Despite Absurd Person Singular being set across three successive Christmases, it takes until the final act of London Classic Theatre's production for
In a week that has seen the conviction of Harvey Weinstein, James Fritz's thought-provoking 2014 play about consent, power and the internet's
With the permission of playwright Willy Russell, Mina Anwar has tweaked the script of his 1986 play Shirley Valentine to re-set the
There's nothing Muna (Asha Hassan) likes more than chatting with her friends or sitting in front of Judge Rinder with a packet
There are several references to familiar children's characters in Joyce Branagh's production of Sleeping Beauty. Hayley Russell's Belladonna Bile channels Maleficent with
For the staging of Kate Ferguson and Susannah Pearse's musical adaptation of Treasure Island, the Octagon has moved from the cosy intimacy
Like many traditional children's tales, Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper has dark undertones and serious messages. In adapting the story
A huge, ugly fissure runs across the back of the set. It's an early indication that the family who live at 57A
Loosely based on Chekhov's The Seagull, Beth Hyland's new musical tells the story of an aspiring band, Seagulls, and their quest for
For a production ostensibly about a major thoroughfare, The D Road is actually about stasis, and the bonds that bind us to
"I will make my mark", vows determined British cyclist Beryl Burton (Vicky Binns), desperate to prove her doctors and teachers wrong when
Fiona Buffini's revival of her sister Moira's play about the relationship between the Queen and "that bloody woman" Margaret Thatcher occasionally suffers
Shakespeare's Rose Theatre is back in York for the summer, with the central Clifford's Tower site playing host to this pop-up venue
David Greig's 2011 play tells the story of a straight-laced academic whose conference trip to Kelso veers disturbingly into the unknown. Anna
Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen's 2002 play The Exonerated recounts the experiences of six death row prisoners found to have been wrongfully
Most of the characters in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest are concerned with appearances. Algernon Moncrieff keeps track of current
Although ostensibly about a colliery band aiming to reach the national brass band championships, Brassed Off is a deeply political piece about
Fittingly for a play about the importance of effective communication, Yellow Is the Colour of Sunshine seamlessly fuses music, movement, sign language
Lizzie Nunnery's 2007 play Intemperance is set within the Irish community in 1854 Liverpool. A single dour room houses five members of
Though this new touring production from Bill Kenwright's Classic Thriller Theatre company is unapologetically old-fashioned, it's also stylishly staged and winningly performed.
In Patrick Barlow's Olivier-winning 2005 reworking of the classic John Buchan spy caper, pretty much everything " even death " is a
Rags first appeared on Broadway in 1986 but closed after only four performances. The writers have since had other musical successes (notably
Martin McDonagh has enjoyed cinematic success of late, most notably with Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, but the dark humour of his
David and Marian's bathroom is spacious and sumptuous. His and hers sinks and a roll-top bath hint at the couple's outward prosperity.
In Much Ado About Nothing, Beatrice and Benedick are at "merry war". Director Conrad Nelson takes the concept of wartime amusement and