Life of Galileo, Young Vic, London, review: Brendan Cowell is magnificent in the title role by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The 'Atonement' film director Joe Wright returns to the Young Vic with this Bertolt Brecht play which is performed in-the-round with a dazzling planetarium design

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:36am on May 17, 2017[SHARE]

Room, Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London, review: Both prurience and sentimentality are admirably kept at bay by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Emma Donoghue has adapted her book 'Room' which is triggered by the Josef Fritzl case in Austria for the stage

SOURCE: The Independent at 6:06am on May 12, 2017[SHARE]

Salomé, National Theatre, review: It's forever on the verge of toppling into bathos by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Yael Farber who also directed the Old Vic revival of 'The Crucible' and the NT's 'Les Blancs' last year, still proves that she does riveting ritual intensity better …

SOURCE: The Independent at 4:54am on May 11, 2017[SHARE]

Occupational Hazards, Hampstead Theatre, London, review: A gripping, thought-provoking, sometimes gruesomely funny play by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

This play is based on the memoir by the former British diplomat Rory Stewart who was posted to a province of the newly liberated Iraq to serve as governor

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:42am on May 9, 2017[SHARE]

Angels in America, National Theatre, London, review: This production sweeps you through the seven-and-a -half hour experience by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

A revival of Tony Kushner's two-part epic set in New York about gay rights amidst the AIDS crisis and a Conservative Reagan administration is directed by Marianne Elliott

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:24am on May 9, 2017[SHARE]

The Ferryman, Royal Court, London, review: It sold out in one day. All the fuss was largely justified by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Jez Butterworth's new play 'The Ferryman' which is directed by Sam Mendes is the fastest-selling play in Royal Court history

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:48am on May 4, 2017[SHARE]

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Donmar Warehouse, London, review: Lenny Henry gives a powerful, well-paced performance as Ui by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Lenny Henry stars in Bertolt Brecht's satire about the rise of a demagogue in a new adaptation by Bruce Norris which includes persistent references to Donald Trump

SOURCE: The Independent at 6:48am on May 3, 2017[SHARE]

The Treatment, Almeida Theatre, London, review: The performances have a mordant precision by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Martin Crimp's revival of his 1993 satire about the movie business is directed by Lyndsey Turner who returns to the Almeida following her award-winning production of 'Chimerica&apo…

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:02am on May 1, 2017[SHARE]

Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare's Globe, London, review: This is an emotionally fierce and fiery Romeo and Juliet by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Daniel Kramer's production which reinterprets the star-crossed lovers as modern-day teenagers and includes Village People's 'YMCA' as the main number at the Capulets&apos…

SOURCE: The Independent at 6:31am on April 28, 2017[SHARE]

Obsession, Barbican, London, review: Jude Law is muscular and brooding but is wooden by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Law plays the handsome drifter Gino in a new stage adaptation of Visconti's sexually charged 1943 film 'Obsession' directed by Ivo van Hove

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:12am on April 26, 2017[SHARE]

Nuclear War, Jerwood Upstairs, Royal Court, London, review: Intriguing but truly satisfying only in snatches by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Simon Stephens joins forces with movement director Imogen Knight for this highly visual and physicalized play that uses the dramatic title 'Nuclear War' merely as a metaphor

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:24am on April 24, 2017[SHARE]

The Philanthropist, Trafalgar Studio 1, London, review: A strange play to unearth now by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Matt Berry and Lily Cole star in Simon Callow's revival of Christopher Hampton's 1969 play which is an inversion of Moliere's 'Misanthrope'

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:36am on April 21, 2017[SHARE]

The Plague, Arcola, London, review: The play seems to be applicable to everything from Ebola to Syria and Brexit by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Director Neil Bartlett's adaptation of Albert Camus' dark story which was written in the aftermath of the Nazi's march across Europe is given a contemporary update

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:36am on April 18, 2017[SHARE]

Guards at the Taj, Bush Theatre, London, review: Rajiv Joseph's excellent play seizes on some potent philosophical issues by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Jamie Lloyd directs this award-winning off-Broadway play from the Pulitzer Prize nominee that questions the price to be paid for creating supreme beauty

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:06am on April 18, 2017[SHARE]

Carousel, Coliseum, London, review: Alfie Boe's long black wig comes to seem more emotionally eventful than the rest of him by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Roger and Hammerstein's 'Carousel' stars Katherine Jenkins and Alfie Boe in this English National Opera co-production directed by Lonny Price

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:18am on April 12, 2017[SHARE]

The Winter's Tale, Barbican, London, review: Leontes is very disturbingly communicated by the excellent Orlando James by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The Cheek by Jowl production is directed by Declan Donnellan who was recently awarded the Golden Lion of Venice for his ability to bring classic works to life for a contemporary audience

SOURCE: The Independent at 11:54am on April 10, 2017[SHARE]

The Goat, or Who is Silvia?, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, review: Homeland's Damian Lewis gives the performance of his life by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Edward Albee's darkly comic masterpiece, directed by Ian Rickman, about a married architect who falls in love with a goat, stars Damian Lewis and Sophie Okonedo

SOURCE: The Independent at 6:54am on April 7, 2017[SHARE]

Consent, Dorfman, National Theatre, London, review: One of Nina Raine's most enjoyable and intelligent plays yet by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Roger Michel directs Raine's powerful play about rape and justice which stars Anna Maxwell Martin and Ben Chaplin

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:54am on April 5, 2017[SHARE]

Posh, Pleasance Theatre, London, review: It persuades you that the all-female casting is integral to the play's meaning by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The new all-female production of Laura Wade's 'Posh', about a fictional version of the riotous Oxford students' Bullingdon Club, is directed by Cressida Carré

SOURCE: The Independent at 9:48am on April 4, 2017[SHARE]

The Life, Southwark Playhouse, London, review: A crime if this show does not transfer to the West End by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

"Wow, there's Michael Blakemore," I said, prodding my college across the aisle when I spotted the multi-talented 88 year old taking his seat for this UK premiere of the Cy Col…

SOURCE: The Independent at 4:18am on April 1, 2017[SHARE]

Don Juan in Soho, Wyndham's Theatre, London, review: David Tennant is every bit as magnificent in the title role here as he was as Hamlet by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

David Tennant stars in Patrick Marber's version of Molière's story about a serial seducer of women which transports the action to contemporary London

SOURCE: The Independent at 11:06pm on March 29, 2017[SHARE]

The Kid Stays in the Picture, Royal Court, London, review: The latest brilliant piece of experimental, multi-media theatre from Simon McBurney and Com by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Simon McBurney directs a new play about the rise and fall of legendary film producer Robert Evans who saved Paramount Pictures from collapse and produced films such as 'The Godfather&ap…

SOURCE: The Independent at 4:48am on March 24, 2017[SHARE]

Love in Idleness, Menier Chocolate Factory, London, review: It brilliantly synthesises the two versions that exist of a play by Terence Rattigan by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Trevor Nunn has combined the texts from Rattigan's comedy 'Less Than Kind' with its revised version 'Love in Idleness' to create a new production that stars Eve Best…

SOURCE: The Independent at 2:42pm on March 21, 2017[SHARE]

Filthy Business, Hampstead Theatre, London, review: Sara Kestelman left me feeling as weak with laughter as Dame Edna does by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Olivier Award-winning Sara Kestelman stars in Ryan Craig's new family comedy set in 1968, taking the lead as an East End matriarch who must protect her shop for future generations

SOURCE: The Independent at 11:18am on March 20, 2017[SHARE]

Snow in Midsummer, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, review: The translation used here seems to me the rockiest feature of the production by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The RSC is bringing Chinese classics to a Western audience with Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's 'Snow in Midsummer', a piece based on a classical Chinese drama by Guan Hanqing, which …

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:32am on March 14, 2017[SHARE]