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Pussy Riot and Belarus Free Theatre combine in Manchester, Chinese war volunteers are remembered in Liverpool, there are festivals of horror, storytelling and provocation, and a much-anticip…
Gaiety theatre, DublinConstantin becomes Constance in this gender-switched production, though it's as much about intergenerational conflict as lesbian loveMichael West and Annie Ryan's conte…
Arts theatre, LondonKerry Ellis is caught up in a love triangle in a show with flinty lyrics, plenty of sharp wit and more than a few clichesWhen you fall in love with someone you only have …
Park, LondonRadical half a century ago, Mart Crowley's portrait of Manhattan's gay scene can seem hackneyed and bleak, but a strong ensemble make a reasonable case for itMart Crowley's 1968 …
As West Yorkshire Playhouse presents a futuristic take on the 19th-century Villette, here are five shows that reimagine a story in a surprising new settingI'd be surprised if there's a more …
A family is Torn at the Royal Court, Manchester's Home launches its Orbit festival and you can spend One Night in Miami with Cassius Clay at the DonmarJamie Wood's utterly delightful O No! b…
This account of the Tolpuddle martyrs' struggle for higher wages and justice is heartfelt, but should trust its audience rather moreThe Tolpuddle martyrs were a group of 19th-century Dorset …
Torn | A Tale Of Two Cities | O No! | A Streetcar Named Desire | In The HeightsThere's more than a hint of Debbie Tucker Green about this incendiary family story and that's no bad thing. Nat…
Political plays about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are repeatedly failing to reach American theatres. The US playwright Naomi Wallace is doing something about it " by setting sail for Ga…
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds Charlotte Brontë's intimate novel of doomed love is stripped of bonnets and reset as science fiction by Linda Marshall GriffithsCharlotte Brontë's final…
Duchess, LondonHitler's rise to power is parodied in Brecht's allegorical satire with the Führer as scary as a tea cosy. But the finale is soberingThe American gangster movie meets Richard …
Royal Exchange Studio, ManchesterIn Katherine Soper's devastating debut play, a young woman balances a zero-hours packing job with caring for her brotherTamsin is 19 but she walks like an ol…
The artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe has been criticised for her many innovations. She is not ignoring tradition but boldly investigating how the theatre can remain relevant for mode…
Crucible, SheffieldPhillip Breen's adaptation sensitively and sweetly explores Mellors and Constance's love affair but takes the focus away from the social backdropDH Lawrence's working titl…
Harriet Walter stars as Prospero at the Donmar's new site, Mark Gatiss joins The Boys in the Band at the Park, London, and, in Edinburgh, a 2,500-year-old story of women seeking asylumDublin…
Camden People's theatre, London Cabaret singing group the Ruby Dolls tackle domestic violence in their updated folktale that tempers its sinister edges with humourBilled as "a gothic folktal…
There's no shortage of women working in the arts but the organisations taking part in Tonic Theatre's Advance programme are scrutinising the obstacles facing them " with a focus on freelance…
Stratford Circus, London The circus double act Magmanus deliver a charming and cunningly constructed piece with a Mouse Trap!-style finaleThe Swedish duo Magmanus get themselves into some ve…
Theatre 503, LondonAmy Shindler's play about a young woman with Asperger's and a couple's unsteady marriage has convincing performances but suffers from too much plotSince the success of the…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonThe story of players from Clapton Orient who joined the 'football battalion' in the first world war is worth telling, but this production borders on the ineptA foo…
Kathryn Hunter stars in The Emperor at the Young Vic, Tony's Last Tape goes to Liverpool and Maxine Peake plays Blanche Dubois in ManchesterIt's your last chance to try to snaffle a ticket f…
Bristol Old VicDirector Dominic Hill boldly places a brattish, spoilt teenager at the heart of his engaging revival of Sheridan's comedy of mannersEveryone is putting on a performance in Dom…
Playwright whose masterpiece of marital disharmony, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, delved beneath the surface of middle-class lifeEdward Albee, who has died aged 88, has been described as …
Understudies power West End shows and many use social media to say when they're taking over a lead role. But those in Cameron Mackintosh Ltd's productions must wait for permission firstEvery…
Royal Court Upstairs, LondonNathaniel Martello-White's drama warps past, present and future as a first-rate ensemble portray a fraught and fragmented south London family Angel has gathered h…
