Stephen Karam uses domestic drama to tell a contemporary American horror storyTransatlantic theatrical traffic is busier than ever, and now here at the Hampstead is not just Stephen Karam's …
Humour used too often as a substitute for perceptionLycra, jealousy and pubescent ambition are put under the spotlight in Clare Barron's provocative probe into the American competitive danci…
The ladies of France shine in a production that otherwise makes heavy weather If ever there was a play of "well bandied" words, it's surely Love's Labour's Lost. The early Shakespearean com…
Visual and aural adventure at well-programmed weekend introduce the young to the artsTheatre for children can often be dismissed " a box to tick for parents who want to keep up with cultural…
The great technician of stage comedy, who has died at 91, recalls writing the likes of Sweet Charity and The Odd Couple Asked to nominate the most important playwright in America since the w…
Celebrates multicultural diversity with a zingA break-dancing mini Michael Jackson, a transvestite Neptune, and a hero who wears his hubris as proudly as his gold-tipped trainers, are unconv…
Playful visual trickery and gnomic bafflement at the International Festival Home ★★★★  Â
The third finalist in theartsdesk's award in association with The Hospital Club addresses her review to the creators of a Chekhov productionDear RashDash,I know you don't like critics b…
Two striking explorations of sexual identity stop short of grabbing the emotions La maladie de la mort ★★★  Toxic masculinity in all its appalling variety is a …
Three intimate storytelling shows at Summerhall offer mixed insights Orpheus ★★★★ Â
Great performances save this uneven tribute to a forgotten Elizabethan poet It feels like Michelle Terry's first summer season at the Globe has been building up to Emilia for a while now. Th…
Tatty Hennessy introduces her new play for the digitally native generationF Off came about off the back of a meeting I had with Paul Roseby, the artistic director of the National Youth Theat…
The director brings his contemporary take on John Gay's satire to the Edinburgh FestivalIn the time of composer John Gay, greed and self-interest were the main motives for life; and his…
Two superb - and very different - examinations of what defines our identity Nigel Slater's Toast ★★★★ Â
Toxic masculinity and reflections on identity at the Fringe's newest venueLaunched just last year to celebrate the country's 150th anniversary, CanadaHub has quickly become one of the E…
A blooming marvellous revival of a classic musicalThe resplendent partnership of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman " which produced Disney hits Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and The Little Me…
Jordan Seavey paints a landscape of New York gay life that is as moving as it is witty I'm still not entirely sure what the full associations of the title of New York playwright Jordan Seave…
Racial politics and gun culture dissected in two provocative shows at the Traverse Underground Railroad Game ★★★★★Â
Anti-naturalistic revival of Brian Friel's elegiac tribute to the Catholic nobility is oddly unemotionalChekhovian is a rather over-used word when it comes to describing some of the lat…
Cycles of abuse, a health service polemic and a celebration of silliness Coriolanus Vanishes ★★★★Â
New monologue about drug dealing on the Dark Web is well written if a bit slightThe Dark Web has an intriguing sound about it. Like something out of JRR Tolkein or JK Rowling, it suggests a …
A brutal assault on liberal values, and exquisite dance/theatre/cinemaUlster American ★★★★★Â
Ontroerend Goed's latest offers a cunningly immersive take on capitalismTheatre critics tend not to experience an 140 percent increase in their financial assets within 21 minutes. So on…
If the theatre is buoyant and alive, we have these artists to thank Amidst ever-uncertain times, one thing is for sure: this country's ability to regenerate and renew itself theatrically rem…
Oscar Wilde's best-loved comedy with extra homo-erotic innuendoAny actor playing Lady Bracknell must dread the moment when she (or, indeed, he) has to deliver that unforgettable line ab…