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Minerva theatre, ChichesterA woman's withering agency is examined through nostalgia and regret, in Cordelia Lynn's rewrite of the tragedy
Cordelia Lynn's bleak, modern-day rewrite of Hedda G…
This West End musical, featuring a barmitzvah and the song Four Jews in a Room Bitching, deserved greater representation " and raises other questions about identity
If this summer's spats in…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe US ensemble are back with more limb-twisting interpretations of African and street dance forms and a reminder of their founder's sun-soaked art
Gracious, with a gro…
Move comes after majority-white US version in 2016 triggered social media storm
A cast reflecting the diversity of Britain as well as a story that is essentially the Book of Exodus have been…
Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonThe richness of Wilson's characters make them a joy to watch and a great cast lifts this tale set in Pittsburgh in 1969
By today's standards, the plays of Augu…
The author of new play Two Ladies explains how a photograph of Melania Trump and Brigitte Macron inspired her to consider the meaning and resonance of their proximity to power
It is 14 July…
As Hansard opens at the National Theatre and drama heats up in Westminster, our critic picks his favourite political theatre
Whose side is Shakespeare on? As always, it is difficult to tell.…
Lyttelton theatre, LondonAlex Jennings and Lindsay Duncan treat us to 90 minutes of sustained verbal warfare between an entitled Tory minister and his disaffected liberal wife
When a charact…
When the curtain falls on a marionette's show, they're put out to pasture, given a facelift " or turned into burglar deterrents
'This thing is alive, this thing is alive, this thing is alive…
He's written 18 plays, rescued DH Lawrence from theatrical oblivion and played a crucial role at the National Theatre " all the while putting love, loss and the working class centre stage
Ei…
Simon Annand has photographed most of the UK's leading actors on stage. But his images of them off stage " in the half hour before curtain up " offer a rare glimpse of private moments
An exh…
Sitting near a performer puts you in the firing line " but it also makes you an invaluable part of any comedy show
John Oliver looked into my eyes and cocked his head. We held each other's g…
Dundee RepPeter Arnott's brilliant vignettes about a 1879 railway bridge disaster imagine the lives and hopes of passengers stalked by death
Peter Arnott has written enough plays to know you…
Roslyn Packer Theatre, SydneyPeake skilfully navigates the painful, raw experience of struggling to conceive in this stage adaptation of Julia Leigh's memoir
In Avalanche: A Love Story, Juli…
The popularity of subjects such as English literature has fallen dramatically. As a new school year begins, it's time for a rethinkA new school year is about to begin. This means that I migh…
Pitlochry Festival theatre, Port Na CraigRarely has theatre seemed so much part of the public sphere as in this electrifying adaptation of the Elizabeth Gaskell novel
There is a thrilling tr…
He dresses like a New Romantic and played Johnny Marr and Danny Baker. Now the rising Welshman is taking on his most painful role yet
On my way to interview Laurie Kynaston, who is about to …
Wyndham's; Donmar Warehouse, London; Queen's theatre, HornchurchPhoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag returns in singularly brilliant fashion. Plus, more electrifying drama from Branden Jacob-Jenki…
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughAlan Ayckbourn directs this excellent revival of his 1980 comedy of a family suffering a less than festive Christmas
Playwright Alan Ayckbourn remembers a …
The Divide, which is set in a dystopian future England, has been adapted from a six-hour, two-part playAt 80, after writing 83 plays and earning seven Evening Standard theatre awards, two Ol…
Running away with the circus has long been a fantasy. But what's it like to belong to one of Europe's performing families? Photographer Stephanie Gengotti rolled up to capture the magic of l…
Actor, translator and founder of the feminist theatre group Monstrous RegimentBefore she had established herself as a significant presence on the orthodox stage, Gillian Hanna, who has died …
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonBlanche McIntyre's hectic production attempts to convey the riotous vice of Ben Jonson's Jacobean London fair, but falters in translation to modernity
Ben Jons…
Six years after its debut, Phoebe Waller-Bridge's monologue is back in the theatre after its tearaway success on TV. We sent three millennial critics to watch it
Related: Sexy, subversive �…
Wyndham's Theatre, London The first night, playing to a celebrity-packed audience, felt like a coronation but Waller-Bridge still has the ability to spring surprises
Six years after its debu…
