Various locations, St Helen'sThis site-specific immersive theatre piece about local women's lives across the decades inspires kindness and debateANU Productions have been talking and listeni…
The Yard, LondonThe latest from theatre company Made in China is an arresting monologue about an actor prone to panic attacks and phone addictionA woman in a frilly green dress stands centre…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonPaul Ready and Michelle Terry work brilliantly to create a central relationship that feels intimate and believableCasting roles based on real-life relationship…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonThe feelings that words create, rather than their meaning, come to the fore in this quietly revealing pieceFour peaceful-looking women sit on chairs in a cramped…
Bush Theatre, LondonThis initially charming and thoughtful take on a couple in trouble casts hobby-obsession as the villain of the piece Leah loves jigsaw puzzles. She loves them so much tha…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonDead Centre take a wrecking ball to poor 18-year-old Chekhov's first work, in this wildly playful piece about the elusiveness of meaningTake Chekhov's first play…
Tristan Bates theatre, London Hazel Maycock is superb in a moving family tale crammed with feeling and insightDementia is a heartbreaker. It's also a nightmare to stage: repetitive, meanderi…
Omnibus theatre, LondonTumbling poetry and lively dialogue power Lizzie Nunnery's dynamic song-led show set during the Easter RisingTwo Irish men sit on opposite sides of a prison wall in Du…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonBryony Kimmings' deeply personal show is an exhilarating ride via pop video, horror movie, art installation and therapy sessionWho's up for an offbeat musical ab…
Polka, LondonDespite the ornate animal masks and traditional dancing, Jatinder Verma's production fails to capture the thrill of the Panchatantra tales The Panchatantra might have been conce…
New Diorama, LondonSarah Kane's play becomes an exploration of living with profound disability in Deafinitely Theatre's productionSarah Kane's gruelling last play feels doubly painful in thi…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonThis true story of a village facing down the plague ripples with potential but Matt Hartley's play is blighted by a lack of focusOne hour into Matt Hartley's new p…
Ambassadors, LondonThe drama that made King's name falls flat in Rachel O'Riordan's revival starring Iwan Rheon and Paul NichollsFoxfinder starts in silence. A farmer and his wife sit at a t…
Orange Tree, RichmondThis tale of a 17th century duke trying to make Spain great again begins strongly but falters when things get weirdThere's a whiff of Brexit about Losing Venice, which s…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonPhysical gags, interactive moments and a fairytale flourish combine in this revival of Shakespeare's early comedyWhen does a desire to be funny start to feel a…
Olivier, LondonThe first fruit of the National's new community theatre programme was a richly sung version with brilliant performances from a cast of hundreds Has the National Theatre ever f…
Regents Park Open Air theatre, LondonPerformers crank up the craziness in ever more outlandish costumes in Maria Aberg's even darker take on the cult musicalIf you dig beneath the blood-soak…
Polka, LondonRebecca Cobb's original illustrations are elegantly woven into the design of this thoughtful yet unshowy adaptationThe Everywhere Bear sits on a shelf in Class One. He's so tiny…
Lost Gardens of Heligan, CornwallThis haunting outdoor show created by WildWorks fuses ancient myth with a tale of returning soldiersHidden among the roses, a soldier and his lover kiss good…
The Yard theatre, LondonAn exercise-obsessed young woman sweats to become an online star in Joe Harbot's anarchic playA lost young woman turns her life around, exercises like mad and is tran…
Storyhouse, ChesterGeraldine Alexander directs a slow-burning production of Arthur Miller's play with a deeply unsettling performance by Leigh QuinnThe corruptive influence of power. The age…
Finborough, LondonArthur Miller's final play, inspired by the filming of The Misfits, offers a powerful view of the manipulation of Marilyn MonroeWhen Arthur Miller's final play premiered in…
Bernie Grant Arts Centre, LondonThe immersive theatre pioneers invite the audience into a gran's pebbledash home and bring her memories to lifeI'm crouched down alongside a bunch of kids and…
Bullish, gentle, broken, blazing: Simon Stephens, Karl Hyde and Scott Graham's interrogation of father-son relationships gets to you eventually. The post Review: Fatherland at the Lyric Hamm…
Omnibus theatre, LondonAdam Fuller directs a skilful adaptation of the children's book about a boy whose sibling is born with a disabilityThis is a finely calibrated family show, based on th…