Long treated as a final flourish, sound design is now sitting at the heart of theatre productions " and new technology means it can make drama more tense and terrifying than ever beforeYael …
Via bold collaborations with Maxine Peake and a ruthless self-analysis, Frankcom has shrugged off the 'regional theatre' tag at Manchester's Royal Exchange. The argumentative director explai…
Theatre Royal, BrightonNeil Bartlett returns to the scandalous story of Ernest Boulton in a piece that doesn't quite deliver emotionally but has moments when it glows brightlyA loud knock at…
Sherman, CardiffPatrick Jones's play is as messy as life can be, but its honest, unsentimental approach and terrific cast ensure it strikes directly at the heartTo be honest, Patrick Jones's…
Young Vic, LondonTwo outwardly confident school friends share a secret in Charlene James's drama exploring the betrayal involved in UK female genital mutilationIt all begins so innocently an…
Joseph Fiennes is in Adrian Noble's Rattigan revival in Chichester, the Verbatim piece Chilcot opens at Battersea Arts Centre and you can go Into the Woods at the West Yorkshire Playhouse " …
Barbican, LondonMitchell, playwright Duncan Macmillan, video artist Leo Warner and a band of onstage camera operators deliver a close-up view of wartime dilemmasIn The Forbidden Zone, the wo…
Les Blancs | Hamlet | The James Plays | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Funny GirlLorraine Hansberry is best known for her play A Raisin In The Sun and for inspiring Nina Simone's To Be Young, G…
Arcola, LondonMike Poulton's play evokes a postwar Britain of curtain-twitching homophobia as it explores Rattigan's relationships through references to The Deep Blue SeaThe actor Kenny Morg…
In Lola Arias's new theatre piece, those who fought on opposing sides of the conflict explore their memories togetherLater this week, Lou Armour, a special needs teacher, and Gabriel Sagastu…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghJess Thom's condition lends her show an absurdist edge Samuel Beckett would be proud of in an hour that demonstrates unpredictability can be a real spur for cre…
Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonThe singer's life and death are recast as a Greek tragedy in a play that curiously neglects his influential musicOn 1 April, 1984, one day before his 45th birt…
The plays of Ibsen and Shaw have extensive stage directions but are they a constraint to creativity or an invitation to imagine?At a recent workshop, as part of the excellent Mousetrap Theat…
She's a rapper, playwright, poet, novelist " and much more. In her restless, relentless creativity, this unique talent hops freely from one artform to anotherKate Tempest was in Australia ea…
Ophelias Zimmer presents Hamlet from the perspective of its tragic heroine. There are plenty of other supporting characters I'd like to know more aboutIt's said that Shakespeare wrote The Me…
Camden People's theatre, LondonWill Adamsdale, Lloyd Hutchinson and Brian Logan find themselves trapped inside a gag in a piece that pays homage to the theatrical imaginationThe way humour r…
Curious Directive combine science and storytelling in Norwich, Katie Mitchell and Duncan Macmillan collaborate at the Barbican, and the world premiere of Edward Bond's Dea is in SuttonMade i…
Regent's Park Open Air theatreAn elephant which saves a girl from the 2004 tsunami is the real draw " alongside orangutans and the wave itself " of Samuel Adamson's spectacleIf you hear elep…
Wrecking Ball | Tonight I'm Gonna Be The New Me | Boy | People, Places And Things | Matilda The Musical Action Hero's latest show is a clever and coolly manipulative look at what is real and…
The Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme has played a role in growing the careers of many established artistic directors. Now, the scheme is focusing on how its participants can stay embed…
Rose theatre, KingstonDespite terrific performances from Jamie Ballard as the sad, silly king and Maggie Steed as his mother, this production feels dated and drawn outKing John is the 36th o…
Royal Court, LondonMitchell, Alice Birch and Chloe Lamford deliver a forensic study of an imprisoned Ophelia, stalked by the Prince of DenmarkVirginia Woolf knew the importance of having a r…
Sherman Cymru, CardiffKatherine Chandler's award-winning play about two girls living in a care home takes flight under the superb direction of Rachel O'RiordanAva (Georgia Henshaw) has been …
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonShannon Yee's clever and moving story of her rocky road to recovery from a rare infection places the audience right in the wardIn 2008, the playwright Shannon Ye…
Leicester's victorious tour bus will be greeted by jubilant football fans as it passes the Curve theatre, which has also earned the pride and passion of locals"Why can't theatre be more like…