In their lack of chanciness and spontaneity, Trump's rallies are a systematic negation of the theatrical spirit, writes Paul Taylor. And so they constitute, by default, an eloquent defence o…
Ella Hickson has joined forces with director Natalie Abrahami, whose production shifts between grimly gleeful anachronism and historical empathy
A season of Jamie Lloyd productions at the Playhouse kicks off with an inspired revival... even if McAvoy's modestly over-endowed nose could be a tad more bulbous
David Walliams's best selling children's book is given a theatrical makeover by the Royal Shakespeare Company for its main-stage Christmas attraction
Sam Tutty gives a star-making performance in a story of grief, deception, and the conscienceless juggernaut of the internet
Playwright Annie Baker has been rightly praised for the ways in which this anticipates the age of Trump and the #MeToo movement
First seen at this address 15 years ago, the production arrives after a spate of works have complicated and enriched the Mary Poppins phenomenon, writes Paul Taylor
Siobhan Redmond shines in this disgracefully funny adaptation of Maxim Gorky's 1910 play
Churchill's approach has her distinctively inspired stamp in its almost laconic outrageousness
Attempts to give theatrical space to the #MeToo movement have not been encouraging, writes Paul Taylor. Could 'Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp.' be the answer?
Fast, fun and fresh in all the right ways
As his leaving present to the Almeida, Robert Icke brilliantly re-imagines Arthur Schnitzler's Professor Pernhardi
In an era of virulently born-again 'white supremacy' in the US, we have Nicholas Wright to thank for coming to the topic of Othello, show business, and race anew
Jason Robert Brown's musical take on this beloved story is beautifully orchestrated and occasionally sublime
Starring Clive Owen and directed by James Macdonald, this is a brilliant reminder of what an extraordinary feat Tennesse Williams pulled off here
James McArdle is dazzling in this laugh-out-loud, feel-bad production of Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play
Moving through three decidedly awkward family dinners over the course of three decades, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany's new play is both satire and celebration
This production, which reunites the team responsible for last year's smash hit 'Julius Caesar', stars Gwendoline Christie from 'Game of Thrones' as Titania
The actors play characters that range from laugh-out-loud funny to twisty, wrong-footing ambivalence
It has been 12 years since the dame last appeared on stage " but now she's back with 'A German Life', a one-woman play about Goebbels secretary Brunhilde Pomsel. Paul Taylor charts the actor…
Both Caryl Churchill's classic and Ibsen's 'A Doll's House' woke their audiences up to the necessity of a feminist movement and also to the pain inescapable from progress
Recent theatre productions starring mature singers have inspired theatre critic Paul Taylor to pay tribute to the nuances and joys " rather than fear " to be found in ageing voices
The acting is excellent throughout, with K Todd Freeman impressing
Jamie Lloyd directs an exceptionally thoughtful and searching revival of this time-reverse play
As 'Betrayal' returns to the stage, starring Tom Hiddleston, Paul Taylor looks at the vast body of art in which people are shown living their lives backwards " to arresting and revealing eff…