Punchdrunk scour cities for places to house their theatre spectaculars. Now they've even created a fully functioning village " complete with cosy pubA wood stove is burning in the pub. Candl…
Bunker, LondonThe homeless people's theatre company Cardboard Citizens takes a long look at housing, from Victorian slum life and 70s squatting to present day inequalitiesThe national shorta…
The Other Palace, LondonSet in a haunted lighthouse during the second world war, Duncan Sheik's rock musical features a plot as wisp-like as the phantoms on the stageComposed by Duncan Sheik…
Everyman, LiverpoolAdapted from a children's book by Liverpool poet Brian Patten, this family show is all about the transformative power of storytellingIt's good to see the Liverpool Everyma…
Pioneer of landscape theatre who created The Passion, starring Michael Sheen, which was performed on the streets of Port TalbotThe designer and theatre-maker Bill Mitchell, who has died of c…
As a baby, Veronica Thompson was left in a bag outside a South Korean police station. In an intimate and funny solo performance, she traces her journey through her American childhood and Lon…
Trafalgar Studios, LondonA sleeper fringe hit that has been steadily gathering momentum, this farce about an incompetent amateur dramatic staging of a murder mystery began at the Old Red Lio…
The West End arm of the Harry Potter universe may have broken Olivier award records, but its true success is in making theatre universally appealingHarry Potter and the Cursed Child's record…
Watford PalaceEveryone is in love with this wrong person in this affectionate adaptation of Dodie Smith's novel about a bohemian family living in a crumbling castle"I write this sitting in t…
Barbican, LondonDeclan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod bring imagination and striking visuals to a modern-day retelling that is easier to admire than to loveDirector Declan Donnellan and designer…
New Wolsey, Ipswich Disabled and non-disabled actors, mixing in sign language and audio description, bring fresh dramatic insight to Ramps on the Moon's pinball wizard musicalSwaggering and …
Southwark Playhouse, LondonThree young people find that online validation comes at a price, in Glenn Waldron's hugely enjoyable dramaParental neglect can come in many forms, and it does so i…
Curve, Leicester"You're going to go out there a youngster, but you've got to come back a star," director Julian Marsh (Tim Flavin) tells young Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street. And there was high…
After a series of poetic and emotional productions, Gecko director Amit Lahav is now asking what it means to be in a 'forced marriage'. He explains why his shows change every night " and why…
Various locations, RhylThis ambitious but opaque roving community theatre piece by National Theatre Wales and Mark Storor goes to some unlikely places in search of the heart of RhylI love Na…
If you are reading this blog, it probably means that you are interested in theatre. So why are some areas of theatre valued over others, particularly theatre for young audiences?This is an e…
Everyman, LiverpoolIt's impossible not to be moved by the new rep company's revival of Manfred Karge's unemployment drama, playfully directed by Nick BagnallIt's an almighty leap from their …
Young Vic, London The audience play their part in the Arab Spring and debate whether Occupy curbed capitalist power as the journalist interrogates a decade of revoltThis live incarnation of …
Sherman, CardiffA computer game that rewards players for creative killing is at the centre of Gary Owen's raw and heartbreaking three-handerPaul has made a killing with a computer game he in…
The French circus collective Compagnie XY face down the apocalypse in their new show, where the brawls and somersaults reflect their own relationships"If you're the kind of circus performer …
Theatre 503, LondonTitas Halder's story of sacrifice and self-interest, set in an authoritarian state, plays skilfully with different timeframes but lacks the tautness of a thriller"Maybe th…
The Yard, London The bogeyman is everywhere in this nervy play whose characters present a series of attitudes that reflect ourselves back to usNina Segal is anxious. But then who isn't alert…
Birmingham RepTerrific performances turn Marley's songs into a great night out, despite the elusive singer emerging as an ambivalent characterClearly made with love by writer and director, K…
Old Vic, LondonCrafted in real-time using puppets and animation, Mark Arends' family tale of a fisherman lost at sea has an unhurried charmMark Arends' miniature masterpieces, in which tiny …
Five Easy Pieces, staged at Manchester's Sick! festival, explores the case of the Belgian paedophile and murderer. Director Milo Rau explains why he chose to let children tell the storyWhen …