Emma Corrin and Nabhaan Rizwan perk up one-dimensional drama about a Russian conwoman There just isn't enough there, with ANNA X. Daniel Raggett's production is the third and final of the RE…
Edward Baker-Duly seems to have sprung fully formed from the pages of 'Punch' If you're looking for a distraction from the apocalyptic headlines that seem to be the norm right now, then it m…
The lighting's gorgeous, but Bryony Lavery's drama about theatre friendships never quite clicks Last Easter has become a lot more relatable since it was forced to postpone this run at the Or…
★★★★★ SOUTH PACIFIC, CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE Rodgers and Hammerstein classic given renewed relevance Rodgers and Hammerstein classic is given renewed…
People, not politics, at the heart of a timeless tragedy Much has been made of the raison d'etre for this King Lear as the slowly gestated, Covid-delayed brainchild of the director Keith War…
Too many of the messages seem reductive and irrelevant "It is dangerous for women to go outside alone," blares the electronic sign above the stage of the new Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare'…
Thoughtful and funny revival of a familiar classic Pinter wrote The Dumb Waiter in 1957 (although it wasn't seen in London until 1960) the year before The Birthday Party received its notorio…
Scott Karim soars in taut revival of Ayad Akhtar's political thriller A lot's changed since Kiln Theatre boss Indhu Rubasingham directed The Invisible Hand's first UK outing in 2016, not le…
Light up a joss stick for this pared-back version of Stephen Schwartz 's 1972 musical If Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 1966 was anyone under the age of 25, why couldn't a teenage s…
Band and singers energise the brilliant entertainment of Bernstein, Comden and Green It's a wonderful thing to hear a nine-piece Broadway-style band at full pelt, and to see real show dancin…
Atim and Jeremiah flare bright, Wanamaker and Capaldi burn slow A cosmologist and a beekeeper walk into a barbecue. Or a wedding. The beekeeper is in a relationship, or married, or just out…
Raine beautifully evokes how music captures the mess of life In John Eliot Gardner's magnificent wide-ranging biography of Bach, Music In The Castle of Heaven, he tells the story of the comp…
Yasmine Joseph brings a blast of Carnival to the West End A welcome West End upgrade is the order of the day at J'Ouvert, the debut play from Yasmin Joseph whose 2019 premiere at South Lond…
Ambitious triptych examines the themes of Empire, race and parenthood It is an index of the ambition of some venues that they are not only reopening their doors, but also staging plays that…
One Welshman honours another in National Theatre return to the Dylan Thomas mainstay There's commanding, and then there's Michael Sheen, who sweeps on to the Olivier stage 15 minutes or so …
Deborah Bruce's play puts multiple topics on the table Thirty years on, Alex and Jason meet at a university reunion and cab it back to Jason's old student house where Alex is thinking "prob…
Lisa Dwan's infinite variety guides us through Beckett's timeless masterpiece Just when you thought you couldn't take any more one- or two-handers, online or in the theatre, along comes the …
Adventures in Palestine from the memoir of the former artistic director of the Young Vic In June 2001 the London Festival of International Theatre brought Amir Nizar Zuabi's Alive from Pales…
Intriguing, inventive play from Jack Thorne and Headlong Limbo, in Jack Thorne's latest play, is a room lined ceiling-high with drawers, a sort of morgue rebooted as a vast filing system. It…
The theatre-maker sets out her stall for an ambitious, pan-European venture When theatres in the UK closed last March, I found myself in a vacuum. Having been a freelance theatre director f…
The writer expresses her joy at going 'Out West' On the first day of rehearsals for Out West at the Lyric Hammersmith in May, myself and fellow playwrights Roy Williams and Simon Stephens s…
Uncomfortable truths beneath the poisoned patter This blistering, fearless play about an 18-year-old black entrepreneur on the King's Road raises a myriad of uncomfortable questions that res…
Premiere of solo stage production of TS Eliot's work For 75 captivating minutes, Ralph Fiennes digs deep into TS Eliot's Four Quartets, the poet's interlinked reflections on time, faith and …
Debut play about siblings, climate change and space travel is full of ideas There's something definitely inspiring about producer Sonia Friedman's decision to reopen one of her prime West E…
A production that revels in the joyously absurd while hinting at the play's darker edges A little less than two years after Sean Holmes's kick-ass Latin American carnival-style A Midsummer N…