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Neil Dowden in west London   Jean Racine’s tightly structured neoclassical plays – obeying the unities of place, time, and

Neil Dowden in north London Girl on an Altar is Irish playwright Marina Carr’s powerful new take on the first

Ludovico Lucchesi Palli in Vienna After two cancellations in April 2020 and March 2021, the long-awaited Vienna premiere of Gruber

Jeremy Malies in the West End   The action of Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady begins at St Paul’s,

Neil Dowden in north London Beth Steel writes big, bold, ambitious dramas in which individuals are caught up in a

Neil Dowden in north London Although based in the UK for many years, Naomi Wallace returns to her roots with

Jeremy Malies on the South Bank “O, that a man might know / The end of this day’s business ere

Tom Bolton on the South Bank The memory of repeated lockdowns may be fading now, but the return to normality

Jeremy Malies on the South Bank An unusual Skidmore Ranch this one; Jud Fry not only looks like Kurt Cobain

Jeremy Malies in the West End It’s St George’s Day in an unspecified year at the village of Flintock a

Tom Bolton in Notting Hill, London Irish company Gare St Lazare were booked to perform at the Coronet Theatre when

Neil Dowden in west London Mike Bartlett has become one of the few contemporary living playwrights to have three plays

Das Zigarettenreich (Jeder Traum hat ein Ende), Werk X- Petersplatz Ludovico Lucchesi Palli in Vienna.   The newest production at

Glenda Frank in New York City Birthday Candles, a play by Noah Haidle, produced by Roundabout Theatre follows Ernestine from

Glenda Frank on Broadway Take Me Out, a locker room dramedy by Richard Greenberg, now at the Helen Hayes Theatre,

Neil Dowden in the West End Harper Lee’s classic 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird has been successfully staged a

Jeremy Malies in Waterloo The near future in vaguely Shakespearian blank verse appears to have plenty of mileage in it.

Crysse Morrison in south-west England When Liam leaves his best friend Fletch on an upwardly mobile journey, via Oxford University,

Glenda Frank in New York. Has Sarah Jessica Parker been miscast all these years? Yes, she was charming and sassy

Crysse Morrison in Somerset. “Never boring for a split second” was Noël Coward’s verdict on the plays of Harold Pinter.

Neil Dowden on the South Bank. David Hare’s new play Straight Line Crazy at the Bridge Theatre reunites him with

Jeremy Malies in north London. Ethnicity and land grab. Reduce things down to how people really interact, dismantle their self-deception,

Neil Dowden in the West End. Jean Cocteau’s 1930 monodrama The Human Voice about a woman’s last phone call with

Dana Rufolo in Germany.   It is a relief that Franziska Autzen, the director of Katharina Blum oder: Wie Gewalt

Neil Dowden in the West End. Mike Bartlett made his name with the Olivier Award-winning Cock at the Royal Court

Ludovico Lucchesi Palli in Vienna. Vienna’s Theater Nestroyhof Hamakom has joined forces with the acclaimed stage and TV actress Andrea

Crysse Morrison in Bristol ‘A vision for the future of theatre’ is how director Tom Morris sees Bristol Old Vic’s

Crysse Morrison in Bristol Written by David Lane and directed by Sita Calvert-Ennals, this poignant two-hander follows an imagined reunion

Tom Bolton in London Borough of Newham. Dennis Kelly’s 2005 play After the End is set inside a nuclear fallout

Tom Bolton on the South Bank.   The Merchant of Venice is seen as a problematic play but, increasingly, it

Tom Bolton in Notting Hill Gate.   Jonathan Kent opened his tenure as Artistic Director of the Almeida Theatre with

Maggie Rose in Milan.   M. Il figlio del secolo is a literary adaptation, based on Antonio Scurati’s historical novel

Maggie Rose in Milan.   Milan’s Franco Parenti theatre has hosted La vita davanti a sé (The Life Before Us),

Neil Dowden on the South Bank.   Last staged in London 26 years ago, David Mamet’s 1977 play The Woods

Neil Dowden on the South Bank.   Anthony McCarten’s new play focuses on a fascinating true episode in art history:

Ludovico Lucchesi Palli at the Bronski & Grünberg Theater, Vienna   Bronski & Grünberg Theater is a popular venue in

Glenda Frank in New York City.   Prayer for the French Republic, Joshua Harmon’s (Significant Other) new play, directed by

Neil Dowden in north London Over the last decade French playwright Florian Zeller has had a series of critical and

Ludovico Lucchesi Palli in Vienna  Kaja Dymnicki and Alexander Pschill are founding members of Vienna’s Bronski & Grünberg Theater. They

Neil Dowden in Islington, London. The slippery ambivalence of absurdist playwright Eugène Ionesco’s works makes them tricky to stage successfully.

Tom Bolton on the South Bank   Sean Holmes’ production of Hamlet in the Globe’s indoor space opens with a

Jeremy Malies in Surrey A boozy Elsinore this – any critic (and we’re not noted for sobriety) playing drink-along-a-Hamlet would

Jeremy Malies in Canterbury “Hate the critics? I have nothing but compassion for them. How can one hate the crippled,

Neil Dowden on the South Bank Bristol-based company Wise Children’s touring production of Wuthering Heights now blusters into London at

Crysse Morrison in Bristol.  Bristol Old Vic director Tom Morris pulled off what many will consider a coup when Mark Rylance

„Der Herr Rudi“ in Georg Danzers „ Sauna G’schichten“ Reviewed by Ludovico Lucchesi Palli in Vienna.   Following a premiere

Jeremy Malies at the Old Vic Caryl Churchill’s A Number is about cloning though the word is never used. Always

Neil Dowden in Sloane Square, London. Alistair McDowall’s new play The Glow is a strange brew. The first half is

Jeremy Malies in north London   Peggy for You, written by Alan Plater in 1999, is the last in a

Jeremy Malies on the South Bank Best of Enemies by James Graham was always going to be a triumph or

Jeremy Malies in north London   Peggy for You, written by Alan Plater in 1999, is the last in a

Dana Rufolo on a streamed Romanian theatre festival. The National Theater of Cluj-Napoca, Romania’s streamed 2021 Theatre Festival offering În

Ludovico Lucchesi Palli in Vienna atEin Sommernachtstraum am Wörthersee – oder Wann ist die Familie Lustig aus Graz verschwunden Following

Ludovico Lucchesi Palli in Vienna After the cancellation of the originally scheduled premiere about a year ago, the German speaking

Neil Dowden in Southwark Alan Bennett may be cherished for his subtle melancholic comedy but in 1973 he wrote the

Nick Ahad rounds up theatre in the North Imitating the Dog is a little company in the North that has

Dana Rufolo in Constance  In the Spring 2019 issue of Plays International & Europe, the new artistic director of the

Julie Sorokurs in Covent Garden Love and Other Acts of Violence serves as the Donmar’s inaugural production after a 19-month-long

Ben Brooker at the Bakehouse Theatre When an actress friend of mine recently asked if I was going to see

Jeremy Malies in West Sussex David Storey’s amazing play Home has been produced by the Chichester Festival Theatre as part

Neil Dowden in Newham, London. One of Ireland’s leading playwrights, Conor McPherson is probably best known for The Weir, a

Neil Dowden on the South Bank The National Theatre’s revival of Larry Kramer’s groundbreaking 1985 play The Normal Heart serves