Theatre Royal Bath Fiennes imbues Eliot's last great poem with all the drama of a Shakespearean soliloquy in a magnificent, intimate theatrical experience By the time TS Eliot wrote his las…
Harold Pinter theatre, LondonArterton plays a former Nasa employee whose astronaut twin descends on her wilderness retreat in Amy Berryman's intelligent, soulful drama Twin sisters with a fr…
Kiln theatre, LondonStarring in her play about friendship, romance and spina bifida, Amy Trigg is enormously entertaining There are several good reasons to love Amy Trigg's debut play about …
Available onlineTwo gritty audio dramas, one about homelessness and sex work, the other about county lines drug dealing, find hope in the power of female friendships Blis-ta and Cunch are tw…
Bush theatre, LondonPhoebe Eclair-Powell's intoxicating social media drama, starring Kelly Gough as a lonely estate agent, exceeds even the brilliance of the BBC's recent version During lock…
Barn theatre, CirencesterRachel Redford shines as a student recruited to mess with British heads, in a joint production with the Arcola theatre 'Who owns your data?" asks Masha, the tortured…
Bridge theatre, LondonStunning visual effects light up this installation about two orphaned Afghan boys who embark on an epic journey Getting into the auditorium for Flight involves a labori…
As his new play The Spank opens in Italy, the writer talks about the power of ludicrous ideas, the crisis facing the middle class " and why he can't get white liberals off his phone Hanif Ku…
Jermyn Street theatre, London Biyi Bandele's daring and surreal play, set against some unspoken outside threat, pitches its characters into a whirl of confusion Two men stew in the confineme…
In the last of our series profiling rising theatre talents, the director of The Ocean at the End of the Lane shares her excitement at the return of live performance Everyone wanted to be inv…
Frances de la Tour plays another of the playwright's fascinating women in a three-minute sketch for Nottingham Playhouse's digital series If Covid-secure theatre accidentally sparked a renai…
The rising star's rich career is built on a determination to widen diversity in theatre " and bring a true voice to his roles Eben Figueiredo remembers a voice lesson at drama school in whic…
As The Death of a Black Man returns to Hampstead theatre, it's time to remember and revive Fagon's other confounding and ambitious dramas Alfred Fagon was many things before becoming a playw…
Available onlineTyger Drew-Honey and Kirsten Foster star in Shaun McKenna's noirish tale of crime and punishment Apartment blocks can make convenient backdrops for noirish thrillers with dan…
Available onlineIn a twist on John Byrne's debut Writer's Cramp, this is a fast-paced spoof hagiography of pulpy romance author Pamela Crichton Capers In 1977, John Byrne staged his debut p…
Available onlineThis moreish serial drama finds new terrain with excellent performances from Rachael Stirling and Alec Newman "You're on mute," says Emilia to Giovanni, minutes into this epi…
BBC iPlayer Covid-postponed production moves the play to the 1950s but lacks the inventiveness of the National's recent Romeo and Juliet This RSC production opens in a 20th-century Sicilia a…
After embarking accidentally on his career, Pappenheim has created innovative soundscapes for theatre, opera and radio Max Pappenheim's journey into sound design comprises a series of happy …
Available onlineThis set of 15 monologues " from writers including Lemn Sissay, Jodi Gray and Juno Dawson " is heartfelt but feels underpowered In one of the 15 monologues here, Juno Dawson …
Available online A meeting between the writer and the double agent, once colleagues at MI6, is strong on friendship and betrayal " but takes us no closer to the heart of either man In Februa…
The Young Vic and Royal Court are rethinking their work practices to unpick centuries of ingrained attitudes " and achieve 'the miracle of equality' The Young Vic and Royal Court theatres ha…
US activist and dramatist Erika Dickerson-Despenza wins Susan Smith Blackburn prize with the play cullud wattah A "bold and urgent" play about the Flint water crisis, seen through the eyes o…
Sky ArtsJosh O'Connor and Jessie Buckley captivate as the star-crossed lovers in a pacy, painterly and emotionally raw production The National Theatre's first foray into film-making is a ver…
After the pandemic nixed a stage run of Shakespeare's tragedy, the theatre launched an ambitious film version starring Jessie Buckley and Josh O'Connor Just over a year ago, Simon Godwin was…
The bright mind who lit up Blindness at the Donmar and the National Theatre's panto approaches each job like a mystery After Jessica Hung Han Yun's first professional gig as a lighting desig…