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The show at London’s Riverside Studios focuses on the mathematician’s fraught relationships
Jonathan Spector’s overburdened play draws on the ideas of Nobel Prize-winner Daniel Kahneman
Isobel McArthur’s version of Thomas Heywood’s original asks questions about sex, virtue and strangers
The music of the 1960s and ’70s accompanies this story of love and failing political ideologies
The appeal is obvious in ‘Nan, Me and Barbara Pravi’ while ‘Concerned Others’ offers a different view of addiction
Revived successes and new perspectives intrigue, including ‘After the Act’ and ‘The Grand Old Opera House Hotel’
Brazilian director Christiane Jatahy’s drama uses onstage cameras to reimagine a brutal film
With awards cancelled and artists who can’t afford to come, this year’s Edinburgh Fringe shows the threat facing radical, experimental work
Also opening on the London stage: a drama of witchcraft and desire in ‘Women, Beware the Devil’
Despite setbacks and obstacles, this year’s Fringe is staging a wealth of theatrical experiences
Wilf tells of a man who falls in love with his car. Also reviewed: Bloody Elle, Blood Harmony, Exodus and Psychodrama
At the Edinburgh International Festival, S Shakthidharan’s story weaves together modern life and historical pain
This one-man show in Edinburgh uses choreography, music and words to portray Scotland’s national poet
New knockabout comedy updates Sheridan’s The Rivals to a second world war setting
The actor co-wrote a drama that enlightens but also frustrates at Bristol Old Vic
Emma Rice adapts Emily Brontë at Bristol Old Vic; Get Up, Stand Up! at the Lyric Theatre; The Shark is Broken at London’s Ambassadors Theatre
Plus: Jasmine Lee-Jones dazzles in Curious, a solo show at the Soho Theatre
Plus: love and disillusionment among young Nazis in Camp Siegfried at the Old Vic; the Coronet Theatre reopens with The Lodger
Plus: the appetising food-and-love story Hungry, and ludicrous noir pastiche Crimes, Camera, Action
The festival is back and theatre-starved audiences are all the readier to laugh, applaud and spread the word
Nick Payne’s play returns with inspired casting choices. Plus, April De Angelis captures climate anxiety and ‘The Invisible Hand’ replayed for the post-Trump era
Directed by Nicholas Hytner, the autobiographical account is more like a rant than a theatrical tour-de-force
Mike Bartlett upset royalists, tacked bullying in the workplace. Now he’s turned to Brexit
This year’s programme focuses on the country’s history and traditions
An Edinburgh International Festival highlight, the play explores the tensions between Aboriginal Australians and English newcomers
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