King's Head theatre, LondonA mixture of ghoulish horror and atmospheric history, Mark Ravenhill's play vibrates with frights and fury The jump scares are perfectly placed in Mark Ravenhill's…
New Diorama, LondonDeafinitely Theatre's evocative and tender show was inspired by real stories of abuse against deaf women and non-binary people In British Sign Language, the sign for a wit…
Finborough, LondonHunger and disease stalk Russia in the aftermath of conflict in this play based on a story by Andrey Platonov This is a glum, plodding production depicting a grim, hard-hea…
Soho theatre, LondonMelissa Johns articulates how she learned to navigate an ableist world as a woman with one and a half arms Bullies sneak in at the sidelines of this story, but Melissa Jo…
Two friends delighted half a million kids with a tiny production in a cardboard box. Now they're sizing up the much-loved bulbous bear for the Little Angel theatre 'We made nearly half a mil…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonLess a tense examination of a failing republic, or even of women in power, there is little electricity or danger here The Globe's audience serve as the easily sway…
Pioneering female entertainers, including a 1930s clown and a Wall of Death stunt rider, are celebrated in a show by a fearless group of performers Female performers in British variety acts …
After seeing how moved gay men were by The Inheritance, the playwright wanted to write something that would strike a chord with women " so came up with The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs A grou…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonSecrets bite and speeches overlap as we realise musician Max has been grooming Alice since she was 16 The tension is like a tidal wave in Flora Wilson Brown's dark…
Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonMemes and the personal drama of worn-out celebrity take centre stage as an energetic trio of C-listers unite to fight the climate crisis A wealth of ideas have be…
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonThis fantasy ceremony for the modernist couple is too preoccupied with the famous men cavorting around them Attempting to combine absurdist farce, genuine traged…
Orange Tree theatre, RichmondFranz Xaver Kroetz's play is a sharp exploration of the way finances wriggle their way into the existing rifts of everyday life What quiet, splintering performan…
Omnibus theatre, LondonUnnerving but surprisingly funny two-hander inspired by 'consensual cannibal' Armin Meiwes I'm loth to kink-shame, but I'm not sure I can get behind consensual cannib…
With gags, tunes and dance, The Family Sex Show celebrates sexual pleasure, equality and independence. What is there to be embarrassed about, asks theatre-maker Josie Dale-Jones 'I remember …
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonAbigail Graham trims and reshuffle's Shakespeare's play with glitzy gameshow scenes and a brutal, lonely reckoning A stained, lidless plastic container rests o…
Is it a play? Or is it a film? There are two sides to director Hope Dickson Leach's ambitious staging of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson tale "Cinema is about change," says Hope Dickson L…
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's new play is a story of sisters, pain and the gruelling long-distance swim to cross the Channel Grief, says playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, is an endurance test. "It f…
Royal Court, LondonAlistair McDowall's enthralling meditation on time and mortality features a sword-fighting knight and a Victorian medium With a slowly unravelled mystery at its centre, Al…
Will it be Miss Scarlett with the lead pipe? Or that horrid Colonel Mustard? Mark Bell explains why the board game's enduring appeal makes it ideal for the stage "There are always moments in…
Piccadilly theatre, LondonWith pyrotechnics, a looming elephant, scenery to die for and a cast with energy to burn, this revival only falters when it tries to update the tunes At the end of …
As Covid hit casts, understudies suddenly found themselves needed everywhere " with little warning. We meet these unsung heroes, including a Beanstalk Jack who took on three other last-minut…
A triple bill of Sleeping Beauty, Jack & the Beanstalk and Dick Whittington brings giggles, cheer, glitter galore and, well, a bit of a headache My head is filled with nothing but glitte…
Bush theatre, LondonElla Road's remarkable play, directed by Monique Touko, is a tender and intimate story of teenage friendship and athletics A pair of talented teenage runners are dangling…
Frank Wedekind's banned 19th-century classic, now a youth rock musical, is back on stage " with a young cast who came of age in the pandemic No one saw Spring Awakening for the first 15 year…
The Big House, LondonThis immersive show creates a raucous energy as Maz runs away from her care home and tries to carve her place in the music scene Every year there are new immersive shows…