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Lydia Adetunji, Jack Thorne, Bola Agbaje, Alia Bano, Adam Brace, Lucy Kirkwood… a new generation of political playwrights is adding to Britain's rich tradition, writes veteran dramatist Da…
Lynn Redgrave Theater, New YorkInspired by the Charlie Hebdo attack, the reliably funny comic's show advocates the necessity of humor " especially when it offendsEver since Mike Birbiglia de…
Barbican, LondonCira Robinson and Mthuthuzeli November enact courtship to music by Steve Reich in Pita's ambitious new work CristauxFew choreographers other than Arthur Pita would attempt to…
When Sir Alan Ayckbourn says that "about 50% of the laughs" in his hysterically funny, heart-wrenchingly painful How the Other Half Loves are thanks to its "superimposed composite set", he's…
During its heyday, Jackie magazine's agony aunt received sacks of letters about lovebites and loneliness, best friends and boyfriends. As Jackie the Musical heads on tour, the real Cathy and…
Unicorn, LondonTimberlake Wertenbaker's reworked Odyssey focuses on characters who had supporting roles in the original poem but the result is hard to untangle"It's what's forgotten as well …
Salisbury PlayhouseKirsty Bushell adheres to Hedda's destructiveness but invests her with humour and sexual allure in this bracingly intelligent revivalIbsen's Hedda is often described as th…
Director Jatinder Verma on Tara Arts' multicultural production of Troilus and Cressida, which referenced the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, and how the delivery of Shakespeare's words is …
Lesley Manville and Jeremy Irons star at Bristol Old Vic, there's a feast of new writing in Cardiff, and Lucy Bailey's Great Expectations continues in LeedsJane Wainwright's Jinny, about a m…
Dane Baptiste packed in his dead-end job to change the world. Britain's answer to Chris Rock talks about his new sitcom Sunny D " and laughing at his own jokesSpeak to some black standups an…
Arcola, LondonThere's a sharper story to be found inside this baggy drama about a Pakistan colonel who realises he might not be quite the war hero he thought he wasTariq (Robert Mountford) i…
Crucible, Sheffield Cue great jokes, assured direction and the outrageously funny Richard Addy in this delightful snooker comedyI'm not an obvious target audience for The Nap. Snooker is not…
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonFrench playwright Florian Zeller completes a dazzling hat-trick with this confounding and unsettling tale of infidelityFlorian Zeller " the high-profile Frenc…
Young Vic, LondonHorrocks and choreographer Aletta Collins join forces for an evening of post-punk anthemsThe actor and singer Jane Horrocks, best known as daffy Bubble in the BBC TV series …
Scottish Storytelling Centre, EdinburghIgnorance of Gaelic proves no barrier to enjoying this fine adaptation of Tormod Caimbeul's seminal novelHave you ever seen a seagull by a cliff fly ag…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonSimon Dormandy directs Giedroyc as a guilt-ridden mother whose adopted son appears to go off the rails Luce is about expectation. At the most obvious level, it is …
The makeshift stage on which A-list stars entertained migrants in Calais is now to be rebuilt in two locations, vow the two young British playwrights behind the schemeThe refugee theatre in …
National, LondonThe National Theatre used to bring us Broadway's golden oldies. Now it imports something original: a remarkable musical, with book and lyrics by Tony Kushner and music by Jea…
Héloïse Letissier's strikingly original dance-art-pop adds up to a terrific Gallic-tinged treatWherever chins are stroked, you often hear that one band or another are so much better live…
Studio 54, New YorkThis joy of this musical, about two warring shop workers unwittingly conducting an epistolary romance, is how the songs deepen and contradict the conversationHungarian pas…
Line Of Duty returns, JJ Abrams is back with more Cloverfield business and Tom Rosenthal and Naz Osmanoglu output some Flat TV; here are all this week's pop culture highlights TV Line Of Dut…
Arts theatre, London The wartime actions of an all-female volunteer corps fuel this spirited Women in the West End festival showAnonymous Is a Woman is a new all-female company dedicated to …
The Fifth Column, now revived for the first time in 70 years, is fascinating for what it reveals about the authorNext week the Southwark Playhouse in London will host what will be …
Royal Court, LiverpoolThis drama about corruption among Liverpool dockers is as powerful as any Arthur Miller, with a Brando-esque performance by Andrew SchofieldIn the summer of 1970, Alan …
Coliseum, OldhamThis revue-style tribute to Dame Gracie Fields wastes little time in celebrating the singer's highlights but shies away from the more turbulent timesYou wait almost 40 years …
