Dear Elizabeth review at Gate Theatre, London " 'a fascinating experiment'
American poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell had a rich, complicated relationship. Over a 30-year period they wrote each other more than
American poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell had a rich, complicated relationship. Over a 30-year period they wrote each other more than
From The Cherry Orchard with no trees to a Russian-language Shakespeare in Love, Pushkin Drama Theatre artistic director Evgeny Pisarev tells Natasha
Jack Lear " Hull Truck Theatre Barrie Rutter directs and plays the title role in Ben Benison's updating of King Lear about a Humber
Beverly, the suburban hostess of Mike Leigh's 1977 comic drama, is one of theatre's great monsters. She's toweringly awful, controlling, aggressive and
In 1981, a group of girls at a Catholic school in Rwanda claimed to have had visions of the Virgin Mary. Over
Approaching Empty "Â Kiln Theatre, London Kiln Theatre joins forces with Tamasha and Live Theatre to present the premiere of Ishy Din's new
Physical theatre company Rhum and Clay's new show is inspired by Orson Welles' notorious 1938 radio broadcast. Welles' famously retold HG Wells'
Time Is Love "Â Finborough Theatre, London The Finborough kicks off its year with Che Walker's Time Is Love, starring and featuring music
One of the most enjoyable things about this run of Pinter's short plays is the way they have been programmed " not
We've reached the fifth instalment of Jamie Lloyd's season of Pinter's one-act plays, but only now do we arrive at The Room,
Orpheus "Â Battersea Arts Centre, London Little Bulb's jazz club re-imagining of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice is one of the most
Lynn Nottage's prescient American play demonstrates how little it takes to stir up racial unrest and anti-immigrant feeling when people's livelihoods are
It was a year of rebirth and re-imagining, cultural transformation, hits such as The Lost O'Casey and Nine Night and misses: step
Caroline, Or Change " Playhouse Theatre, London Sharon D Clarke reprises her acclaimed performance in Michael Longhurst's production of Tony Kushner's musical,
On December 8, Alexander Zeldin's play Love, first performed in 2016 at the National Theatre, was broadcast as part of the BBC's
While David Edgar's take on A Christmas Carol plays on the Royal Shakespeare Company's main stage, the Swan is home to Shakespeare's
The National Theatre has bravely chosen to give one of its festive December slots to Anthony Neilson for a stage adaptation of
The Scarlet Pimpernel "Â The Egg, Theatre Royal, Bath Created by the team behind last year's Little Mermaid " winner of the best
With panto season now underway, here’s a list of the best shows of the year so far, as reviewed by The Stage’s
True West, Vaudeville Theatre, London Kit Harington and Johnny Flynn " so wonderfully menacing in Martin McDonagh's Hangmen " star in Matthew Dunster's
As Tennessee Williams' little-revived play Summer and Smoke transfers to the West End, its star, Patsy Ferran, tells Natasha Tripney how she
This year's Lyric Hammersmith pantomime, now in its 10th year, rather hearteningly takes the form of a celebration of the welcome that
Torch "Â St Helens town centre ANU Productions makes immersive, unsettling site-responsive performance work. Previous production The Lost O'Casey was a highlight of
Jean Genet's psychosexual three-hander The Maids is a spectacularly elastic play. Inspired by a notorious real-life murder from the 1930s in which
Rebecca Frecknall's emotionally rich production of Tennessee Williams' previously unloved play loses very little of the intimacy or delicacy in its transfer