Garrick; Olivier, LondonCorrin shape-shifts to perfection in Neil Bartlett's zestful take on Virginia Woolf's novel, while a bad fairy casts a spell on Rufus Norris's Sleeping Beauty musical…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse; Wyndham's, London; Ustinov Studio, BathOliver Johnstone mesmerises as Henry V, Vardy and Rooney go head to head, and Dickie Beau lipsyncs a swarm of voices, from Hit…
Battersea Arts Centre; Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonJavaad Alipoor gets meta with an investigation into investigations, while Terry Johnson leaves little to the imagination What timing. J…
Royal Court; Finborough; Soho theatre, LondonQuestions of who can speak for whom animate both Martin Crimp's new AI work and David Ireland's brilliant Belfast dialogue. And a star is born in…
Jermyn Street theatre, London; Wilton's Music Hall, LondonPeter Gill's subtle new play finds the power of love in the smallest of details, while David Farr explores strained family bonds in …
Almeida, London; Bristol Old Vic; Soho Place, LondonKatie Brayben nails the title role as Tammy Faye in a musical otherwise lacking edge, Billy Howle makes a princely Hamlet and an all-new …
Barbican, London; Minerva, ChichesterA beloved Studio Ghibli anime is brought to magical life in Phelim McDermott's new RSC production, while the 1983 film Local Hero finds fresh resonance O…
Harold Pinter; Donmar Warehouse; Dorfman, LondonAs a mild-mannered German academic who drifts into becoming an SS officer, David Tennant is transfixing; a vibrant oddball musical bridges the…
Lyttelton; Olivier; Royal Docks, LondonThirties Harlem is vibrantly alive at the National, while mob rule meets Little House on the Prairie in an assured revival of The Crucible. Elsewhere, …
Bridge; Old Vic, LondonSimon Russell Beale is doubly commanding as Ibsen's charismatic banker in a problem-raising revival, while a new anti-vax satire needs more than a shot of Helen Hunt's…
Shakespeare's Globe, London; Royal Exchange, Manchester; Donmar Warehouse, LondonIsobel Thom's non-binary Joan of Arc blazes on to the stage in Charlie Josephine's eye-opening new play; Tenn…
Minerva, Chichester; Theatre Royal BathChristopher Shinn's new play of post-Trump politics finds complex characters lost in ego and addiction, while Terry Gilliam and Leah Hausman's take on …
Festival theatre; the Hub; Leith Academy; Studio, Potterrow, EdinburghThe hurt is all too real in Ivo van Hove's visceral staging of Hanya Yanagihara's bestseller; Liz Lochhead's Scots Medea…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonThe 'dinosaur' generation is put on trial in Dawn King's near-future new play, graced by some nicely nuanced performances from its youthful cast The Trials is fuelled…
Dorfman; King's Head, LondonDisablism, austerity and therapy-speak fuel Francesca Martinez's jolting drama, while Mark Farrelly channels Derek Jarman in a rush of memories There are startlin…
Lyttelton; Olivier, London; Chichester festival theatreShakespeare's comedy is the gift that keeps on giving; Mrs Malaprop's a loose cannon in Richard Bean's Battle of Britain take on Sherid…
Almeida, London; Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath; Shakespeare's Globe, LondonTom Hollander excels in Peter Morgan's incisive oligarch drama; Deborah Warner directs a fine Tempest; and Mi…
Harold Pinter; Bridge, London; RSC, Stratford-upon-AvonThe action's all in the detail in Jamie Lloyd's spellbound Chekhov; Alex Jennings excels as a vicar refusing to find the common touch; …
Crucible/Lyceum/Studio theatre, Sheffield; Hampstead theatre, LondonTiming is everything in Chris Bush's theatre-hopping trio of Sheffield plays; the same goes for Roy Williams's ill-starred…
Donmar; Old Vic, LondonLucas Hnath's sequel to the Ibsen classic is intriguing rather than revelatory; but August Wilson's taxi-stand drama has developed new flavour with age Ibsen's A Doll'…
Royal Court, London; Orange Tree, RichmondA revelatory drama about identity theft is let down by its thriller plot, while translator Martin Crimp adds wit to an outsized Marivaux comedy The …
Duke of York's; Kiln; Arcola, LondonAmy Adams's star power fails to illuminate underpowered Tennessee Williams; Eileen Walsh burns bright as Clytemnestra; and Barbara Flynn and Robin Soans e…
Olivier, London; Theatre Clwyd, Mold; Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonGandhi's murderer turns on the charm in an extraordinary production; the ladies of Llangollen come to vibrant life…
Almeida; Coliseum; Hampstead, LondonAnne-Marie Duff's aspiring singer transfixes in a didactic family saga; My Fair Lady feels strangely vacant. Plus, a stifling tale of dysfunctional siblin…
Young Vic, London; Brighton festival; Bush, LondonRodgers and Hammerstein's first musical is roughed up; dreamthinkspeak amble around Brighton; and a first for Amharic on the British stage? …