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Multimillion playhouse plans to draw new life to post-industrial Prescot
Plays on the London stage focus on the dispossessed and those whose voices are rarely heard
The mentalist’s one-man show is frequently dazzling and often unsettling
Danny Yung’s work uses music, dance and theatre to explore different traditions
Two productions that update Ibsen for our times, plus a New York drag queen drama
The Irish writer’s cast of tearaway women has a new character in a bride who stirs things up in a society on the brink of violence
As the Boulevard theatre opens in a former strip club, London’s historic red-light district is getting a facelift
Four women from different backgrounds clash in Jackie Kay’s four-hander, updated for today
Lucy Prebble’s play pushes theatre and our notions of truth to their limits at London’s Old Vic
Harold Pinter’s acidic drama moves to Broadway from London’s West End
Simon Woods’ debut play is set in the 1980s but is all too topical now
A new Yiddish version of the musical has struck a chord far beyond the Jewish audience
Based on the Disney animation, this show is somewhat chaotic but features strong new songs
Blanche McIntyre’s take on the Ben Jonson comedy wraps the audience in the action
ETO’s revival of Kurt Weill’s opera is a story of hope amid political chaos
At Wyndham’s Theatre, the hit one-woman show is even better than its screen descendant
The country’s far-right AfD party is putting pressure on theatres and opera houses to conform to its agenda — but resistance is rising
At London’s Donmar Warehouse, the play confirms Branden Jacob-Jenkins as one of today’s sharpest young American dramatists
Deploying levity like a yawn-seeking missile, the writer breaks endless narration up with parlour games
Robert Icke’s adaptation of a century-old play is a stark warning for a divided nation
Director Katie Mitchell is adapting the ‘first English language trans novel’ for the stage with the help of live action filming
The 29-year-old at the helm of London’s Bush theatre on why the art form — and the industry — needs to be shaken up
The author narrates these three shows in a retelling of the ancient Greek myths
The adaptation of Jackie Kay’s acclaimed memoir at the Lyceum Theatre asks universal questions about identity
The production at the King’s Theatre cleverly explores the line between public and private
