Young Vic theatre, London Rajiv Joseph's tale of a captive animal that returns from the dead after the 2003 invasion is bracingly unconventional There is an exciting wildness to the European…
As bombs fell on the capital, a Bengal tiger was left all alone " until a US marine shot it. Rajiv Joseph explains why he brought the beast back from the dead for his Pulitzer-nominated dram…
Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonHuman drama and witty direction as the RSC stages an adaptation of John Galsworthy's dynastic shenanigans Long before the upstairs/downstairs drama of Downto…
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonJanie Dee and Alexandra Gilbreath are excellent as wives preparing to meet an old flame in an entertainingly directed play that builds to comic chaos and a ma…
Sherman theatre, CardiffAlice is a boring grownup at the start of this intelligent and catchy Christmas musical " then she's whisked off to Wonderland again What has happened to Alice? Why i…
Arcola theatre, LondonThis riff on Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories has flashes of promise but its comedy and purpose never land Shouldn't that be Flat 2b? Then again, there are bigger…
Savoy theatre, LondonState-of-the-art animatronics, imaginative staging, fabulous performances and some marvellous songs about marmalade make for an evening that will fill you with joy and m…
Riverside Studios, London The madcap sci-fi tale is retold on a lavish scale, complete with in-show merch, but it never really blasts off Douglas Adams's sci-fi comedy about Earth's destruct…
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonAbigail Pickard Price's stripped-back staging conjures ghost stories, seaside dreams and Dickensian tragedy through three performers' dazzling transformations Th…
Tara theatre, London A young, gay Indian man learns steps to Britishness from a phantom vision of the Tory politician, but the result is less sinister a satire than it should be Remember Th…
Wyndham's theatre, LondonBryan Cranston, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Paapa Essiedu and Hayley Squires achieve theatrical alchemy in Ivo van Hove's superb production In 2014 Ivo van Hove's Young …
Dorfman theatre, London David Eldridge's two-hander depicts the difficult conversations that follow one partner's cancer diagnosis David Eldridge's trilogy has travelled across the early and…
New Diorama, LondonTwo stories, centuries apart, are used to chart climate disaster in this ambitious musical with bitty scenes and cumbersome lyrics This climate disaster musical takes plac…
Kiln theatre, LondonThe accused of the Pendle witch trials are given a voice but this glib production fails to do them justice Rebecca Brewer and Daisy Chute's musical, inspired by the Pendl…
Troubadour Canary Wharf theatre, LondonEye-popping visuals and a strong lead performance energise Matthew Dunster's production " but the emotion gets lost amid the action A luminous bow hove…
Hampstead theatre, LondonOverbearing life coach Winston and reluctant daughter Joy take a road trip through repression and half-spoken feelings Nancy Farino's debut play looks at the fault l…
Theatr Clwyd, MoldThis could have been a powerful play about rebellion but a busy plot and flatly drawn central character make it a missed opportunity John Jones's life is ripe for dramatisa…
Park theatre, LondonAlliances and enmities form among a crew of butchers who are trying to shape new lives after prison despite ICE, addiction and the financial lure of criminality Busy kitc…
Theatre Royal Haymarket, London Harewood is captivating alongside Toby Jones and Caitlin FitzGerald but Tom Morris's stylish staging could probe greater depths David Harewood was the first B…
The Japanese version of the pop-rock phenomenon about the six ill-fated wives caused a sensation in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. As that production now hits the UK, we go behind the scenes (and …
Barbican theatre, LondonThe RSC production of Ella Hickson's feminist take on JM Barrie's tale has grown into quite the theatrical monster, big on lights, waves and clashing cutlasses This p…
Almeida theatre, LondonJack Holden has elegantly adapted Alan Hollinghurst's Booker winner about class envy, gay culture and political scandal in 80s Britain How to adapt a novel as big and …
Park theatre, LondonThe bonhomie curdles as an otherwise unconnected group of women set out to scatter someone's ashes in a promising setup that flounders despite a beautiful set Sarah Rickm…
Arcola theatre, London Two flat-earthers' quest for truth in Antarctica descends into a mishmash of conspiracy theories, in Jessica Norman's sparky yet heroically flawed debut play That Jess…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonThere are superb performances in this screen-saturated staging of Jean Genet's play, updated for the influencer age Screens were essential to Kip Williams' one-woman …