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…
Courtyard, Stratford-upon-AvonIt is no exaggeration to say that this King Lear is long-awaited. Critics, in fact, have been waiting impatiently for nine weeks to get a glimpse of a productio…
Olivier, LondonIfans' performance shows he's ready for the big Shakespeare roles, though Ionesco's absurdist drama is considerably less compellingFor its first foray into the world of Eugèn…
Menier Chocolate Factory, London This fast-moving spoof of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical seems torn between admiration and scepticismFor the past 36 years, Gerard Alessandrini has been sp…
Minerva, ChichesterCharlotte Jones's drama pitches a non-violent religious community on to the Napoleonic wars' spiritual frontlineCharlotte Jones is an unpredictable dramatist. In her most …
Royal Court, LondonRory Mullarkey's unfocused drama of a Britain collapsing in apocalyptic chaos is not helped by the production's aural and visual overkillI guess this new play by Rory Mull…
The Bridge theatre, LondonPatients' singalongs and Bennett's stinging wit light up a state-of-the-nation play set on a geriatric ward Hospitals make good theatre. Shortly after Alan Bennett …
Mother Clap's Molly HouseNational Theatre, London Rating: ****Mark Ravenhill clearly likes to have it both ways. In this wonderfully exuberant new musical play at the Lyttelton, he celebrat…
National Theatre, London· Picture gallery: images from the productionNothing is more tempting than the apparently impossible. But, although director Nicholas Hytner and his creative team …
Alan Bennett's new play is not just about history - it makes history. Michael Billington hails a masterpieceSchool shapes our ends - almost literally so in the case of the more sexually prom…
Old Vic, LondonSally Cookson delivers an exhilarating production of Patrick Ness's story about a lonely boy coping with grief, bullying and a monster in a yew treeSometimes it is good to go …
Adelphi, LondonDirected by Rupert Goold, this stage version of the film suffers from its caricatures, relentless jokiness and functional score ' Ford fiesta: Made in Dagenham musical opens i…
National, London"Only an artist can understand religion." So says the emperor Nero at the end of Howard Brenton's new play about Saint Paul.But, even if Nero's point is debatable, Brenton's …
Lyttelton, LondonThis engrossing play about the banking family provides a history of western capitalism and an acting masterclass from Simon Russell Beale, Ben Miles and Adam GodleyWhat an a…
Open Air theatre, Regent's Park, LondonOlivia Vinall and Edward Hogg light up a production whose pleasures outweigh its preachinessMax Webster's production of Shakespeare's comedy sets out w…
Charing Cross theatre, LondonThere are jaunty tunes and fine performances but this musical about mummification starts to decompose halfway throughThey seem to have a penchant for musicals ab…