Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonThe richness of Wilson's characters make them a joy to watch and a great cast lifts this tale set in Pittsburgh in 1969 By today's standards, the plays of Augu…
As Hansard opens at the National Theatre and drama heats up in Westminster, our critic picks his favourite political theatre Whose side is Shakespeare on? As always, it is difficult to tell.…
Lyttelton theatre, LondonAlex Jennings and Lindsay Duncan treat us to 90 minutes of sustained verbal warfare between an entitled Tory minister and his disaffected liberal wife When a charact…
He's written 18 plays, rescued DH Lawrence from theatrical oblivion and played a crucial role at the National Theatre " all the while putting love, loss and the working class centre stage Ei…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonBlanche McIntyre's hectic production attempts to convey the riotous vice of Ben Jonson's Jacobean London fair, but falters in translation to modernity Ben Jons…
Wyndham's Theatre, London The first night, playing to a celebrity-packed audience, felt like a coronation but Waller-Bridge still has the ability to spring surprises Six years after its debu…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonDark secrets emerge as three siblings gather at their late father's old plantation home in this daring drama Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is a subversive writer. In An Octo…
Park theatre, LondonAn array of disturbed characters are cogs in the grimmest of machines in Eugene O'Hare's frustrating but well-written debut Sex trafficking is a big and serious subject. …
Almeida, LondonJuliet Stevenson delivers one of the peak performances of the theatrical year in Robert Icke's striking reimagining of Schnitzler As a director and writer, Robert Icke special…
Theatre Royal, BathA whole set of relationships unravel in a shrewdly observant play showing the ripple effect of marital hostilities This is only the second play by the admired novelist Wil…
Trafalgar Studios, LondonPhotograph 51 playwright Anna Ziegler returns with a problematic two-hander that asks us to decide where the truth lies In Photograph 51, Anna Ziegler attacked the …
Finborough theatre, LondonA grieving father and son lock horns over an alluring visitor in a magnetically acted revival of Philip King's Freudian drama Philip King is best known for See How …
Minerva, Chichester Based on a true story, a new play tracks a backstage affair with big repercussions for Robeson, played perfectly by Tory Kittles Nicholas Wright's compelling new play is …
Traverse, EdinburghDritan Kastrati's journey as an 11-year-old to the UK with people smugglers is a survival story that speaks to what it is like to be caught between two cultures Dritan Kas…
King's theatre, EdinburghAndrew Bovell's adaptation of Kate Grenville's novel about the collision between settlers and Indigenous Australians combines masterly storytelling with metaphorical…
Traverse, EdinburghStef Smith's latest production depicts the two female leads rejecting male classification and raising themselves up Stef Smith wrote a fascinating dystopian drama in Human…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghDirector Milo Rau asks disturbing political questions while attempting to honour the real-life victim of a senseless homophobic crime This is exactly the kind of show …
Menier Chocolate Factory, London With two excellent lead performances at its heart, Trevor Nunn's production of the musical version of the bestselling love story is focused and honest First …
Park theatre, London Christopher Durang's breezy sextet of plays takes the cast from pique to panic as he explores the insecurities of performing life To complement its main-house productio…
Ustinov Studio, BathThe star mines her family history in this passionate but haphazard ride through socialist resistance to the Nazis This is a show unlike any other. Subtitled "A Family Alb…
Park theatre, LondonA quick-witted Gyles Brandreth, one of 22 stars in action during the run, sleuthed stylishly in this fundraising spoof This is all very jolly. Jez Bond and Mark Cameron h…
Noël Coward theatre, LondonOwen is a disgraced priest, Anna Gunn a widowed hotel keeper in Tennessee William's languorous hymn to human endurance 'Nothing human disgusts me unless it's un…
London PalladiumSheridan Smith and Jason Donovan bring charisma to a jubilant revival " but neither can match the young dreamer at its centre I first saw this show in 1972 when it was a mode…
The Lowry, SalfordInternationaal Theater Amsterdam present a constantly inventive, four-hour staging of the overheated 1943 polemic Ivo van Hove is the most ubiquitous of modern directors. B…
Olivier, LondonHare updates Ibsen's 1867 dramatic poem with wit and ingenuity, resulting in a sharp satire on contemporary mores This play is credited as "by David Hare after Henrik Ibsen".…