Crucible Studio, SheffieldKane's intriguing final play, first peformed 18 months after her death, gets an admirably restained revival that scratches at the scabs of failure and despair withi…
BAC has been severely fire-damaged but with support from all of us it will remain a powerhouse of 21st-century British theatreOn Saturday night, just 24 hours after a major part of the build…
Theatres are getting infinitely more family-friendly for audiences " but what about those looking to sustain a career in the industry?The central character in April De Angelis's new play, Af…
Often overpriced, underwhelming and overstuffed with adverts, the traditional theatre programme looks increasingly out of date. But some innovative shows make it crucial to the performance i…
Mike Stone's debut about a bullied would-be wrestler is a little baggy in places, but a lot of swaggering fun all the same Continue reading...
The stories of mothers are still largely unwritten says the playwright whose latest study of mums and daughters, After Electra, explores 'the tug that all women experience between children a…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonThis fascinating, if flawed, immersive show from David Rosenberg and Glen Neath makes you feel as if you've been dropped into a Franz Kafka novelIs it possible f…
Despite the funding cuts, we are living through a rich time for theatrical experiment " as witnessed all over the countryWhat do we mean by "the nation's theatre"? Think back just 30 or so y…
Belfast hosts immersive theatre in a secret jazz cafe, there's a world premiere from the late Michael Hastings, and Yael Farber's Nirbhaya is at Contact in ManchesterPhilip Ridley's latest, …
As she prepares to play poet Stevie Smith, Zoë Wanamaker talks to Lyn Gardner about acting through grief, finding her voice " and why she has never performed in the theatre that bears her…
As she prepares to play poet Stevie Smith, Zoë Wanamaker talks to Lyn Gardner about acting through grief, finding her voice " and why she has never performed in the theatre that bears her…
Get into the festival spirit this week with Sprint and Women of the World in London, and Sick! in Manchester and Brighton " and catch Juliette Binoche as Antigone, great Finnish circus and m…
The promise of Jennie Lee's 1965 white paper has yet to be fulfilled. But we must make the arts central to everyday life " and with the election so close, it's the perfect time to lobby your…
From a Belgian circus debut to the climax of Secret Theatre, here's what's opening and closing this week Continue reading...
Cardiff is just one city that is benefitting from an artistic exodus from London to the regions, with Bristol, Manchester and Glasgow all flourishing " but can they keep the green shoots wat…
Young Vic, LondonStevenson's Winnie is a magnificent monument to English suburban ordinariness in an resolutely cheery, absurdly painful take on Beckett's play Continue reading...
Unicorn, LondonVesta Tilley dressed as a solider onstage and urged young men to the front during the first world war " but this treatment focuses on her life story rather than the deaths she…
Birmingham Repertory theatreLindsay Posner's revival of the Pulitzer-winning play about a man and his giant rabbit friend is sweet but unadventurous Continue reading...
The Lyric's Secret Theatre project is reaching its finale. It may not have changed the face of British theatre, but it has opened up dramatic new ways of working Continue reading...
Wyndham's theatre, London Mark Strong, Nicola Walker and Phoebe Fox star in a menacing, meticulously conceived production. It's like watching a runaway train hurtle towards youThere have bee…
Various venues, BristolNightwalks With Teenagers bring out the kid in all of us, while Jo Bannon's wry, reflective Alba looks at how we see others " and ourselves Continue reading...
There are war stories aplenty this week, imports from Russia, Korea, Palestine and Poland, star turns from Mark Strong and Ralph Fiennes " and a new theatre for Cardiff, the Other RoomIvo va…
Various venues, BristolFrom fog-covered bridges to vogueing and Virginia Woolf, the winds of change were blowing around the city Continue reading...
Bristol Old VicApril de Angelis cleverly reinvents this novel of male wish-fulfilment to offer bawdy fun in which women attempt to seize control of their own storiesWhen Caroline Quentin's a…
Going to the theatre after work can be stressful, with late starts and travel stress at the show's end. Matinees are a far more civilised way of doing things Continue reading...