery of dual identities and false realities to throw a final surprise punch Extending the long tail of works influenced by …
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonGender swapped roles shed new light on dark days in a production " complete with gruesome bodybags and references to fake news " that feels aptly aligned to our ti…
Watermill theatre, BerkshireA formidable cast journey through folk via Bollywood to pop " not to mention mountain treks and orc attacks " in a compressed revival of the 2007 musical As direc…
Dorfman theatre, LondonPiling up devastating detail, this play with a remarkable cast shockingly lays bare the abject failures behind this disaster During dramas about a national catastrophe…
Watermill theatre, NewburyKate Summerscale's Victorian potboiler is deftly condensed in a production that brings out the misogyny and class snobbery of the era The risk of a successful crim…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonDeparting artistic director Greg Doran reinvigorates this tale of a royal family in crisis with clarity and intelligence The president of the Ro…
Watermill theatre, NewburyBarney Norris's revival radiates the pain of older parents trapped on deteriorating paths, while their son and end-of-life au pair struggle to find their own Young …
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonAtri Banerjee's RSC production stresses the remarkable universality of the play's examination of leaders and the led Early in the Trump administ…
Partially based on verbatim texts from Boris Johnson's former chief adviser, a new play which lists no dramatist veers from Ted talk to pantomime At this play about Dominic Cummings, the not…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonClimate catastrophe and power struggles dominate Elizabeth Freestone's RSC interpretation of Shakespeare's play If there were prizes for inventi…
Orange Tree theatre, LondonThis 1894 farce set during the Serbo-Bulgarian war is impeccably played in a production showing the playwright's radical vision still resonates When Channel 4 bega…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonDavid Edgar's sharp script feels close to home in this exuberant, illusion-filled version of Dickens' seasonal but socially conscious story Ther…
Original Theatre OnlineShomit Dutta's play imagines the two cricket-obsessed Nobel prize winners as waiting batsmen in an enjoyable spin on Waiting for Godot and The Dumb Waiter Samuel Becke…
Nottingham PlayhouseAdrian Scarborough stars in his own adaptation of Bennett's story, featuring convincing new dialogue and staged with visual panache Between the stage and TV plays and jou…
Minerva, ChichesterA spin doctor's life spirals into chaos after he's hired by an ambitious senator in Christopher Shinn's grimly comic drama After working on Hillary Clinton's failed presid…
Finborough theatre, LondonA ghostly tale and a potent monologue form a double bill that uses the 2014 conflict to remark movingly on current events Because theatres schedule so far ahead, th…
The esteemed British director inspired each new generation of theatre creatives to be more daring and experimental Peter Brook, influential theatre visionary, dies aged 97 The two key Britis…
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…