Having starred in some of Britain's biggest TV shows, the pair are taking to the stage for Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, a minimalist two-hander where words are strictly rationed. And …
Petty France, LondonTaking part in a trial shift to help coma patients wake up, the tension grows as it slowly becomes clear why you're really mining strangers' secrets A deliciously uneasy …
Fire the glitter cannons! Unleash the water pistols! The panto season is here. But how did the cross-dressing dame become so central to the tradition? And in an age of gender fluidity, shoul…
The disruptive artist's new show is a boisterous evening, with her brazen persona an exhilarating challenge for audiences Lucy McCormick's half-naked body is covered in tomato puree. The flo…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonIn this coruscating production from Headlong and Shakespeare's Globe, Henry's grasp for power is cast in a stark light The king is weeping as his subjects sing…
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonThe cast's hard work can't save a confused script that struggles to mine comedy from a desperately sad story A gentle chuckle is never the aim of a great farce. …
The Star Trek actor is making his West End debut in a play about the 1968 US TV political debates between Gore Vidal and William F Buckley. But he fears the pair's fiery exchanges may be par…
Theatre503, LondonMatthew Gabrielli's play about abusive online culture cleverly uses puppets as trolls but feels didactic Everyone knows you should never respond to trolls. In Zombiegate, a…
Soho theatre, LondonDirected by Blanche McIntyre, Nathan Ellis's drama serves as a reminder of what cuts are doing to our health service but it tells more than it shows The bone-deep exhaust…
Soho theatre, LondonThe raucous folk songs, open-hearted performances and tender love story make this queer gig-theatre romcom a delight Gently directed by Ria Parry, this is a queer romcom …
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonHumour and rage intertwine in Back to Back theatre company's playful debate of ethics, language and philosophy The unjust treatment of people with learning dis…
Charing Cross theatre, LondonTennessee Williams' script about a dying widow dictating her memoirs is dragged into the modern day as characters fidget with their phones on a sparse set Some p…
Soho theatre, LondonA different Mrs Perón gets the mega-musical treatment in Sh!t Theatre's hilarious, sinister comedy about the ethics of populism and the heartbreak of loss As in: Evita…
Shipwright, DeptfordExquisitely staged on the banks of the Thames, this ambitious and inquisitive production uses its natural surroundings to remind us of everything we stand to lose Sneak a…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonYouTube philosopher Abigail Thorn moves offline and on to the stage with an ambitious exploration of identities and the performance of gender Using the intelligent…
The Globe theatre sparked outrage when it announced its plans to stage a non-binary Joan of Arc. The play's writer explains why the French warrior would have approved 'I'm always hungry for …
The company behind The Actress has dug into 17th-century archives to bring to life two pioneering women of the stage On 8 December 1660, crowds gathered on Vere Street, off Oxford Street in …
The writer-director's new Edinburgh fringe show switches between the 18th-century Haitian revolution and a haunted modern London If a zombie uprising were to take place tomorrow, Emily Aboud…
Sonali Bhattacharyya's Chasing Hares uses folk theatre to depict a trade union dispute in West Bengal. 'South Asian artists have always been here " but now it's our time,' she says For much …
Churchill War Rooms, LondonPoor storytelling and a clunky app-based interface mean that this time-travel adventure may well be the audience's darkest hour Chaotic and disappointing, this app…
The Ten Percent star's solo show, which is returning to London's West End, was inspired by his conversations with older gay men as a volunteer for Switchboard An hour before he stepped on st…
Royal Court, LondonOne play reveals another in a tangled web that pits the Home Office against two Guardian blind-daters Lift up the cover of the playtext for That Is Not Who I Am by Dave Da…
Old Vic theatre, LondonA stylish rework of the August Wilson character-study sees a standout performance from Wil Johnson as the put-upon head of the titular cab station Within a run-down st…
In the first of our festival previews, we round up some of the best offerings we've already reviewed " including Tim Key, Liz Kingsman, La Clique and Hungry This searing, sweaty disco is a h…
You don't have to shell out to enjoy the best in music, film, theatre, art and comedy " from a Francis Bacon in Aberdeen to Notting Hill's unique and spectacular carnival Music Continue read…