Greenwich theatre, LondonA respiratory crisis in a world tensed by terrorism is among topical themes in this compelling showcase of the playwright's shorter, earlier works If Caryl Churchill…
Reading Abbey RuinsBeth Flintoff's atmospheric Reformation drama casts Henry VIII as a Boris-like bully, and is staged amid the ruins of his Catholic frenemy's abbey With so many people now …
Orange Tree, LondonTwo plays explore George Bernard Shaw's questioning of social values, directed by Paul Miller as a pointer towards Pinter Great Irish playwrights born two years apart in D…
Agatha Christie's snowbound whodunnit is the world's longest-running play. Now it's leading the big reopening " with a double cast and no kissing The London West End is filled with ghost sho…
The exquisitely talented actor shone at playing complex, intelligent women with a seemingly effortless skill Helen McCrory dies aged 52 It seems fitting that one of Helen McCrory's final scr…
Available on BBC iPlayerProvocative playwright David Ireland returns with a slow-burn character study screened as part of the BBC's Lights Up festival In Cyprus Avenue (2016) and Ulster Amer…
He's no stranger to walk-outs and trigger warnings. So the daring dramatist is amazed the BBC is broadcasting his dark new play about a Belfast woman's lockdown crisis A decade ago, David Ir…
Peter Barnes' monologue about a royal footman was commissioned for radio but never broadcast until now. Director Philip Franks and others unravel its mystery The most celebrated set of drama…
Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonThe emotional and physical distance of this epistolary novel for the stage is ideal for Covid-era theatre, performed here with power and finesse Pandemic theat…
Theatre Royal BathStaged in a Covid-safe auditorium, this rattling revival of Harold Pinter's mind-stretching drama is enjoyably brisk Harold Pinter came to regret his frequent speech direct…
London PalladiumJason Robert Brown's song cycle on the theme of life choices adapts well to social distancing, with a cast whose big voices make the huge auditorium feel small Balancing dram…
Available online In Richard Nelson's third play about a US white liberal family Zooming through the pandemic, the Apples are forced to confront whether they are racist In the Guardian on Sat…
From kick-ass screen roles to award-winning theatre and TV ones, with a curious sideline in nuns, the Yorkshire-born actor's class and spirit earned her a magnificent career Diana Rigg, Ave…
Harry Gabriel, gatekeeper of London's Shaftesbury theatre, recalls greeting the stars, his bond with Peter O'Toole and how the Harlem Globetrotters launched his West End career The staff ent…
What makes Wicked and Starlight Express so addictive? A new documentary, Repeat Attenders, chronicles the reasons superfans return to see their favourites You might guess that the Australian…
The Remote ReadDavid Morrissey headed up a cast united on Zoom for a show that took on poignant new meaning and exuded theatrical joy The countdown to the play beginning was on screen rather…
From a musical version of Only Fools and Horses to a stage show based on The Good Life, small-screen comedies are inspiring theatre-makers During the social confinements caused by coronaviru…
Barbican, London Cheek By Jowl's handsome Italian-language update of the cruel classic with Milan's Piccolo Teatro delivers a harsh verdict on political corruption When Chekhov is performed …
Gielgud theatre, LondonDavid Mitchell is engaging and confident as Ben Elton brings his hit TV sitcom to the stage " it's the definite article Audiences unfamiliar with British TV will wonde…
Both the Donmar Warehouse and the Royal Court are staging plays that are under three-quarters of an hour long. Are theatregoers being short-changed? People do a double take at the advisory n…
Hampstead theatre, LondonAl Blyth's debut play explores how far into the lives of citizens a state can pry, and the effects on the snoopers themselves After the movie Official Secrets, about…
Old Vic, LondonDeftly bringing out the humour in Samuel Beckett's lines, the two actors bring fresh life to a tale of imminent doom As a blind man and his valet swap evidence of personal and…
Dressed in pyjamas and wellies, the great actor talks about his astronaut training in Russia, the original Cats " and putting his might behind his daughter Rosalind's very personal plays On …
Wyndham's, LondonJason Manford is a charming, showtune-obsessed homicide cop in this fun companion to Chicago and Cabaret Cabaret (1966) and Chicago (1975) became Broadway and West End peren…
Bush House, King's College LondonSimon Russell Beale, Mark Gatiss and Catherine Tate were on hilarious form in this new version of the state-of-the-nation comedy How is it possible that an a…