Soho theatre, LondonThis play daringly switches tone as it follows three mothers and explores exhaustion, panic and feelings of inadequacy The title of Mum " a fertile-with-ideas play by Mor…
Minerva theatre, ChichesterDavid Storey's intense drama of cross-talking patients in an institution has gained fresh relevance from the pandemic Harry and Jack " distinguished-looking older …
Theatre Royal WindsorArtfully combining clumsiness with precision, McKellen's Firs is the highlight of a production marked by arresting gestures and modern parallels Having recently played …
Chichester Festival theatreTara Tijani and Llewella Gideon are superb in this unblinking portrait of dignity amid moral horror, which follows a Jamaican woman looking back on her life An add…
Caryl Churchill explores grief and loss with a study of a man facing different possible futures During the time it took Keir Starmer to deliver his party conference speech this week, Caryl C…
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonSeven actors share 42 roles in Rebecca Taichman's stunning production of Paula Vogel's Tony award-winner about a controversial queer Yiddish play Contemporary…
Curve, LeicesterAn imaginative staging of Tennessee Williams' classic foregrounds the southern drama's roots in Greek tragedy One of the catchiest titles in the theatrical canon will always …
As the third part of her Thomas Cromwell trilogy hits the stage, the writer talks about the perils of political powerplay, fleeing Brexit to Ireland and setting her next novel in more recent…
The author of dark comic novels such as Divorcing Jack has written a play, Nutcase, drawing on his relationship with his teenage son After writing 34 books (including comedy crime novels suc…
Garden theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonThe Royal Shakespeare Company's outdoor production grabs every possible gag in this tale of twins and doppelgangers Even ITV's emotive DNA-reunion show Lo…
Chichester Festival theatreIt's a story bordered by violence and bigotry, but this vibrant production emphasises the anti-racist message of the 1949 Broadway hit Old shows often pass nervous…
Kiln theatre, LondonA US bank employee is captured in Pakistan in Indhu Rubasingham's pacy revival of Ayad Akhtar's chillingly ingenious play A frequent critique of financial markets " where…
Garrick theatre, LondonMichael McManus, a former aide to Edward Heath, takes us on a rollicking ride through the politician's clashes with Thatcher The Tory prime ministers elected in the 19…
Greenwich theatre, LondonA respiratory crisis in a world tensed by terrorism is among topical themes in this compelling showcase of the playwright's shorter, earlier works If Caryl Churchill…
Reading Abbey RuinsBeth Flintoff's atmospheric Reformation drama casts Henry VIII as a Boris-like bully, and is staged amid the ruins of his Catholic frenemy's abbey With so many people now …
Orange Tree, LondonTwo plays explore George Bernard Shaw's questioning of social values, directed by Paul Miller as a pointer towards Pinter Great Irish playwrights born two years apart in D…
Agatha Christie's snowbound whodunnit is the world's longest-running play. Now it's leading the big reopening " with a double cast and no kissing The London West End is filled with ghost sho…
The exquisitely talented actor shone at playing complex, intelligent women with a seemingly effortless skill Helen McCrory dies aged 52 It seems fitting that one of Helen McCrory's final scr…
Available on BBC iPlayerProvocative playwright David Ireland returns with a slow-burn character study screened as part of the BBC's Lights Up festival In Cyprus Avenue (2016) and Ulster Amer…
He's no stranger to walk-outs and trigger warnings. So the daring dramatist is amazed the BBC is broadcasting his dark new play about a Belfast woman's lockdown crisis A decade ago, David Ir…
Peter Barnes' monologue about a royal footman was commissioned for radio but never broadcast until now. Director Philip Franks and others unravel its mystery The most celebrated set of drama…
Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonThe emotional and physical distance of this epistolary novel for the stage is ideal for Covid-era theatre, performed here with power and finesse Pandemic theat…
Theatre Royal BathStaged in a Covid-safe auditorium, this rattling revival of Harold Pinter's mind-stretching drama is enjoyably brisk Harold Pinter came to regret his frequent speech direct…
London PalladiumJason Robert Brown's song cycle on the theme of life choices adapts well to social distancing, with a cast whose big voices make the huge auditorium feel small Balancing dram…
Available online In Richard Nelson's third play about a US white liberal family Zooming through the pandemic, the Apples are forced to confront whether they are racist In the Guardian on Sat…