Young Vic, LondonSet on a volcanic island, this play goes through dormant spells but its themes of colonial conquest are enriched by dazzling design and atmosphere Here is a keen study of is…
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonAs the race to produce the first atomic bomb nears its terrible conclusion in 1945, six members of Germany's nuclear weapons programme are detained at a stately …
Bridge theatre, LondonThis immersive production of the New York musical has a bold design, superb singing and chemistry between its stars Frank Loesser's 1950 musical comedy about sin and ro…
Distracting behaviour, from eating noisily to using mobile phones, is a vexed issue. But the chorus of disapproval often suggests elitism and overlooks theatre's history The recent debate ov…
Vault festival, Network theatre, LondonA depressed 500-year-old wants to remove her immortality implant in this entertaining and kooky dark comedy which lands just short of saying something …
New Diorama, LondonEllice Stevens and Billy Barrett's fizzing production traces the story of the Tories' anti-gay legislation If section 28 holds no meaning for you, you were probably not pa…
The Vaults, LondonLovely portrayals of childhood friends in postwar Ireland can't really make up for a muddled production This coming-of-age story begins in postwar Ireland and follows a fri…
The Vaults, LondonRoann Hassani McCloskey and Joel Samuels' show at the Vault festival reimagines and reclaims mythical characters Remythed dramatises several mythic tales but not as we know…
Arcola theatre, LondonTim Edge's harrowing and darkly funny play starring Evanna Lynch has razor-sharp dialogue and swerving plot twists Northern Ireland's Troubles are channelled through on…
As their Edinburgh fringe hit Sap heads on a UK tour, playwright Rafaella Marcus and producer Ellie Keel discuss the future of new writing, the rise of 'safe' programming and the need for be…
Vault festival, LondonEloka Obi and Saul Boyer re-examine the forgotten story of 19th-century Sierra Leonean barrister August Boyle Chamberlayne Merriman-Labor, who wrote a delicious spoof o…
Vault festival, The Cage, LondonSophie Bentinck tells the stories of herself, her mother and her grandmother, tracing the latter's descent into depression, dependency and suicide Sophie Bent…
Riverside Studios, LondonThe desperate extremity of women's experiences trapped in the UK immigration system gets an intense multimedia treatment This production startles not only with its s…
Watford Palace theatreA striking, slick adaptation of Shakespeare's problematic play sees Tracy-Ann Oberman play a Jewish matriarch up against the fascists of 1930s London In Tracy-Ann Ober…
Duke of York's theatre, LondonWilly Russell's 1986 monologue about a neglected woman's midlife liberation is given new life in this perceptive production Willy Russell's 1986 monologue was a…
Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonThe new work by Charlie Josephine gives us teenagers' thoughts about objectification, shame, body image and sex Last year Charlie Josephine presented Joan of Arc …
Almeida, LondonLulu Raczka's new play, directed by Rupert Goold, is beautifully designed but the plot " and the point " is puzzling. Maybe the joke's on us? This confounding play is nothing …
Dorfman theatre, LondonGary Owen's tale of star-crossed, working-class lovers in modern Cardiff offers existential questions and awkward encounters Writer-director team Gary Owen and Rachel …
Donmar Warehouse, LondonWhile Diana Nneka Atuona's deft script could do with a final polish, its heart, humour and spirit sing in the hands of a luminous cast The Donmar's last production, W…
Royal and Derngate theatre, NorthamptonMichael Rosen's update of Oliver Twist gets the musical treatment in this high-energy show about a schoolgirl ensnared by a street gang Charles Dickens…
@sohoplace, LondonMedea is as much victim as villain in Dominic Cooke's psychologically subtle and subversive production, and Ben Daniels is superb playing all the puffed up men in her life…
Royal Court theatre, LondonAva Wong Davies's monologue takes us through the small, slow steps that lead her central character into peril This slow but searing monologue begins as a girl-meet…
Old Vic, LondonHistorical characters bust contemporary dance moves while the troubled relationship between Sylvia Pankhurst and her mother Emmeline is laid bare So many shows seem to want to…
National Theatre, LondonThis new musical traces the intersecting lives of three families on the Park Hill estate in this spine-tingling and sentimental love song to the steel city This music…
Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne and onlineImmersive, interactive and online, this story of Allison Davies' schooldays, early romances and autism diagnosis, is heartfelt Elsa has an …