★★★★ FILUMENA, THEATRE ROYAL WINDSOR Dazzling Felicity Kendall conquers time in a tour de force of comedic playing Dazzling Felicity Kendall conquers time in a …
New play about the consequences of a plane hijack is energetic but unconvincing Air travel is bad for us. Yes, yes, I know we need planes to take us long distances, but look at the downside…
The experimental theatre company marks four decades with its new production, 'Signal to Noise' Forced Entertainment is a theatre company based in Sheffield, touring original performances ar…
Josh Azouz and Kathryn Hunter concoct an uneasy mix of comedy and tragedy The writer-director Josh Azouz and actor-director Kathryn Hunter have collaborated on a piece exploring the ethics o…
Emma D'Arcy and Tobias Menzies lock horns in twisted and triumphant take on 'Antigone' Contemporary reworkings of Greek tragedy run a very particular risk, that out of context the heightene…
★★★ FRENCH TOAST The English and the French, the men and the women, the young and the old, lock horns in 70s farce  Comedy gains momentum when characters are roun…
Daisy Hall's astonishing debut is both darkly funny and deadly serious As hurricanes rip into the American Gulf states with increasing ferocity, eastern Europe disappears underwater and eve…
J Smith-Cameron and Mark Rylance bring the classic characters to life "Captain" Jack Boyle is a fantasist, a mythmaker, a storyteller. He relishes an audience - usually his sidekick, Joxer. …
Two all-time 1950s classics, 'Look Back in Anger' and 'Roots', get super revivals by young directors Why should we not look back in anger? With the Oasis reunion tour in the news recently, …
Changgeuk Company bring an epic poem quality to the familiar tale What do the cult TV show Squid Game and National Changgeuk Company of Korea's Lear have in common? Oddly, a K-Pop producer, …
Tanika Gupta's new play is a beautifully heartfelt mix of comedy and tragedy Queenie is in trouble. Bad trouble. For about a year now, this 68-year-old Indian woman has been forgetful. Losi…
Pinero's play emerges fresh-minted in an exquisite production The stock of the late 19th century playwright Arthur Wing Pinero has just received a significant boost, thanks to the brilliant …
Spirited performances of Elvis Costello's bland songs can't save this new musical It's hard to work out why Kwame-Kwei Armah chose to end his tenure at the Young Vic by directing this soggy …
Lyndsey Turner's fast-paced production doesn't let the audience engage with its hero The National's new production of Coriolanus has to be one of the most handsome to appear on the Olivier s…
★★★ HERE IN AMERICA David Edgar's new play sounds a warning from the past When political expediency intervenes in a personal and professional friendship, what should…
Brilliant revival of this key absurdist play stars Lucian Msamati and Ben Whishaw Modernism is us. Today. For the past two decades plays by Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter " which once upo…
★★★ THE TRUTH ABOUT HARRY BECK Nostalgic comedy about the man who originated an everyday design classic An English eccentric quietly re-invents our view of the capital I…
Slender new play about political and gender prejudice in 1950s American science British theatre has a proud heritage of science plays. From 1990s classics such as Tom Stoppard's Arcadia (199…
★★★ THE BAND BACK TOGETHER AGAIN The perils of turning back the clock laid bare The second album is still tough, even if you never recorded the first We meet Joe first a…
★★★ KIM'S CONVENIENCE, Gentle comedy delivers laughs, but proves too safe and too predictable The play that inspired a Netflix series is heartwarming, but needs more…
Waleed Akhtar's new play is about platonic love in a contemporary context Platonic love should be simple " basically you're best mates. And without the complications of sex, what could go w…
Timberlake Wertenbaker's updated version takes particular aim at colonialism The latest Greatest Hit to land at the Lyric is Timberlake Wertenbaker's 1988 award-winning play about a performa…
★★★ WHY AM I SO SINGLE?, GARRICK THEATRE Six's writers lay bare their souls in new musical Marlow and Moss are back with deeply personal exploration of how lives are liv…
★★★★ THE SILVER CORD, FINBOROUGH THEATRE Narcissism up-close and disturbingly relevant Beautifully staged and acted revival of Sidney Howard's century-old blac…
★★★★ ART, THEATRE ROYAL BATH Three men fall out over a painting in a very French comedy Male friendships buckle as egos clash, with a resonance for today's culture…