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Contemporary resonances run through Thomas Ostermeier’s staging of Ibsen’s drama at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London
Yaël Farber’s searing Shakespeare production features a towering performance from Danny Sapani
Oscar Wilde’s novel is adapted for our age in this technically astonishing show at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket
Revival of Dodie Smith’s 1938 family drama weaves together warmth, loss and laughter
The physical theatre company revive the ancient Greek comedy with mixed results
Innovations in Lemn Sissay’s adaptation at London’s Lyric Hammersmith come at a price
The songs from the 1985 gig put together by Bob Geldof are moving, but the script is often clunky
West End transfer of Sam Holcroft’s drama confronts a young playwright with a ruthless government official
Past and present, trauma and music combine in this simmering drama at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London
His version of ‘An Enemy of the People’, starring Matt Smith, is opening in the West End
The star of ‘The Wire’ discusses his role in Shakespeare’s tragedy, the state of America, assisted dying — and gardening
Pain also bubbles to the surface in Beth Steel’s rich new play at London’s National Theatre
Contemporary staging of Shakespeare’s tragedy resonates, though there are drawbacks
The author’s early novel becomes a story about flirting and fiction in Zoe Cooper’s adaptation
She stars with Matthew Broderick in this London staging of Neil Simon’s comic triptych
Also opening in London: The Most Precious of Goods mixes fairytale with Holocaust horror; Don’t Destroy Me distils postwar trauma and generational conflict
Also opening in London: Kim’s Convenience is a store of wisdom; The Enfield Haunting is strangely tepid
Andy Serkis and Louisa Harland co-star in a play about a play about the Troubles
Clever use of binaural technology brings the horrors of war right to the audience’s ears
The Netflix hit’s theatrical spin-off balances horror and humour to great effect
Also opening on the London stage: Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures, and Armando Iannucci’s satire Pandemonium
Plus: grim masterpiece ‘The Homecoming’ at the Young Vic and interactive murder mystery ‘Boeing, Boeing, Gone!’
The director of ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ discusses ‘The Motive and the Cue’, his hit play about rehearsing Shakespeare
Also opening: ‘She Stoops to Conquer’ sparkles in Richmond; a candlelit ‘Ghosts’ at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Plus: festive romcom ‘Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)’ and historical spectacle ‘The Mongol Khan’
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