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Arinzé Kene’s virtuoso performance holds together a multi-layered narrative about contemporary London
Matt Hartley’s blackly comic new play about a quarantined town is dense but sprinkled with good lines
A new adaptation finds contemporary resonance in the seminal study of alienation
Molière’s comedy is successfully transposed to a Muslim family in present-day Birmingham
Nadia Fall’s production is a well-acted and uplifting tale of a community rising up against oppression
Dawn King’s dystopian drama should feel topical, but it’s poorly served by this staging
Lesley Sharp is terrific in this simple story of a grief-stricken mother
The mordant humour of the cult movie jars with the cuddly songs and humanising approach
This well-acted play about the battle for school places delves clunkily into issues of racism and anti-Semitism
Traumatic childhood memories cleverly expressed using production design and precise, startling choreography
Ben Okri on why the novel is perceived to be so difficult to adapt for the theatre
Clare Barron’s play vividly captures the messy, turbulent world of adolescence
The actor unpicks his role as a ‘human grease stain’ in the new, hit HBO TV series
From skipping the classics to using non-professional actors, the NTGent’s new artistic director explains his vision
This community production featuring a cast of 120 is an impressive achievement
Nick Bagnall’s staging gives full rein to the physical comedy in Shakespeare’s play
FT critics review the latest and best shows in the West End, across the capital and the UK
There’s stylised violence, but Michael Boyd’s staging focuses on the high-flown rhetoric of Marlowe’s drama
The great director’s piece looks dated in the company of new and exciting works
An adaptation of Edouard Louis’s book about his homophobia-blighted adolescence tells its story with impressive invention
Robert Carsen peppers his version with Brexit and drug references but the satire is as thin as the cardboard sets
Stephen Rea was a perfect match for fellow countryman Derek Mahon’s poem
A newly commissioned piece set in Shakespeare’s era is more concerned with present-day pieties
The actor on life, death and comedy
Alfred Jarry’s groundbreaking play is ingeniously remade as a drama-cum-singalong in this outdoor setting
