Sparky adaptation of legal spat "Wagatha Christie" " I salute the bright spark who coined the term " describes, for those who don't follow such fripperies, the social media spat between foot…
Eugene O'Hare treads familiar ground with his confessional about alcoholism Eugene O'Hare's The Dry House is the kind of spare but oddly lyrical three-hander that would have made a good Wedn…
New production of the West End show based on the Alan Bennett film is perhaps near its sell-by date People can't find the food they want in the shops. Nobody has enough money. Public service…
Olivier-nominated two-hander resumes performances at the Hampstead, this time promoted to the mainstage Before I knew " or realised " I wanted to write about alcoholism in my pl…
New play about family trauma and loss is an experiment in poetic drama Is it possible to successfully challenge naturalism in British theatre today? At a time when audiences crave feelgood d…
Ivo van Hove's stage version of Hanya Yanagihara's bestseller is a real misery fest Wow! James Norton naked! Wow! New play by Ivo van Hove. Wow! It's four hours long. Wow! Wow! Wow! The much…
A terrific ensemble make an exhilarating plea for Black boys with blighted lives For a show that comes with a trigger warning about the themes of racism, gang violence, toxic relationships, …
A reprehensible man treats women badly, but the political magic is left entirely unexplored One wonders if Ricky Simmonds and Simon Vaughan pondered long over their debut musical's title. S…
Murder in the forest Complicité, the adventurous theatre company led today by Simon McBurney, one of its founders, is now 40. Over the last four decades, McBurney and his collaborators hav…
Debut play about sex, race and queerness is a disappointing mishmash The act of idol worship is, at one and the same time, both distantly ancient and compellingly contemporary. Whether it is…
White-heat Strindberg from Norwegian actors undeterred by technical hitches You don't have to be Scandinavian to act out Strindberg's fantastical extremes at the highest level, but I've not …
Mark Gatiss and Ian Hallard's ABBA tribute is fun, but clunky Is it a good idea to work with your spouse? The Way Old Friends Do, a love letter to ABBA tribute bands " which premiered at th…
Pulitzer finalist asks how good an ally is modern technology Artificial intelligence has become an even hotter topic since Jordan Harrison's Marjorie Prime was first staged in Los Angeles in…
Empathetic revival of Zinnie Harris's 2000 play about a lost world Some plays are instantly forgettable, others leave a tender fold in the memory. I well remember seeing Zinnie Harris's evo…
Nicholas Hytner and a crack cast deliver a fresh take on the classic musical It now seems an inevitability that Marisha Wallace will be a frontrunner at next year's theatre awards, not just…
Willy Russell's play gets a renewed lease on life Can lightning strike twice? Very much so, when it comes to Shirley Valentine, Willy Russell's much-revived solo play which I saw back in th…
Enda Walsh's second drama on now about ritualised isolation is mesmerising Commuting between London and Dublin has its fascinations.10 days ago, I saw for the first time at the Southwark Pla…
It's more adult panto than mature musical, with the sauce liberally ladled on If you are hoping for some harmless fun at The Great British Bake Off Musical, probably with a few dodgy jokes a…
Joseph Charlton's 2018 play revived on the back of his subsequent West End success It never hurts the trajectory of a promising young playwright if they have a good eye for the zeitgeist, a…
Evanna Lynch heads up wan troubles-themed dark comedy "Darkly comic thrillers" (as they like to say) set in Ireland tracking how families, or quasi-families, fall apart under pressure are ve…
A vivacious cast are great fun to hang out with Can a play ever be a bit too much like real life? The thought came to me while watching Matilda Feyisayo Ibini's entertaining new play Sleepo…
Two theatres, one concept, but no lasting sparks from Shakespeare's tragi-comedy As course after course of Noma-style creations are served up to Leontes and his guests " curious mouthfuls wi…
Tim Crouch's latest show intriguingly deconstructs theatre in a post-truth world Has theatre's time passed? In Tim Crouch's latest 70-minute show, first staged at the Royal Lyceum Theatre i…
Ambitious but misconceived take on musical theatre landmark outstays its welcome It is, perhaps, important to note that this production was first staged in London at the Young Vic, a venue …
Four spot-on performances confirm that Enda Walsh's queasy thriller is here to stay The farce in question is fast and furious, but not often hilariously funny; that's because it's the invent…