Hampstead theatre, LondonJohn Logan's play combines the stories behind two films made in the 1960s but each needs more space to truly hit home Two pairs of directors and actors zigzag on sta…
Almeida Theatre, LondonThe set is a marvel, the performances are electric and the ending " with Lear raging and trembling in a hospital gown on the heath " is profoundly tragic Yaël Farbe…
Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonAided by elaborate tech, multiple screens and an angelic wig, the Succession star gives a performance that is mischievous, swaggering and operatic Does Sarah S…
Old Vic, LondonJukebox show celebrating sweary Bob Geldof's 1985 mega-fundraiser piles homily on cliche in a production in thrall to white saviour stereotypes The breathless tagline invites …
Rose theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames Onjali Raùf's morality tale for children, adapted by Nick Ahad, fluidly harnesses schoolkid energy, though important details are often reported rather t…
Theatre Royal BathThis eccentric retelling of the bloody story flamboyantly combines songs and pop culture gags but still shocks Emma Rice's retelling of this bloody folktale could be descri…
The first African Caribbean figure to lead a major British theatre has announced his departure but his bold approach must remain Kwame Kwei-Armah's decision to step down from the helm of the…
Harold Pinter theatre, LondonThe Jerusalem playwright's new drama, directed by Sam Mendes, follows four siblings coached as children to become stars and now reunited at their mother's bedsid…
Bush theatre, LondonPersonalities and generations clash in Sophia Chetin-Leuner's claustrophobic play about a mental health unit under strain It is clear from the office, strewn with piles o…
New Diorama theatre, LondonEphemeral Ensemble use music, movement and puppetry to astonishing effect in a devastating show about the right to protest There are few words in this startling ho…
Dorfman theatre, LondonBeth Steel's new drama is dazzlingly performed and full of pain, joy and laughter in a deft production by Bijan Sheibani A wedding day is fertile ground for a family d…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonOla Ince's production is set within a hostile modern police force and has DCI Othello's unconscious portrayed by a second actor Shakespeare's military genius i…
Barn theatre, CirencesterThe detective hunts for Jack the Ripper in a funny, tangled comedy on how crime is sensationalised for entertainment This comedy adventure enlists Sherlock Holmes to…
Rimini Protokoll's new show is part of a series of performances inspired by James Joyce's Ulysses and draws a connection between its Aeolus episode and hypercapitalism On the eastern outskir…
Savoy theatre, LondonDespite a thrilling premise " New York's power couple staging unhappy marriages " this dated production coasts on its stars' fame rather than testing their seasoned skil…
Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonThe Aristophanes play is interwoven with the theatre company's personal quest in a ramshackle show that loses its way This Aristophanes comedy is theatre's o…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonGrace Joy Howarth's play about the lives of two slaughterhouse workers addresses many things " the ethics of eating animals, the situation in Ukraine, zero-hours c…
Omnibus theatre, LondonA feminist artist and teacher is at the centre of Mary Swan's overstuffed play exploring abuse, sexism and politics We meet a once famous artist just as she is being p…
The play's the thing. But what's so wrong with the RSC's plan to also let people have dinner, or catch the last train home? "How poor are they that have not patience!". So implores Iago in d…
The Linbury prize exhibition at the National Theatre is full of smart ideas including a truckers' royal court and a jester-like Dr Faustus Alice in Wonderland reimagined in Partition-era Ind…
Dorfman theatre, LondonWhile the aesthetics are arresting, Amit Lahav's play lacks the specificity to create any emotional depth A drama about the epic horrors that migrants have faced could…
It is one of the most electrifying and unsettling sounds in theatre. Should we be encouraging crowds to do it more? Experts tell us about booing's origins " and actors remember being on the …
Park theatre, London Ins Choi's comedy set in a Korean Canadian shop has an irresistible charm, despite at times feeling like a best-sketch montage from its TV forerunner Before Kim's Conven…
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonSet in the year before the events of The Crucible, the volatile children's games that seed the later hysteria are brilliantly played but the drama is missing We …
Ambassadors theatre, LondonWhile it doesn't have the big jump scares of 2:22: A Ghost Story or The Woman in Black, this lo-fi horror builds in creepiness How well does horror play out on sta…