David Wootton in the West End ★★★★☆ 10 October 2026 For long a powerful element of the German imagination, the ...

Robert Schneider in New Haven, Connecticut ★★★★★ 7 October 2026 Nine chairs in a semi-ellipse on an empty stage; we ...

Affluenza at Riverside Studios review, starring Noah Schnapp, Janette Manrara, Rupert Young, Juliet Cowan and Wallis ...

Jens Harzer as Oscar Wilde in the Berliner Ensemble production at the Coronet Theatre, directed by Oliver Reese.

Glenda Frank in Manhattan ★★★★☆ 5 October 2026 Performance artist Joey Arias and puppeteer Basil Twist return with their ...

Frankie Bradshaw’s extremely handsome design takes its cue – suitably enough for such a thespian play – from the W.G.R. Sprague-designed sumptuous interior of Wyndham’s Theatre itself, including ...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Chichester Festival Theatre, directed by Justin Audibert and Hannah Joss, stars Munya Chawawa ...

This early romantic comedy has never been as popular as others by Shakespeare, due to its flimsy plot, thin characterization, knotty linguistic jokes and obscure allusions that don’t register with ...

The Vienna Opera has revived its production of Richard Strauss’s Salome, staged by Cyril Teste, with the German conductor Sebastian Weigle at the helm. Photo credit: Michael Poehn. Subscribers to the ...

Polly Stenham’s first play That Face (2007) opens by showing a piece of vicious torture (“bullying” would not cover it) in a dorm at an elite girls’ school. Private education, middle-class pretentions ...

With a premiere at the National Theatre starring David Tennant in 2003 (winning the Olivier Award for Best New Play), The Pillowman was a real departure for Martin McDonagh. As well as being his first ...

“Think of musical comedy, the most glorious words in the English language!” So says theatre director Julian Marsh to Peggy Sawyer, the chorus girl he’s begging to save his new musical after his ...