Barbican, LondonThe star narrates an innovative, pedal-powered production that muses on the climate crisis but the wide range of topics limits the storytelling As a concept, Katie Mitchell's…
Kiln theatre, LondonRyan Calais Cameron's terrific three-hander dramatises a meeting in 1955 Hollywood, mapping the dilemmas that actors of colour still face Two white men are having a frank…
Dorfman theatre, LondonWhen Mary returns home from prison, there is both humour and horror in store, as Deborah Bruce's play explores a cycle of abuse The set reveals a house sliced apart so…
Prince Edward theatre, LondonThis plodding account of the Motown band's highs and lows is more than a little soulless A musical about the Temptations was always going to have a phenomenal so…
Almeida theatre, LondonA young white woman and her Black housekeeper flee across the American south amid the historic struggle, buoyed by astonishingly powerful music First seen off-Broadway…
Olivier theatre, LondonThere are superb performances from a cast including Siobhán McSweeney and Ardal O'Hanlon in Josie Rourke's production Brian Friel's semi-autobiographical play, set …
Southwark Playhouse, LondonDepicting a brave group who took a stand against selling South African goods in 1984, this spirited show raises the question of why the Dunnes Stores strike isn't …
Available onlineThe daughter of an addict and a young man trapped in the drugs trade meet in an unsentimental tale that blends tenderness and tragedy Two teenagers meet on a bombed-out sofa …
Old Vic, BristolPlayful yet plaintive, this six-person show condemns the indignities suffered by two vulnerable elderly people navigating our inadequate system It seems like a particularly a…
Barbican, LondonCheek By Jowl's Spanish-language version of the surreal 1635 classic fuses dreamlike garishness with bizarre slapstick Pedro Calderón de la Barca's 1635 verse play interro…
Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonLolita Chakrabarti's staging of Maggie O'Farrell's moving novel about the death of the playwright's son " and his resurrection in Hamlet " is powerfully play…
Liverpool PlayhouseThe actor and director pitches the antihero as a racial outsider. She is compelling, but he is an inconsistent character in a production leached of intrigue This productio…
Omnibus theatre, LondonUsing brilliantly expressive movement, a modern Daphne is torn between a glossy public face and an inner world of howling self-hate A woman in blond wig and sparkly sk…
Harold Pinter theatre, LondonSome called it torture porn, others a masterpiece. Ivo van Hove brings Hanya Yanagihara's novel to the West End, complete with spurting blood, relentless sadism …
Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, LondonCordelia Lynn seeks to rewrite the rules of playwriting in this rough jewel of a play about a family of women What we know is that this is a house by the …
Southwark Playhouse, LondonHeadbanging frontwoman Dani Heron moves from schoolgirl sex, parties and music-making to teen pregnancy, miscarriage, rape and depression The set is a cross betwee…
Watford Palace theatreA cockney fox and a preening jackdaw open our eyes to the wonders of nature in this charming show based on Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris's book In this new musica…
Southwark Playhouse Elephant, LondonIt's a nice idea but this disconnected show about the former Italian PM makes some bizarre choices and lacks satirical bite This satire about Italy's form…
Barbican, LondonSimon McBurney directs a toweringly innovative adaptation of the eco-thriller by Nobel-winner Olga Tokarczuk The opening night of this Complicité production was aborted at t…
Riverside Studios, LondonThe puppets are lovely but this hour-long show has anodyne songs and a hodgepodge of tales On paper, this Disney musical about AA Milne's honey-loving bear and his …
Pleasance, LondonThe climate crisis is explored via the senseless bureaucracy of a travel agency in a show that lacks subtlety Office politics can be a keen mirror of group behaviour and so…
Riverside Studios, LondonA talented cast can't save this bizarre production about a holiday romance dogged by a conflict in ideology This musical begins like a cheesy Mills & Boon romanc…
Royal Court theatre, LondonPart satire, part serious drama, Danny Lee Wynter's story of gay love and acting slowly reveals its emotional powers Actor Danny Lee Wynter's debut as a playwright…
Park theatre, LondonTwo friends put together an Abba tribute band and explore ideas of male friendship, homophobia and family in Ian Hallard's witty play Abba superfans might recognise this …
Verbal clashes from history are being thrillingly restaged for modern audiences. Do these grand battles prove we've lost the art of disagreement? And could watching them anew change the poli…