Theatre to watch in London and beyond FT critics review the latest and best shows in the West End, across the capital and the UK As You Like It/Hamlet, Shakespeare’s Globe, London — an open, egalitarian theatre New artistic director Michelle Terry’s approach brings gains and losses to these two plays Friday, 18 May, 2018 Red, Wyndham’s Theatre, London — brilliantly performed Alfred Molina is outstanding as Mark Rothko in this magnificently staged drama about the artist Wednesday, 16 May, 2018 Nightfall, Bridge Theatre, London — satsifyingly undramatic Relationships rather than events are at the heart of Barney Norris’s drama Thursday, 10 May, 2018 An Ideal Husband, Vaudeville Theatre, London — insouciance and gravity Freddie Fox excels in Oscar Wilde’s play sharp critique of social hypocrisy and ethical charade Wednesday, 9 May, 2018 Mood Music, Old Vic, London — electrifyingly smart Joe Penhall’s play investigates power and paradoxes in the pop music industry Thursday, 3 May, 2018 Romeo and Juliet, Stratford-upon-Avon — Juliet and knives to the fore Erica Whyman’s intriguing staging at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre highlights contemporary issues Wednesday, 2 May, 2018 More from this Series Chess, Coliseum, London — big, brash and paper-thin Although beautifully sung and played, this revived 1986 musical lacks a dramatic core Wednesday, 2 May, 2018 Nine Night, National Theatre (Dorfman), London — intelligent and articulate A fluid, enjoyable production of actor Natasha Gordon’s first play Tuesday, 1 May, 2018 The Prudes, Royal Court Theatre, London — sexual politics in the age of #MeToo Anthony Neilson’s new drama is a playful examination of liberal male guilt Monday, 30 April, 2018 Absolute Hell — an absolutely unmissable National Theatre production Rodney Ackland’s unsparing portrait of a Soho nightclub in 1945 is given a masterly revival Thursday, 26 April, 2018
