Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (June 4-10)
Killer Joe "Â Trafalgar Studios, London Orlando Bloom plays the title character in this inky comedy about a cop who moonlights as a
Killer Joe "Â Trafalgar Studios, London Orlando Bloom plays the title character in this inky comedy about a cop who moonlights as a
The role of Winnie, the buried heroine of Samuel Beckett's 1961 play, is one of those parts that actors relish. It's a
For what's being billed as the first bilingual production to open in the West End, renowned French director Gerald Garutti and adaptor
Nina Raine excels at writing scenes in which people are spectacularly awful to one another. Consent contains many moments in which her
I'm on a train that isn't going anywhere. But, for once, this isn't the fault of Southern Rail. I'm on board the
Tartuffe "Â Theatre Royal Haymarket, London Moliere's comedy has been reworked In what is apparently the West End's "first ever dual-language production". Tartuffe
Four job applicants enter a room. They think they've been called there for the final phase of a job interview for a
Spread over 17 days in venues across Norwich and beyond, the Norfolk and Norwich Festival encompasses music, performance and literary events. It's
Peter Pan "Â Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London The Open Air Theatre's summer season begins with a revival of Timothy Sheader's 2015
The prospect of Michelle Terry playing Hamlet is an immensely exiting one. She has shown herself to be a Shakespearean actor of
Here we go. After the all the heightened emotions surrounding Emma Rice's departure as artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe following a brief,
Paula Hawkins' novel is a publishing phenomenon. It sold millions of copies, topped best-seller lists and became the basis for a fairly
There's been a lot of talk about the idea of male genius of late and the way it has historically been used
Effigies of Wickedness "Â Gate Theatre, London Developed from an idea by Peter Brathwaite, this English National Opera co-production features a collection of
After storming Edinburgh with his musical about a disgraced cross-dressing aristocrat, Seiriol Davies' latest show is a cabaret of songs banned by
Journalist and playwright Henry C Krempels has written before about his experiences on the 'immigration train’, the overnight connection from Venice to
Rajiv Joseph's new play is not short of ambition. It spans the best part of a century, the location hops all around
There are some genuinely thrilling moments in No Fit State Circus' new show, Lexicon. Proper heart-in-mouth stuff, including a fire juggling sequence
Nightfall "Â Bridge Theatre, London Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr's third production at the Bridge is a new piece by Barney Norris set
The Brighton Fringe, England's biggest fringe festival, opens today. Taking place in venues across Brighton and Hove, it runs until June 3.
The defining characteristic of Dominic Dromgoole's Oscar Wilde season so far has been its almost defiantly old-fashioned approach to staging the plays.
One of the many pleasing things about the recent spate of cross-gender casting in Shakespeare " apart from the obvious joy of
The youthful energy that powers Romeo and Juliet all too often proves elusive. The teenage heat and the rapid escalation from passion
Having made her name performing hard-hitting, self-penned shows, Charlotte Josephine is playing Mercutio in the RSC's Romeo and Juliet. She tells Natasha
Nine Night " National Theatre, London Having staged Br'er Cotton at Theatre503, JMK award-winning director Roy Alexander Weise helms Natasha Gordon's debut