The President's Cake " sadly charming tale of life in Iraq under Saddam and sanctions
A schoolgirl desperately seeks ingredients to honour the leader against a backdrop of economic devastation
A schoolgirl desperately seeks ingredients to honour the leader against a backdrop of economic devastation
Ryan Murphy turns his gaze on the Kennedys and their place at the heart of American society
The 2008 work returns to Sadler's Wells with seven veterans from the original cast " and too many recycled ideas
Lisa McGee's genre-defying Netflix series centres on three friends who become embroiled in a murder mystery
This touching production at London's Theatre Royal Haymarket gains potency from its communal setting
Rarely staged work, now at the National Theatre, intertwines fraught family dynamics with the threat of a global financial crash
A laugh-a-minute revival at the London Coliseum shows the company at its formidable best
The 'Detectorists' creator returns with an idiosyncratic comedy with a folkloric twist
A film about one professional's move into comedy shows the highs and lows of finding a new vocation
A theatrical adaptation for 'The Traitors' shows how audiences are being kept in the comfort zone
After their mother's death, the novelist's younger brother came to live with him
The singer's influence lives on in everyone from Sam Fender to James Blake " now he's the subject of a documentary and in the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time
Written when the playwright was 18, this exploration of the strictures of marriage gets an astute revival at London's Park Theatre
Written by Jack Thorne, the first TV take on William Golding's classic prizes artfulness over clarity
The late playwright's tumbling, centuries-spanning exploration of the human condition is lovingly revived at the Old Vic
Contemporary London and an Anglo-Indian real estate empire are the settings for Aneil Karia's crackling portrait of a cracked psyche
Larky acting and strikingly odd costumes enliven Julia Jackman's fantastical tale of sexism and seduction
Adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch's memoir is a highly stylised deep dive into agony, rage and writing as catharsis
Sopé DìrÃsù is strong and tender in Akinola Davies Jr's autobiographically inspired debut about two brothers taken to the big city
Terence Rattigan's 'Man and Boy', a fearless study of a ruthless financier, is getting a rare revival at the National Theatre
Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek's new work at Hamburg State Opera unites vampires, zombie voters and a brattish president-king
This one-off special updates the wholesome felt-based comedy with more chaos, naughtiness and celebrity appearances
Arty Froushan makes a superb Patrick Bateman in this revival of the 2013 Bret Easton Ellis adaptation
Barrie Kosky's Berlin production is brilliant and bawdy but those seeking refinement should look elsewhere
British conductor Alexander Soddy took the final part of Milan's new Wagner production to exhilarating heights