Seven Dials Playhouse, LondonA couple strive to survive Earth's end of days with some glorious songs in an otherwise stagnant two-hander Here we are in the apocalypse. Jass and Finn are the …
It was her breakout role " and now the actor is starring once more in Gary Owen's Iphigenia in Splott, a play that resonates with her personally and politically 'It feels even more urgent no…
Pitlochry Festival theatreIn a monologue starring the excellent Blythe Jandoo, Martin McCormick finds a fearful, misogynistic, class-ridden society to blame for a girl's death There is somet…
Sadler's Wells, LondonA crusader and a Saracen have a fateful encounter in this richly layered work by Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, set to Monteverdi and a plangent score by Syrian-American comp…
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, LondonInua Ellams updates the Sophoclean drama into a beguiling piece about faith and prejudice, and casts a suspicious eye at politicians who betray their ow…
Shakespeare's Globe, London; Royal Exchange, Manchester; Donmar Warehouse, LondonIsobel Thom's non-binary Joan of Arc blazes on to the stage in Charlie Josephine's eye-opening new play; Tenn…
Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonFive actors play more than 100 roles as Tati's 60s satire is transformed into a meet-cute comedy of quick-change physical comedy The late, great Observer fil…
Samira Wiley shot to fame in Orange is the New Black, then confirmed her status in The Handmaid's Tale. Now she's at the National Theatre. She talks about the timeliness of her roles " and t…
Sadler's Wells; Theatre Royal Drury Lane, LondonAnne Teresa de Keersmaeker creates a revelatory response to Bach, while a gala celebrating the dance legend is full of bravura dancing A week …
Inua Ellams adaptation nods to Shamima Begum, stop and search, Prevent programme and police surveillance The incoming home secretary is unlikely to have diary space for a theatre trip this w…
His comic novel The Commitments gave working-class Dublin its voice " and became a hit film. As the stage version returns to theatres, does Doyle still recognise the foul-mouthed young autho…
Leeds PlayhouseDenzel Westley-Sanderson's staging of the high-society comedy adds a welcome dose of playfulness amid the cucumber sandwiches On the way into the theatre there is a pop-up dis…
The Queen's accession seemed to herald a fresh start for Britain. But as politics became more squalid, her bland persona was a good match for the monarchy's survival instinct, says playwrigh…
The monarch was sympathetically depicted by dramatists and at a 1999 production of Oklahoma! her eyes lit up when she recalled her own theatrical outings "I've never been fond of the theatre…
Scottish actor who played the monarch in recent film Spencer on what she learned about the Queen from the experience Stella Gonet played the Queen on the big screen in Pablo LarraÃn's Spe…
Orange Tree theatre, LondonNadine Higgin and Aaron Anthony excel as the couple in Dael Orlandersmith's Pulitzer-nominated play "My mother and her mother before her believed if only they coul…
In the second instalment of his memoir, the comedian reflects the fame and frustration that came with hitting the big time When the comic and actor Lenny Henry attended the first writers' me…
Young Vic, LondonHans Kesting is spellbinding as an anguished man facing up to his abusive father in Ivo van Hove's adaptation of the book by Édouard Louis A one-minute silence marking t…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterMaking dynamic use of a sparse stage and a spinning neon sign, Atri Banerjee's adventurous production gives new shape to Tennessee Williams' play You mess with The …
Peacock theatre, LondonMixing technical skill with slapstick hilarity, the Trocks are as engaging as ever in this symphony of perfectly timed mistakes In the past few years there has been an…
Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonThis adaptation of the classic 1967 film is packed with fun despite losing its way in the second half Attempting to adapt Jacques Tati's 1967 masterpiece is …
We joined rehearsals for the National Theatre's production of Shakespeare's comedy starring Katherine Parkinson before its live broadcast to UK cinemas on 8 September Continue reading...
Playground theatre, LondonFeaturing Keith Allen as a scheming PR man, this heartfelt comedy drawn from songwriter Grant Black's own experiences is often great fun Opening with a song named W…
Michael Frayn's comedy is not just extremely funny but also acknowledges the fragile artifice of order " in theatre and the world beyond All plays, wrote critic John Lahr, are dated. He mean…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe Belgian choreographer's interpretation of the great keyboard work is a rich, carefully crafted essay Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker is not someone you expect to see dan…