Orange Tree theatre, LondonRichard Eyre's adaptation brings comedy and tenderness alongside Strindberg's original savagery August Strindberg's portrait of marriage is unremittingly bleak in …
The Coronet theatre, LondonJapanese company Chiten abandon naturalism for rhythmic dialogue and highly stylised movements " but there is much invention to admire Dostoevsky wrote his 1866 no…
New Diorama theatre, LondonJames Nash's doomscrolling play unpacks social media and the violence it hosts We piece together fragments. Distorted voice notes, the depths of the comments secti…
My mother, Carol Lawrence, who has died aged 81, was a stage and costume designer at an exciting time in British theatre who pivoted to a successful second career at the BBC, finding her nic…
Darlington HippodromePerkins' return to live comedy features some lurid stories of her personal and professional ineptitude, and jaunty tales about vacuum cleaners and a drug-addled trip to …
Exclusive: John Doyle says theatre should be able to disturb and challenge audiences, and not sanitise difficult themes The Tony award-winning theatre director John Doyle has warned that tri…
Minerva theatre, Chichester Award-winning writer Tim Foley's frightfest brings an out of work actor to a country manor to burnish the myth of its resident wraith. Beware of the silhouetted h…
Soho theatre, LondonDesire collides with stomach-churning awkwardness in this play " which won the Women's prize " about friends heading out for some physical contact I'm watching Miriam Bat…
Old Vic, LondonStuffed with knowledge and often regarded as the playwright's finest work, this drama's sheer cleverness gleams in an exuberant production When Tom Stoppard was asked what thi…
The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonWhitney White's thrilling, song-filled show flips Shakespeare's great characters and asks why we still lap up these tales of sexy men killing sexy women I…
Octagon, BoltonThree grownup daughters display childhood neediness in this well-acted production that explores unrequited desires as a mother comes back from the grave The three grownup sist…
Theatro Technis, London In Philip de Voni's ambitious debut play, a clash over funeral rites exposes deep divisions in a British-Cypriot extended family Ancient Greek literature teems with c…
Crucible, SheffieldThe supernatural is all-encompassing in Oladipo Agboluaje's reframing of Shakespeare's power play in 19th-century west Africa Every time the court historian turns up, he h…
In the last five years, African diaspora theatre has swept from the fringes on to the country's main stages " fuelled by artists like Zindzi Okenyo Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emai…
Barn theatre, CirencesterSimon Nye brings back the characters from his hit TV series for a misconceived comedy set on millennium eve In a nervy theatre economy, with familiar material most l…
Bush theatre, London Farah Najib's play tells the story of an isolated woman who dies at home and considers the community's responsibility The opening quote to Farah Najib's drama tells us t…
Prolific and successful producer of star-laden pantomimes, musicals and West End shows The ebullient and engaging West End producer Paul Elliott, who has died aged 84, was one of a group of …
Park theatre, LondonBill Rosenfield reimagines the playwright's early work about the souring relationship between newlywed artists Hell is other people " especially if you're married to them…
In wonderfully bewildering shows, New York's venerable avant garde theatre company mash together everything from baroque opera to sci-fi B-movies. Their next trick? A seance-style tribute to…
Bristol BeaconIf the comic's political fervour is dialled down, there is much to enjoy in a show delivered with flair and 10-ton sarcasm Inner peace and contentment are not always gifts to t…
After playing Elphaba in Wicked, packing out a tent at Worthy Farm and returning to Les Misérables, the star is headlining the Palladium with songs that sum up her life Congratulations on y…
Almeida theatre, LondonIn a bloody, brilliant, full circle Rupert Goold bows out as artistic director of the Almeida with a timely revival of the musical he first staged here in 2013 The ter…
Playhouse, SheffieldTwo siblings growing up in a high-rise search for escape and liberation in this idiosyncratic and infectious drama with a beautiful script by Debris Stevenson Debris Stev…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonThe veteran standup deconstructs the science of laughter before scrolling back to his youth and a 1970s brought pungently back to life 'We're here, folks, to …
Hope Mill theatre, ManchesterAmy Gavin's production amps up the dangerous dance of desire and violence between these troubled ex-spouses but loses the delicate balance between comedy and mal…