Vibrant, accessible and with an increasing emphasis on spectacle, this year's Greenwich and Docklands International Festival programme is laden with boldly theatrical
Rain falls, wolves howl in the woods, and a pianist plays an obscure, discordant composition by Erik Satie. Fully embracing an offbeat
There's no denying that Shakespeare's bitter comedy of sleazy politicians and sexual extortion remains as resonant today as it ever was. Helmed
Now in its fourth year, outdoor touring company Shakespeare in the Squares is taking a breezy, easy-going Dream on a circuit of
Charting a course between the philosophical and the pointedly political, Al Smith's Radio is a heartfelt monologue about the paradoxical fragility and
Though it opens on a suitably melancholy note, with a shivering Viola staggering ashore, and a brooding Duke listening to love songs
Dwelling more on the early history of rave music than on the impending ecological catastrophe facing our planet, Kill Climate Deniers is
Written in the tumultuous decades following the English Restoration, Thomas Otway's 1682 tragedy Venice Preserved is a strikingly bleak and misanthropic melodrama,
Testament is a compassionate fable about coming to terms with grief, albeit one wearing the trappings of an edgy mental health drama
Vividly capturing the feeling of being cornered in your local pub by a drunken stranger with a tale to tell, Jeffrey Bernard
In 2016, as the Tory party grappled with David Cameron's decision to hold a Brexit referendum, Boris Johnson invited Michael Gove to
Straddling the line between raucous sex comedy and insightful examination of human folly, John Vanbrugh's 17th century satire The Provoked Wife boasts
Viewing Afghanistan's recent history through the experiences of three overlapping generations of women, Khaled Hosseini's novel A Thousand Splendid Suns tells a
Periodically revived since its 1984 premiere, Melvyn Bragg's bittersweet, bucolic drama about the tenacity of the working poor is a stirring but
Condensing Louis de Bernières' bittersweet wartime romance for the stage, Rona Munro's adaptation of Captain Corelli's Mandolin never quite resonates. Though her
Railing against the hypocrisy of religious and social propriety, Ibsen's Ghosts was met with disgust on its 1882 release. Modern audiences won't
Significantly reworked from its Broadway incarnation, Michael Fentiman's Amélie sticks closer to the tone of Jeunet and Laurant's beloved 2001 movie, and
Exploring the tensions between privacy, loneliness and the all-pervasive reach of technology, Keep Watching is a stylish, slow-burning and low-key thriller. The
Given the currently fraught political climate, it feels like quite a feat to talk about Brexit without descending into inarticulate fury or
Set in contemporary Johannesburg, Kunene and the King explores weighty issues of terminal illness, race, and the legacy of apartheid with a
Compiled in 1978, prototype jukebox musical Ain't Misbehavin' is a big-hearted breeze through the music of pioneering jazz pianist Fats Waller. Making
Smartly reframing Barry Harman's whimsical 1987 musical Romance Romance for a contemporary audience, this tight and tender version is full of wit
Regularly revived since its 1972 premiere, Alan Ayckbourn's Absurd Person Singular is a slow-moving but sharply observed farce of social climbing and
Kitsch and off-kilter, this tightly adapted take on Shakespeare's classic story of regicide and reckless ambition feels surprisingly cheerful. Watermill artistic director
Two smug and self-regarding middle class couples wring their hands over their past infidelities in Bodies, James Saunders' rambling meditation on the