Hampstead theatre, LondonCompelling performances aren't enough to save Roxana Silbert's staid restaging of this Pulitzer-winning suicide drama Marsha Norman's mother-daughter drama is driven…
Playground theatre, London'You don't want to help. You just want to say you've helped' … this series of heated and occasionally heavy-handed dialogues illuminate social hypocrisy and class…
Bristol Old VicRetelling the gothic novel with intelligently charming humour and a live band, this is a bold and ingenious production Emma Rice calls Wuthering Heights a tragedy in this show…
Lyric theatre, LondonIt's the music that carries the emotional weight in this tale of love, loss and roots rock, starring the superb Arinzé Kene A fortress-like wall of speakers is wheeled …
Birmingham Repertory theatreThe 18th-century novel and Welsh crooner meet on 1960s Carnaby Street in a spirited jukebox musical This is a madcap mashup of a musical. Its basic premise is, bi…
A new female-led festival aims to challenge the sexist tropes and subvert the narratives of scary theatre Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, Abi Zakarian and Sampira are self-professed horror fiends. All…
Bush theatre, LondonShahid Iqbal Khan's signed play about a young Muslim's spiritual journey could be fantastic, but it needs a better narrative It is a tremendous relief to see a play abou…
Tabernacle, LondonVerbatim reconstruction of the inquiry into the 2017 disaster points up the horrifying, amoral capitalism that fuelled it Grenfell Tower housed many of the "have-nots" in a…
New Diorama theatre, LondonRyan Calais Cameron's exploration of race and masculinity is timely and has potent moments but this production feels underdeveloped British dramatist Ryan Calais C…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonA poet and a physicist begin a relationship under a fascist regime in Cordelia Lynn's audaciously jagged play about the tipping point of tyranny Love and Other Acts o…
Almeida theatre, LondonSaoirse Ronan and James McArdle star in a production with emotional spark, palpable dread and a horrifying beauty The psychological terror is slow to rear and does not…
Bridge theatre, LondonIn Suzan-Lori Parks' darkly witty four-hander, a black man persuades a white college buddy to be his slave-master for 40 days "It's a great time to be black, right?" as…
From Grange Hill to the West End, via Eurovision and the Brit awards, the star has built multiple careers. She talks about stage-school pressure, TV diversity and playing Hermione in Harry P…
Galvanised by the killings of Sabina Nessa and Sarah Everard, the playwright tells how she penned the eviscerating drama in just two days It usually takes Lucy Kirkwood two years to write a …
Young Vic, LondonGreg Hersov's sleek production focuses on familial grief, unfolds with the pace of a thriller and is full of fresh humour and chemistry We have been promised a "new kind of …
Royal Exchange, ManchesterNtombizodwa Ndlovu is spellbinding in Katori Hall's intriguing drama about an imaginary meeting between King and a maid The Mountaintop is a bold shape-shifter of a…
Olivier theatre, LondonThe first London production of the Larry Kramer play since 1986 captures the fear and anger in the gay community of that decade " and its heartbreaking personal losses…
Soho theatre, LondonThe Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner playwright returns with a production about a drama student researching Black British history Jasmine Lee-Jones made the fiercest…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonIva Toguri's trial for treason, accused of broadcasting Japanese propaganda to American troops, forms the backbone of this production This real-life story of Iva T…
Hampstead theatre, LondonCharm and camaraderie lie at the heart of a smart, soap opera-style attempt to unpick issues of history, heritage and empire Malindadzimu is a mother-daughter soap o…
Available onlineThere are spirited performances as Roy Williams explores activism, parenthood and sexuality in this audio drama about black British identity spanning 40 years Roy Williams's …
Coronet theatre, LondonThere's an intriguing story about sibling betrayal buried among the distracting subplots in Robert Holman's play Robert Holman's play contains some great riches. A sto…
Old Vic, LondonTeenage passion meets Nazi ideology in Bess Wohl's play, inspired by a real-life summer camp in the US It is 1938 and two American teenagers are at a themed summer camp on Lon…
Royal Court, LondonTarantinoesque bloodshed meets Greek tragedy in Aleshea Harris's daring drama about a voyage of vengeance It is not often that a play manages to resemble a Tarantino film …
Kiln theatre, LondonMoira Buffini, Roy Williams and Suhayla El-Bushra deliver a trio of powerful immigrant stories set in the London borough NW Trilogy comprises three short plays with one o…