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Clive Owen and Lia Williams shine in a mesmerising production at the Noël Coward Theatre, London
Visually inventive adaptation shines; Ivo van Hove takes on Ayn Rand; family secrets explored; Maxine Peake channels Nico
Shakespeare transported to 1900 Vienna; Ibsen for the internet age; Down’s syndrome romance
David Greig’s astonishingly prescient 1994 play revived; portrait of a leftwing family; small-town tensions bubble over
The actor/playwright talks about taking on ‘Life of Pi’
Superb performances and comic timing in Noël Coward’s bittersweet takedown of fame
John Malkovich is creepily brilliant in an Mamet’s otherwise ill-judged ‘Weinstein’ drama, while Ivo van Hove works wonders with Visconti
Gwendoline Christie in a joyous, immersive take on Shakespeare; time-travelling twist on Ibsen; Victorian women come out fighting
The playwright on how his 1994 work ‘Europe’ suddenly became relevant again
Githa Sowerby’s drama has drawn comparisons with Ibsen and Shaw, but she brings sharp humour and quiet empathy to the task
Three new productions of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ bring out its contemporary resonances — and bring the audience into the play
The play pulses with humanity and rage at London’s Theatre Royal, Stratford East
Theatre-going becomes hi-tech surveillance in Ella Hickson’s drama, set in 1968 East Germany
Selina Thompson’s salt. and Anchuli Felicia King’s White Pearl continue the theatre’s tradition of pioneering new drama
The multitalented director talks about ‘Venice Preserved’, his latest project for the Royal Shakespeare Company
Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 and Henry V are performed by a versatile cast, led by Sarah Amankwah’s charismatic Hal
A production at London’s Young Vic that finds fresh meaning in Arthur Miller’s play
The playwright’s problematic response to Thomas Hardy’s novel has its world premiere at the Hampstead Theatre, London
Ibsen’s drama is given sharp contemporary relevance in this staging
At London’s Kiln Theatre, this nimble play asks serious questions about masculinity, power and colonialism
The Vaudeville Theatre staged the first ever baby-friendly performance in the West End this week
Bill Pullman and Sally Field star in a production that reminds us why Arthur Miller’s questions about moral compromise still resonate today
The director talks about race, Windrush and the late Andrea Levy
Duff excels in Josie Rourke’s London revival of the classic 1966 musical
Rebecca Frecknall’s staging of Chekhov’s play creates a mood of drifting strangeness
