Hampstead theatre, LondonThe venerable director's drama about a doctor's splintering family broaches huge issues but never makes a unified whole The pandemic has brought out the budding play…
Almeida, LondonA family fight about politics, policing and race in Dipo Baruwa-Etti's play but the ominous early signs lead nowhere The Clinic starts off with a satirical set piece as a Blac…
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, LondonInua Ellams updates the Sophoclean drama into a beguiling piece about faith and prejudice, and casts a suspicious eye at politicians who betray their ow…
Young Vic, LondonHans Kesting is spellbinding as an anguished man facing up to his abusive father in Ivo van Hove's adaptation of the book by Édouard Louis A one-minute silence marking t…
Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonThis adaptation of the classic 1967 film is packed with fun despite losing its way in the second half Attempting to adapt Jacques Tati's 1967 masterpiece is …
Donmar Warehouse, LondonThe stage adaptation of Kavita Puri's extraordinary oral history project is at times superficial and blunt but also deeply moving Few English-language writers have ca…
Charing Cross theatre, London This soulful celebration of adventurer Annie Londonderry takes time to get into gear, but newcomer Liv Andrusier gives a superb performance Annie Cohen Kopchovs…
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes an intelligent political drama, a reimagined As You like It and a play about Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter's passion for cricket The Made in…
Soho theatre, LondonChris Fonseca signs and dances his early life story with a guileless charm, drawing on rap, immersive sound and comedy to lighten the darker moments The music is blasting…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford upon AvonRosie Sheehy dazzles as a woman calling the shots in this feverish production that underlines the play's curious ambiguities This problem play c…
Theatre Royal BathThe ex-Python's production is visually enticing, playful and dreamlike but doesn't quite reach the mournful depths of parental anxiety that run through the story What makes…
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, LondonThis absorbing take on Guy Fawkes's plan to blow up parliament has striking resonances to today's world, as well as a starry cast knocking out sensational son…
Turbine theatre, LondonLuke Bayer single-handedly plays a classroom of feuding high school drama students in this unmissable take on All About Eve A musical with a classroom full of feuding …
King's Head theatre, LondonChristopher Wollaton impresses in a one-man show about body dysmorphia but his script suffers from a lack of proper plot "What we are showing here is important," s…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonIn a near-future world on fire, a jury of 12 young people listen to testimony from the 'dinosaur' generation If the current, abnormal weather patterns around the wor…
Available onlineCentred around a proposed Holocaust memorial, this debut from playwright Teunkie Van Der Sluijs probes the intersections of Black and Jewish identity with an eloquent flair T…
Gillian Lynne theatre, LondonThis exhilarating production of CS Lewis's timeless tale delivers spellbinding spectacle, wartime drama and perfect puppetry This captivating production takes th…
The self-described 'wobbly' comedian is returning to her first love, acting, with a hard-hitting play about the collision of disability and austerity Francesca Martinez was three years old w…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonMusical set on the prehistoric ocean floor and starring singing yeast particles is a swampy mess This 2007 comedy musical features all-singing, all-dancing particl…
Young Vic, London Sonali Bhattacharyya intriguingly exposes the exploitative dynamics of the global gig economy through the lens of a Bengali jatra theatre group This drama about the gig eco…
Open Air theatre, Regent's Park, LondonThis family musical and adorable puppets will keep the kids happy, but parents might wish they could go walkies Some stories are better known, and love…
Kiln theatre, LondonZodwa Nyoni's hard-hitting play takes us into the mind of Dwight, growing up with his Black British family in 1980s Leeds and in the present day This drama about family, …
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonThis intimate story of four-way romantic damage gains an extra edge in Clare Lizzimore's slick revival Patrick Marber's hit play brimmed with daring when it premiere…
Chichester Festival theatreInstantly infectious melodies, superb choreography and irresistible comedy are met with astonishing performances in this lovable show A faithful revival of this 19…
Lyttelton theatre, LondonSimon Godwin masterfully directs a slick production starring Katherine Parkinson and John Heffernan Lovers and fighters convene at an opulent Sicilian hotel, though …