Her smash hit second album left the pop star also known as Self Esteem feeling the pressure to deliver an equally thrilling follow-up. Now, she's playing a spiralling rock star in a major We…
The British actor talks to Jessie Thompson about performing Annie Ernaux's masterpiece 'The Years' on stage, speaking out about the treatment of women in the industry, and why Britain's a…
Combining the acid wit of 'Six', the rebel streak of 'Matilda' and the gooey heart of 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie', Yve Blake's new musical will inspire outsized feelings…
Returning to the West End eight years after its premiere, Duncan Macmillan's play about an actress in recovery now feels like a classic, with a wrenching act two scene that will shred your n…
Laura Donnelly is the muse and star of her partner Jez Butterworth's plays. As his latest show, 'The Hills of California', opens in the West End with her in the lead role, the Olivier award-…
This week Andrew Scott revealed he stopped performing Hamlet's most famous soliloquy on stage when he spotted an audience member doing his emails. But is the relentless debate on 'audience e…
A-listers are treading the boards in force and your favourite films are being transformed for the stage. Jessie Thompson brings you our ultimate guide to what to see at the theatre in 2024
British director joked that he wanted to be remembered as 'someone whose dress sense got better as time went on'
Mike Faist and Lucas Hedges are underserved by a clunky production as Annie Proulx's story reaches the stage
Mark Gatiss is superb as Sir John Gielgud in Jack Thorne's affecting play about Hamlet rehearsals with Richard Burton
A guide to the week's theatre
Duncan Sheik's score is the true pleasure of this adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd's 2001 novel
Rachael Stirling and Stephen Mangan play the sparring ex-lovers in a production that emphasises domestic violence
Leaked photographs of the 'Happy Valley' star performing nude in 'A Little Life' has plunged the theatre world into crisis mode. It speaks to a grotesque violation of the unspoken contract b…
Willy Russell's 1986 warm, wistful play about a bored housewife is the perfect vehicle for Smith's return to the stage
Jodie Comer and Harry Styles have both won awards from gender-neutral categories, but much more needs to be done to make industries inclusive than simply renaming prizes, writes Jessie Thomp…
A guide to the week's theatre
The 'Albert Nobbs' and 'Ozark' star is about to play Phaedra in a new Simon Stone production. She talks to Jessie Thompson about 'one of the most vilified anti-heroines ever', embracing her …
It's nice that Sam Steiner's 2015 fringe gem has been plucked out for the West End, but it doesn't seem the best way to serve a bright new writing talent
The 'Aftersun' actor gives an entrancing performance in Rebecca Frecknall's intense Tennessee Williams revival at the Almeida
'A Little Life' comes to the stage, Sheridan Smith and Lily Allen return to the West End, and 'The Merchant of Venice' is transported to 1930s Cable Street " we bring you our guide to 2023'…
The Independent's theatre critics have chosen their top stage shows of 2022, a year in which fresh new writing and charming musicals reigned supreme
Michael Grandage's production has an inventiveness and creativity that's true to the spirit of Virginia Woolf's novel
Rupert Goold's production at the Almeida about the televangelist, with music by Elton John, is gloriously OTT and packed with great performances
With the hit Broadway show about Michael Jackson set to arrive on the West End, Jessie Thompson asks whether a production that completely avoids the more troubling questions of his legacy is…