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A scintillating political drama, a tender Japanese film adaptation and a reimagined classic musical made our critic’s list
David Tennant plays a German academic losing his grip on morality during the Nazi era in Cooke’s staging of ‘Good’
Ian McEwan’s script transforms his introspective novella about love lost into a more expansive study of obsessive longing
An adaptation of Ian McEwan’s story that looks handsome but doesn’t quite add up
Dominic Cooke’s production gets to the heart of Sondheim’s bittersweet musical
Caryl Churchill’s 15-minute play looks at homophobia across Africa
August Wilson’s play about the blues, music and race is superbly acted
A revival of the playwright’s Century Cycle at the National Theatre seeks to raise his standing in the UK
An analysis into the special chemistry of writer-director partnerships
The Royal Court Theatre’s artistic director on pushing back the boundaries in drama
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