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Matthew Parker has a proven way with the strange, as demonstrated in his productions of Lovesong of the Electric Bear and Dennis
There are some committed comic performances in this new stage version of 1951 Ealing comedy The Man in the White Suit. But
Patrick Hamilton could never have imagined his 1938 drama would give today's world such a powerful term. A wave of revivals suggests we still have a lot to learn from its insights
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Vasily Shukshin was a Russian film-maker and writer whose short stories detailed life in a Siberian village in the Altai region during
Gaslight " Watford Palace Theatre Richard Beecham directs a 21st-century re-imagining of Patrick Hamilton's 1938 study of psychological abuse, performed by an
At this year's BITEF, Belgrade's festival of international theatre, I found myself watching Sebastijan Horvat's staging of the Fassbinder's 1974 film Ali:
It's easy to see why the late Peter Nichols' play was considered ground-breaking in 1967. It confronts, with humour and honesty, the
The Watsons " Menier Chocolate Factory, London Samuel West's production of Laura Wade's inventive play, based on an unfinished novel by Jane Austen,
On Bear Ridge " Sherman Theatre, Cardiff Rhys Ifans stars in Ed Thomas' semi-autobiographical play about two people holed up in a remote
One of the tenets of artistic director Milo Rau's manifesto for Belgian theatre NTGent is that at least one production every season
As she takes on the title role in a gender-swapped Macbeth, her second time starring in a Shakespeare play and her latest
A stream of Southern Gothic runs slow and hot through Lisa D'Amour's play, first performed in Texas in 2001. A tang of
Faith, Hope and Charity " National Theatre, London Following Beyond Caring and Love, Alexander Zeldin completes his trilogy of plays about life
Roxana Silbert begins her artistic directorship of Hampstead Theatre in an adventurous fashion, with the premiere of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's complex, harrowing
Having moved to the London venue after revitalising the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff, Rachel O'Riordan launches her first season as artistic director
HighTide Festival " Aldeburgh, Suffolk The Suffolk festival of new writing features a line-up including The Stage Edinburgh Awards winners Nigel Barrett
Cordelia Lynn has taken Ibsen's most famous creation, Hedda Gabler, the bored and volatile young woman stifled by marriage, and re-imagined her
It's 1988. Margaret Thatcher is prime minister and Princess Di is still alive. Tory MP Robin Hesketh (Alex Jennings), educated at Eton
Two Trains Running " Royal and Derngate, Northampton Nancy Medina directs a revival of August Wilson's play set in a diner in
Ben Jonson's 17th-century city comedy Bartholomew Fair is a sprawling play. It's stuffed with characters and teems with London life; it's not
On the last day of this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Bryony Kimmings tweeted that the "Edinburgh comedown is real. Be extremely kind
This has the feel of a victory lap. Following two series on the BBC, Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag is now a fully-fledged cultural
There's a structural elegance to Ben Hart's 2018 show The Nutshell. While many magic acts conclude with a routine that satisfyingly ties
Tim Etchells' new monologue for Forced Entertainment takes the form of a thought experiment about time travel. Created with and for the
In a grimy, isolated hospital, three nurses are going stir crazy. There are no patients. Clearly, there have been no patients here
