The rising star tells Nick Clark how she stepped up to a lead role at Hampstead Theatre just days before this week’s opening night
Roy Williams’ ambitious new play tackles the complexities of Black British identity
An exhilarating retelling of a tale as old as time
The TV show may be over, but fans can now get up close and personal with the Shelbys in a new immersive theatre show. We chat to the brains bringing 1920s Birmingham to life
New West End play boldly cracks open the suffocating messiness of death, family, and mental health
A smash-hit at the Venice Biennale, this unique performance is about to open in south London
This new British musical has all the energy of a girl band concert and enough history to inspire young people to read up on the real-life heroines
For four decades, the theatre company has kept the subject of women in prison on the cultural radar, with its new play tackling addiction and the criminal justice system in a working-class Pakistani family
Weird marketing ploys aside, this play on the ambiguity of truth is pleasingly hard to pin down
Three shows across June 11 and 12 have been cancelled so the Oscar-winning actor can attend his brother’s funeral in California
Once they’ve ironed out the technical issues this should be quite something
Some decent performances can’t drag any contemporary relevance out of this talky French classic
As a West End star vehicle for the celebrated actress, The Glass Menagerie barely passes its MOT
This is one for Shakespeare completists only
Alfie Cain’s debut play about being dropped by his football academy aged 18 reveals the emotional cost of early commitment
Marina Carr’s examination of the Trojan War through women’s eyes is gripping
Lucy Moss’s exuberant production largely steamrollers over some of the show’s more dated moments
Barney Norris has mined his family’s stories but its meandering structure gives it the air of an anecdote that goes on too long
Sami Ibrahim’s play is incredibly annoying but it doesn’t let you go either
Watching this play about Indian independence feels like having history explained to you, rather than being immersed in it
Our guide to the best new shows to see in the capital this month, in the West End and beyond
Bartlett Sher’s production repackages this witty, well-crafted piece of work for a new generation
A layered, expressive lead performance from Anne-Marie Duff can’t save this baggy production
This stripped back production lacks charm or power
The Good Wife star says she has wanted to write the new show for a long time
The bard is back - and he’s in trouble again
Iman Qureshi’s cheerful comedy isn’t particularly subtle but there’s some really terrific writing here
It takes you on one hell of a journey, but doesn’t ring entirely true
The Essex-born playwright asks why, as theatre diversifies, do the working class-made-good seem to remain invisible
Covid chaos has had a huge effect on theatre shows and understudies have held them together - it’s time to do more than applaud
After becoming the youngest female director on Broadway for Six, Lucy Moss is putting her spin on Legally Blonde the Musical
Claire Rushbrook and Daniel Ryan give heartfelt, nuanced performances as a late-fortysomething Essex couple in crisis
Director Lucy Bailey’s production offers a purely pleasurable evening at the Globe
You could watch Rylance’s performance every night and still find new dimensions
The Killing Eve star is what we’re here to see in this one-woman show about a barrister who is sexually assaulted - and she delivers
Anoushka Lucas spent her twenties trying and failing to get a record deal; in her thirties, she’s found a thrilling new career in theatre
Frequently deemed the best play of the 21st century, Nick Curtis explores the story of Jerusalem as it returns to the West End 13 years after it first opened
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