The Questors, LondonA deliberately unromantic view of the second world war as experienced by one family provides an antidote to current idealised versions on screenThis play by the late, muc…
Hoxton Hall, London Lil Warren's scattershot musical about a turf war between all-female tribes in the capital has echoes of Sarah Waters' Tipping the VelvetThis handsomely restored venue ki…
Dorfman, LondonBaker's play, set in a boarding house close to a battlefield, is a piece of American gothic that taps into universal emotionsAnnie Baker is one of the most singular talents in…
Harold Pinter theatre, LondonToby Jones, Zoë Wanamaker, Stephen Mangan and Pearl Mackie do rich justice to the playwright's strange and captivating psychodrama"The first test of any work …
Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonTim Cowbury's play avoids the usual harrowing style associated with its subject and is swift, clear and well-actedThere is a growing body of theatre about the ang…
Gate, LondonNina Bowers delivers a nimble account of testimonies gathered in the wake of the unrest sparked by King's televised beatingI recently suggested that, while one-person shows could…
Southwark Playhouse, London A pharmaceuticals team juggle views on the global health threat posed by antibiotic resistance with pep, though Glenn Waldron's prognosis is gloomyWhat poses the …
The fashion for solo shows is easily explained " they're cheap, infinitely adaptable and highlight great acting " but does truly profound drama need multiple voices?In the space of a week, I…
Royal Court theatre, LondonAndrea Dunbar's unflinching portrait of a world of limited horizons still seems chillingly resonantThis production has had an eventful history. It was yanked out o…
Royal Court, LondonPatsy Ferran is a puckish delight as an emotionally abandoned daughter in Anoushka Warden's candid account of teenage wounded furyEyebrows might be raised at the Royal Cou…
Finborough theatre, LondonSet in the seaside town that registered one of the highest Brexit votes in the UK, Sue Healy's ebullient play has some lively performancesThe English seaside town, …
Arcola theatre, LondonSam Potter's sharp play, about a woman who finds out her daughter is not hers, raises big questions and is performed superbly by Sophie Khan LevyThere is a long history…
Finborough, LondonChristopher Chen's sombre piece explores how the writing of her bestseller The Rape of Nanking, about a mass killing in 1937, affected Iris ChangIt is a critical cliche to …
Terry's first season at the theatre promises to dismantle hierarchies but how easy is it to stage Hamlet without one director in charge?Michelle Terry's first season as artistic director of …
Brace yourself for The Birthday Party, an EasyJet love story, Sting's shipyard musical and Ben Whishaw as BrutusToby Jones, Zoë Wanamaker and Stephen Mangan star in a revival of a Pinter …
The destructive nature of unchecked power-lust and political ambition in Shakespeare's play speaks to us urgently still today"A drum! A drum! Macbeth doth come." So say Shakespeare's Weird S…
Victoria Palace, LondonLin-Manuel Miranda's rollercoaster of a show boasts outstanding performances and charts the life of the US founding father with political passion and nimble witA Holly…
Honoured at a ceremony in Rome, the stars gave a supreme version of Ashes to Ashes " after a rather frosty reading of Albert Camus's love letters to MarÃa CasaresThere was no lack of dram…
Windsor CastleMarley's ghost narrates a nightmarish account of Scrooge's transformation in the castle's sumptuous state apartmentsWindsor Castle's state apartments, at first sight, make a bi…
Imelda Staunton simmered, Sondheim's showgirls sizzled, Bryan Cranston gave us a cathode-ray Lear, and Jez Butterworth found love in the time of hunger-strikes' More of the best culture from…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonAmy Herzog's tale of uprooted Americans sinks into melodrama but is elevated by a central pair who reveal all the nuances of a marriage in crisisAmericans in Paris ha…
Lyttelton, London The puppetry is ingenious and the songs are a joy as Dennis Kelly and John Tiffany carve a morality play out of Carlo Collodi's original storyThe challenge in staging this …
Almeida, London Anne Washburn has adapted the TV show for an inventive production featuring tales of vanishing children, amnesiac teachers and alien interlopersAnne Washburn is clearly haunt…
Orange Tree, Richmond Shaw's 1909 play about class and feminism moves skilfully from disquisitory drama to anarchic comedy in this intellectually stimulating production This indispensable th…
Park theatre, LondonPaulette Randall imaginatively revives Denise Deegan's parody with a lively cast but this two-and-a-half-hour spoof is relentless in its gaietyDenise Deegan's parody of p…