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Jeremy Malies in west London   Race runs through each of a trio of monologue plays by leading writers commissioned

Jeremy Malies at the Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch   David Eldridge’s Beginning is a play for two people that begins at

Open-air theatre has always formed a strong strand of live performance in the summer season in this area. As the

Jeremy Malies in Berkshire It’s a truism among Anton Chekhov diehards that Firs in The Cherry Orchard should be as

Neil Dowden at Happy Days (Riverside Studios)   Happy days are here again with Trevor Nunn’s sixtieth anniversary production of

Jay Paul Skelton at Oleanna (Arts Theatre) In the nineteenth century, the Norwegian violinist Ole Bull attempted to establish a

Neil Dowden in north London Ayad Akhtar is an American writer of Pakistani heritage with his finger on the pulse.

Glenda Frank at the August Wilson Theatre, New York.   Pass Over is perfect for a newly active Broadway. Playwright

Julie Sorokurs at The National   Kae Tempest’s Paradise, premiered in the round at the National Theatre’s Olivier by a

Neil Dowden at Bach & Sons (Bridge Theatre)   The Bridge Theatre — which boldly led the way in London

Jeremy Malies in the West End   The Mirror and the Light is the third of Hilary Mantel’s trilogy of

Neil Dowden in north London For one of Shakespeare’s shortest plays three hours’ running time may seem excessive, overstretching what

John Russell Taylor on the South Bank. The National Theatre opened its doors to audiences again in June, with its

John Russell Taylor at the Vaudeville Theatre, West End Nick Payne’s award-winning two-hander Constellations (starring Rafe Spall and Sally Hawkins)

Jef Hall-Flavin at the Turbine Theatre, Battersea, London Hearing the song “Wrapped Around Your Finger” as I was coming down

Neil Dowden at Extinct (Theatre Royal Stratford East) Theatre Royal Stratford East reopened in the early summer with April De

Jeremy Malies in Lambeth, London Changing Destiny is the Young Vic’s much-trumpeted post-Covid return to live drama. The piece is

Jef Hall-Flavin in north London If The Two Character Play is one of Tennessee Williams’s problematic plays, director Sam Yates

Tom Bolton on the South Bank For her last production in the Globe’s candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Ben Jonson’s Bartholomew

John Russell Taylor at Shaw Shorts (Orange Tree Theatre) The other day I was watching one of those Rediscovering programmes

Jay Paul Skelton Sonia Friedman, the well-known British producer, has not only led the charge as theatres cautiously reopen here

Hans-Jürgen Bartsch in Berlin The Vaganten Bühne, an intimate hundred-seat theatre tucked away at the end of an alleyway underneath

Jeremy Malies at the Hampstead Theatre   Alfred Fagon’s rarely staged 1975 play The Death of a Black Man is

Margaret Rose in Milan As I write this report in early June [2021], lockdown is gradually easing. Some Milanese theatres

Julie Sorokurs on the South Bank Moira Buffini’s Manor was initially set to have its premiere in 2020 but then

How a Fringe Performance Led to the Trial of the Decade No theatrical event has been more discussed or has