Home; Versa Manchester Studios; Royal Exchange, ManchesterThe rigidity of othering is blown away, along with Asian stereotypes. Plus, a mixed reality celebration of Ryuichi Sakamoto and a wa…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; Theatre Royal Stratford East; Hampstead theatre, London Seasoned actors turn Shakespeare's romcom on its head in an enchanted RSC production; …
Olivier theatre; Duke of York's theatre; Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonJoseph Fiennes scores as Gareth Southgate in a rousing football drama; Lily Allen glimmers in a low-voltage Martin Mc…
Two people who watched the actor and Labour politician closely remember her desire to get to the truth that made her so powerful on stage, screen and in parliament I thought I had seen Glen…
Almeida; Donmar Warehouse; Old Vic, London Danger stalks the radiant lovers in Rebecca Frecknall's tumultuous, twilit Romeo and Juliet; a 1920s battle for the soul of BBC radio couldn't be m…
Noël Coward; Royal Court; Jermyn Street, LondonPeter Morgan's oligarch drama transfers to the West End with added historical weight; Kate O'Flynn evokes the mastery of Billie Whitelaw; an…
Young Vic; @sohoplace; Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonRuth Wilson mesmerises in a 24-hour breakup with 100 different actors; tender moments illuminate a faithful yet distanced adaptat…
Fortune, London; Minerva, Chichester; Orange Tree, RichmondSplitLip honour as well as spoof with their all-conquering espionage musical. Elsewhere, Eileen Atkins at her most subtle, and a ne…
Bush theatre, London; Theatre Royal Brighton; Chichester Festival theatreIn his powerful debut play, Lenny Henry draws his audience deep into the life " and its shattering " of a Windrush ev…
Lyttelton; Barbican; Jermyn Street; Omnibus, LondonSam Mendes reignites Gielgud and Burton's Broadway Hamlet; a climate crisis play is powered by bikes and eco-shaming; Timberlake Wertenbake…
Kiln; Almeida; Dorfman, LondonIn his quickfire new McCarthy-era play, For Black Boys… creator Ryan Calais Cameron speaks his mind; a civil rights musical buzzes with potential; and Deborah…
Olivier theatre; Donmar Warehouse, LondonBrian Friel's thoughtful 1930s drama remains absorbing, while Noel Coward's classic has fine cigarette work but fails to ignite This is a production …
Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; Orange Tree; Finborough, LondonShakespeare's wife moves centre stage in Lolita Chakrabarti's pivotal adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet, while urgent …
Harold Pinter; Hampstead, LondonJames Norton elevates Ivo van Hove's knotty adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara's bestseller. And to the sea as Cordelia Lynn's breezy new play sets a family adrif…
Stone Nest; Royal Court; Young Vic, all London An intimate venue brings Baldwin and Buckley's clash back to life; Danny Lee Wynter falls foul of a caped crusader (and too much exposition); a…
Almeida; Dorfman; Duke of York's, LondonDirector Rupert Goold and co have a field day with Lulu Raczka's elusive new Jacobean folk horror; star-crossed Cardiff teenagers snare hearts and min…
Playground; @sohoplace; Donmar Warehouse, LondonRichard Norton-Taylor and Nicolas Kent's second Grenfell drama is a shocking dissection of negligence; Sophie Okonedo breathes fire as Medea; …
Lyttelton; Old Vic; Olivier, LondonJanet McTeer is mighty in Simon Stone's electric remaking of myth; dance, not speech, powers Kate Prince's suffragette musical; and Richard Hawley's paean …
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; Hampstead; Gillian Lynne, LondonAlex Kingston's fine Prospero weathers an RSC concept storm; the 21st century erupts into a tale of 18th centu…
Royal Court; Harold Pinter theatre, LondonTravis Alabanza and friends joyously return drag to its radical roots, while Aidan Turner and Jenna Coleman keep it brief in Sam Steiner's social me…
Lyric Hammersmith; Criterion; Park theatre, LondonBrute force speaks volumes in Frantic Assembly's breathtaking Othello; Steven Moffat and co flirt with farce; and the story of Windrush boxe…
Almeida; Donmar Warehouse, LondonPaul Mescal, Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan captivate in Rebecca Frecknall's headlong take on Tennessee Williams. And Lillian Hellman's 1941 call to arms reso…
Ambassadors; Sam Wanamaker Playhouse; Alexandra Palace, LondonLiz Kingsman's zinging take on Fleabag goes beyond parody. Elsewhere, a gutsy, all-female Arabian Nights, and splurge guns at da…
Thirties Harlem and the siege of Troy rocked, along with Joan of Arc, Orlando and the Ladies of Llangollen, to be greeted by funding cuts across the board Read the Observer critics' review o…
Sohoplace; Young Vic; Dorfman, LondonThe many voices of Josie Rourke's fresh As You Like It are led by Rose Ayling-Ellis, signing the part of Celia; a new Mandela musical can't do the great …