Boulevard; Turbine; Kiln, LondonTwo recently opened London theatres make their mark, with love and loss round the camp fire, and a sparky reworking of High Fidelity that just needs a few goo…
After two incidents in six years, visitors may need reassurance before they return to the West End "Don't clap too hard: it's a very old building," says Archie Rice in John Osborne's The Ent…
Daryl Roth Theatre, New York A new take on the romantic comedy boasts music from the National and a stellar turn from Glee's Blake Jenner but there are stumbles throughout Before Peter Dinkl…
Katharine Viner congratulates 'wonderful' arts writer who is already a vital contributor to the paper Arifa Akbar has been appointed as the Guardian's chief theatre critic. Akbar, who will t…
Royal Opera House, LondonYasmine Naghdi conquers physics in a fairytale production with intricate and intense performances What is the appeal to adults of an old-fashioned fairytale? This on…
The actor, comedian, playwright and one half of Jonny and the Baptists on the things that make him laugh the most I must have watched Dylan Moran's DVD of Monster, recorded at Vicar Street i…
Blue Elephant theatre, LondonRobyn Wilson is superb as a 16-year-old facing a daunting rite of passage in Amy Blakelock's poignant one-woman play I know Alice. I think I pretty much was Alic…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonSamuel Bailey's moving play is carried along by its characters' wisecracking " and reveals the anguish hidden underneath The bored young men in Shook yearn to be e…
The Other Palace, London This new musical by Alick Glass carries its fight against 30s movie plagiarism with pleasant songs, but lacks the showbiz sparkle to land a killer punch This theatre…
Gate, DublinThe acclaimed writer's version of the Greek tragedy focuses on her sister Ismene, with plenty of modern relevances Colm TóibÃn's new version of the Greek tragedy Antigone d…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonWith typical deftness, the standup has made his scintillating two-part show a hymn to political correctness and a giddy attack on lefty sensibilities What is …
Four theatregoers taken to hospital after incident during Death of a Salesman stage show A theatre in the West End of London has been evacuated after part of its ceiling collapsed during a s…
Linbury theatre, LondonWorks by Kenneth Tindall, Mlindi Kulashe and Morgann Runacre-Temple give these dancers a chance to get their bodies around abstraction Trends for favoured composers i…
Her musical Poet in da Corner brought raving to the Royal Court. Now the writer and performer is exploring first love. She talks Mormonism, trauma and teen dreams Debris Stevenson's first pu…
The rising playwright talks self-censorship, fascism, and the unique struggles of being a black artist This fall, Jeremy O Harris wrestled with a problem unique to artists of color. He knew …
Park theatre, LondonDark comedy peeks through the relationship between a malevolent mum and her paranoid middle-aged son in Eugene O'Hare's Pinteresque play This is the second play by Eugene…
On Remembrance Sunday, a theatrical marathon will share the hopes and insights of 100 peace-workers around the UK. It's an ode to optimism, says playwright Neil Bartlett There cannot be many…
Southwark Cathedral, LondonJasper Britton is outstanding as Thomas Becket in Scena Mundi's revival, but the church acoustics make the rest of the cast hard to hear How do you stage TS Eliot'…
It divided families, trapped half a city and symbolised the cold war. Then, 30 years ago this Saturday, the Berlin wall fell. Wim Wenders, Ute Lemper, Daniel Barenboim and more share their m…
Editor-in-chief Katharine Viner hails the 'extraordinary' career of the celebrated critic who started at the newspaper in 1971 After almost 50 years and some 10,000 reviews, Michael Billingt…
Union theatre, LondonCliche-drenched lyrics and a lightweight storyline put a cork in the emotional reckoning at this unremarkable story's heart Empty bottles dangle from the ceiling in this…
Sadler's Wells, LondonA group of young prestige dancers from all over the world throw themselves utterly into a uneven triple bill The deal with Rambert's sister company, Rambert2, is that y…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonVR headsets and a gender switch give National Youth Theatre's exuberant production a modern twist, but the storytelling feels gimmicky 'The human era is coming to …
Judges praise her experimental, starkly violent play based on a Cornelia Parker installation as 'astonishingly emotional' Phoebe Eclair-Powell has won the 2019 Bruntwood prize for playwritin…
Turbine theatre, LondonA delightfully tuneful adaptation of the Broadway musical returns the unlucky-in-love record-shop owner to his London roots Nick Hornby's bestselling 1995 novel about …