Tara theatre, LondonA survivor of the 1988 uprising meets the ex-reporter to whom he leaked information " for which action he was jailed " in this vital, fascinating dramaPlays in which two …
Theatre Royal, Stratford East, LondonAnya Chalotra is compelling as a 16-year-old who leads the women in her Indian village to stand up to Art Malik's sadistic, tyrannical cop Nadia Fall beg…
NST City, SouthamptonAristophanes' neglected classic The Assemblymen, which proposes economic and sexual communism " is given an uneven musical updateNo fewer than seven female writers are c…
Events at Westminster Abbey and National Theatre honour RSC founder who died last yearExactly one year to the day after his death, Peter Hall has been given a double-headed, star-studded tri…
Kiln theatre, London Alexis Zegerman's comedy exposes middle-class hypocrisy as couples battle to get their children into the top local primaryProtesters gathered outside this handsomely ren…
Finborough, London This all-female revival of Harrison's 1992 piece exploring scientific morality is expressively directed and performed'Duality reigns," says the German-Jewish chemist Fritz…
Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonSome of the heartbreak is lost but this adaptation of Alice Sebold's novel, in which a murder victim watches events from the afterlife, is a mesmerising specta…
Hampstead theatre, LondonThe Broadway cast of Stephen Karam's award-winning play shine, but horror movie tropes detract from real-life fearsStephen Karam describes his play, which arrives fr…
Nottingham PlayhouseA strong score, fresh choreography and a spirited cast save Fellini-inspired musical from feeling irredeemably datedI sometimes worry that our regional theatres are over-…
Almeida, LondonClare Barron lifts the curtain on American unease in a show packed with energy, sly satire and first-rate performancesClare Barron's prize-winning American play is the theatri…
Indhu Rubasingham has overseen a rebrand for the north London theatre but her exciting programme doesn't suggest a radical break from its rich history. So why the new moniker?What's in a nam…
She has made every theatre trip an adventure into the unknown, with a relentless urge to experiment that hasn't abated over almost 40 playsCaryl Churchill, who will be 80 on 3 September, was…
Gender-swapped classics, Hans Christian Andersen's closet secrets, two giants of US comedy sharing a stage, plus Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo as rulers in love More autumn picks: Film | …
The Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonA dazzling Jude Owusu is haunted by the dead as the RSC revives Marlowe's story of violence, vengeance and vanityMichael Boyd, in his return to the RSC, brings t…
Minerva, Chichester History, morality and quantum mechanics collide in Michael Blakemore's storming revival of a modern classicMore information has come to light, since Michael Frayn's play …
Park theatre, LondonA real-life mother and daughter play the lead roles in Tom Latter's capable revival of Jim Cartwright's playThe hook for this revival of Jim Cartwright's famed 1992 play …
Finborough theatre, LondonJordan Seavey's provocatively titled new play charts the ups and downs of a relationship while making sharp points about the persistence of homophobia'Is he straigh…
Theatre Royal, BathMiller's 50-year-old play emerges as one of his best, as two estranged brothers learn the cost of dividing the family spoilsOn its Broadway debut in 1968, Arthur Miller's …
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonThe supposed dark lady of the sonnets is transformed into a convincing symbol of exploited women through the agesWhat do we know of Emilia Bassano? That she lived …
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonFiona Laird's production provides wheelie-bins, estuary accents, physical comedy and a first-rate Falstaff, but loses the sense of small-town li…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonOverly abstract production lifted by first-rate performances in an engrossing tale of decaying culture and rocky relationships As Translations closes at the National,…
Ustinov Studio, BathThe writer gets a mystery visitor in Joanna Murray-Smith's smartly self-referential salute to her riveting crime tales'The most important crime novelist in practice," wro…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonWith numbers co-written by the award-winning Hamilton creator, the real gem is the show's scoreBetween creating In the Heights and Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda co-…
Vaudeville theatre, LondonMichael Fentiman's coarse production robs Wilde of his decorum, swapping subtleties and satire for screaming and sexThis is one of those occasions when, in the word…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonRylance is a fascinating and nihilistic Iago and André Holland exudes majestic dignity as Othello in Clare van Kampen's lively and unsettling productionAny produc…