Arcola, London A predominantly female cast return the story to its Asian origins in Yellow Earth's adaptation of the Elizabethan epicAn outsize play about an outsize personality, Christopher…
Almeida, LondonDickie Beau's remarkable show examines memory and mortality as he conjures the actors who have played Shakespeare's tragic prince"Remember me," demands the ghost in Hamlet. It…
Barbican, LondonThe condensed staging of Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, and Antony and Cleopatra is as electrifying and relevant as ever Hans Kesting is about to give his funeral oration as Mark…
Nuffield, SouthamptonSome impressive visual moments fail to rescue this ambitious adaptation from its intrusive use of music, cumbersome design and lack of momemtumIt begins with the plainti…
Too often theatres neglect younger audiences, but Belfast's Young at Art festival shows how vital new recruits are to the future of the artsIt's Sunday afternoon on a bright spring day, and …
Vaudeville, LondonThere are some spot-on performances in this West End revival of Richard Harris's likable play about budding hoofers in a church hallThe great tap-dance musical 42nd Street …
How can you tell if a sheep likes theatre? Or a pig is into dance? Fevered Sleep are staging a show for farmyard creatures " while humans decide if they're bleating for moreAlmost 10 years a…
David Tennant's Don Juan saunters into Soho, Cardiff hosts a Cock and Bull story and Mark Thomas's tale of activism and memory heads to NewcastleJack Thorne and Stephen Warbeck's loveable mu…
Employees at the West End branch of the restaurant now sing showtunes for customers. Will it lead to empty chairs at empty tables?Charlotte Chalkey and Aaron Rahn have only recently graduate…
From Silver Lining to Roundelay, a handful of new shows focus on elderly people. Let's hope it leads to lasting change in the way they're represented on stageIn Sandi Toksvig's Silver Lining…
Home, ManchesterDuncan Macmillan's adaptation of Auster's story becomes a jaw-dropping spectacle, but the cunning visuals come at the expense of emotional engagementIn Paul Auster's 1985 nov…
Watermill, BagnorAdapted by and starring McDiarmid, this account of the Faustian pact features a fine Mephisto but doesn't succeed in bringing the play into the 21st centuryRegrets? We all h…
Cancelled in 2015, a play about the radicalisation of young Muslims has now been published. It's challenging, gloriously authentic and prompts grownup debate. So who is brave enough to put i…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonEllen McDougall's claustrophobic staging of Shakespeare's tragedy has moments that make you see the play afreshIn director Ellen McDougall's Othello, Desdemona…
David Greig's astounding Aeschylus rewrite reaches Manchester, while An American in Paris comes to the West End and the Menier Chocolate Factory revives RattiganThe Tony award-winning musica…
Ustinov Studio, BathMarius von Mayenburg skewers pretensions and hypocrisies with this study of a self-involved familyNobody likes doing the chores. But Ulrike (Charlotte Randle) and Michael…
Thorne, composer Stephen Warbeck, director Jeremy Herrin and a fantastic ensemble deliver a show that celebrates young people's sense of adventureFiz, Ginger, Tilly and the others aren't eve…
Harrington's Pie and Mash Shop, LondonThis clever pie-shop staging of Sondheim's musical walks the tightrope between grisly and comic in its tiny chamber of horrorsWho knows if Harrington's …
The Ballad of the Apathetic Son and his Narcissistic Mother stands out at a new celebration of performance, alongside a powerful take on black masculinityIn 21cc's show The Ballad of the Apa…
A chamber below Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol is hosting a new version of Orpheus and Eurydice. When does a bold new setting become a gimmick?We knock on the red door. A bell rings. T…
The National Theatre's My Country delivers a verbatim verdict on Brexit and Duncan Macmillan adapts Auster's City of Glass in ManchesterLittle Bulb's all-singing Wail, which is about whales …
Everyman, LiverpoolGemma Bodinetz's loving, elegant revival of the Russian villagers' story is joyful and warm in the hands of the theatre's versatile new repertory companyAn old Broadway mu…
Tobacco Factory, Bristol Director Richard Twyman's riveting production excels at depicting the racial and religious tensions underlying Othello and Desdemona's peril"So much ado, so much str…
Theatre-makers are creating personal work that might be hard to deal with but that shouldn't make it out of bounds for artists, critics or audiencesLast weekend's The Sick of the Fringe fest…
Orange Tree, Richmond Like 1980s precursors to Fleabag, young female flatmates confide their fantasies in a world where men seem to hold all the powerMore than a third of teenage girls suffe…