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Dolphins are taught to speak in a clever satire, Theatre 503 presents works by prisoners and Madame Bovary is relocated to a plumbing company " in a play with no actorsSinners Club, at the O…
New Diorama, London This story of a British POW's love affair is strong on identity issues but the cartoon Nazis and jolly japes flatten any nuanceHorace Greasley was a British prisoner of w…
The Bunker theatre, LondonExaggerating the element of chance in Arthur Schnitzler's play slows it down, removes vital sexual tension and makes it feel old-fashionedLove, apparently, makes th…
The Other Room, CardiffLucy Rivers' show, inspired by the case of Ruth Ellis, hanged in 1955, uses a clever conceit to tell a story of music, murder and motherhoodA microphone suddenly sugge…
In Between Time reveals a readiness to respond to the times with shows about refugees, race and togetherness, posing vital questions about an anxious worldI'm wearing headphones. In my ears,…
Tamsin Greig is Malvolia in a gender-shifting Twelfth Night at the National Theatre, while the Traverse's brilliant Black Beauty does a final lap and Sherlock's Andrew Scott stars as HamletL…
In Between Time at Arnolfini, BristolExquisite torture and infinite complexity are wrung from three performers, six words and scenario repeated like a demented Groundhog Day"Right, let's get…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonThe latest production from 20 Stories High is a vivid, clever piece that fuses tough subject matter with wicked humour and moments of pungent emotionOne in three…
Rose theatre, KingstonToksvig's play has plenty of good gags but there's far too little characterisation, leaving an experienced ensemble treading waterSandi Toksvig's new comedy, set in a r…
Unicorn, LondonPurni Morell directs a lush production of Ignace Cornelissen's drama about a prince who is under pressure to remarry after his bride goes missingWhat happens after "happily ev…
A gang of emerging outfits " including Silent Uproar and Middle Child " hit the road to reveal the Yorkshire city's buoyant theatre sceneThe big question facing any festival is what will its…
Ovalhouse, LondonAudience participation turns from fun to fraught in this assault on the corporate world inspired by the American author's short storyTerry works for a marketing company whos…
Black Beauty gallops into Glasgow, Cardiff hosts a retelling of the last woman hanged in Britain, and a show created sex workers premieres in the capitalFirst seen at the Traverse in Edinbur…
The people's Maria is under incredible pressure to perform. I reckon people should give her a break.Relax, it's only a Lloyd Webber musical. Photograph: Tristram KentonLoss of innocence has …
The contestants can belt out a tune but can they cut it in musical theatre? The stage show cast from the BBC1 series will fall flat if it doesn't find acting talentReality TV and talent show…
Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonJamie Lloyd's revival of Philip Ridley's 1991 dark fable, starring George Blagden and Bafta-nominated Hayley Squires, is vivid and monstrousThe gaudy excesses of …
Many a playwright owes a debt to a radio commission. Audio drama allows an ambition and scope that can't always be achieved on stageEarlier this week, at the Critics' Circle theatre awards, …
Applications are in for the next round of the council's funding for National Portfolio Organisations. Some have decided it's better to opt outThe deadline has now passed for those applying t…
The Pit, LondonEuripides Laskaridis puts on high heels and a fat suit to explore gender in a striking show at the Barbican as part of London international mime festivalImagine Dame Edna Ever…
Watermill, BagnorTwo actors play all 14 characters " and the piano " in a smart, jaunty show that transposes the English country-house mystery to small-town AmericaJoe Kinosian and Kellen Bl…
The decade is still associated with the 'In-Yer-Face' moniker but it brought us a thrilling variety of new writing and fresh, boundary-breaking styles of theatre There seems to be a bit of a…
The playwright's concerns over European directors 'infecting' British theatre are misplaced " the two-way traffic between the UK and Europe has benefited us allWith a hard Brexit on the hori…
Sandi Toksvig debuts a new comedy, Crew for Calais take over the Vault festival for a good cause and Bristol's Tobacco Factory hosts a double bill from Manipulate about a doomed romance and …
Camden People's Theatre, LondonStarting naked, and narrated by a female voice, two men physically dominate and surrender to each other " raising questions of coercion between the sexesThe tw…
Graeae and the Royal Exchange are staging Lorca's classic in a show that creatively incorporates BSL, captioning and audio description and takes a great play to another level"Right," says di…
