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Susannah Clapp
Mass is a finely wrought study of forgiveness
Fri 15 May 2026
Clare Brennan
In Magic, David Haig explores the extraordinary bond of Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle
Sun 10 May 2026
Susannah Clapp
Fourteen Again - a fitting tribute to the inimitable Victoria Wood
Fri 8 May 2026
Katherine Cowles
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui - an idiot’s guide to fascism
Sat 2 May 2026
Clare Brennan
At a York festival, Shakespeare is the world’s common language
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Susannah Clapp
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: a play trapped in the past
Fri 24 Apr 2026
Clare Brennan
Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet – a joyous glimpse inside the mind of a Muslim boy
Sun 19 Apr 2026
Susannah Clapp
A 21st-century take on Ibsen’s A Doll’s House
Fri 17 Apr 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
Paddington hopes to grab theatre prize by the paws
Sun 12 Apr 2026
Caitlin Macdonald
Olivier nominees on what theatre means to them
Sun 12 Apr 2026
Clare Brennan
Good Golly Miss Molly at the New Vic: a harmonious vision of social turmoil
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Tanya Gold
How I lost my heart to musicals
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Katherine Cowles
What is the point of the play?
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Marcelle Bernstein
My most unforgettable night at the theatre
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Lily Isaacs
Opening night: Celebrating 50 years of The Oliviers with The Observer and Curtis Brown
Fri 10 Apr 2026
Susannah Clapp
Les Liaisons Dangereuses still seduces
Fri 10 Apr 2026
Susannah Clapp
Susannah Clapp: ‘How I became a theatre critic’
Fri 10 Apr 2026
Susannah Clapp
Romeo and Juliet – Robert Icke shakes up Shakespeare
Fri 3 Apr 2026
Katherine Cowles
John Proctor is the Villain: a modern classic?
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Clare Brennan
Henry V at the RSC – Shakespeare’s war play fails to resonate
Sun 29 Mar 2026
Katherine Cowles
Self Esteem lights up David Hare’s Teeth ‘n’ Smiles
Fri 27 Mar 2026
Clare Brennan
Small Island on stage: a patchily successful adaptation
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Susannah Clapp
The National Theatre brings the rarely staged Summerfolk to life
Sat 21 Mar 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
‘Victoria Wood was a trailblazer, but no one talked about her like that’
Thu 19 Mar 2026
Clare Brennan
The Grand Babylon Hotel – Arnold Bennett’s fun, frolicking farce
Sun 15 Mar 2026
Sarah Crompton
How The Bridge theatre made Into the Woods
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Katherine Cowles
Ukraine Unbroken: can theatre combat news fatigue?
Fri 13 Mar 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
Olivier awards recognise new generation of playwrights ready to don Tom Stoppard’s mantle
Sat 7 Mar 2026
Clare Brennan
The Manningtree Witches is a stage adaptation meant for the screen
Sat 7 Mar 2026
Susannah Clapp
Broken Glass at the Young Vic: did we really need another Arthur Miller?
Sat 7 Mar 2026
Katherine Cowles
Olivier awards 2026: it’s the year of the musical
Fri 6 Mar 2026
Amelia Tait
Inside the Operation Mincemeat machine
Fri 6 Mar 2026
Clare Brennan
Trevor Nunn’s deft, delightful Noël Coward revival
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Kadish Morris
My day with Munya Chawawa’s Black Boys Theatre Club
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Katherine Cowles
Chadwick Boseman’s Deep Azure is a messy, necessary meditation on grief
Fri 27 Feb 2026
Clare Brennan
Crown of Blood moves Macbeth’s blasted heath to Yorubaland
Sat 21 Feb 2026
Katherine Cowles
The latest Dracula has no teeth
Fri 20 Feb 2026
Katherine Cowles
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry gets stuck in the mush
Fri 20 Feb 2026
Clare Brennan
War of the Worlds is a visually thrilling portrait of desolation
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Susannah Clapp
Arcadia, Tom Stoppard’s dance to the music of time, is short on swing
Fri 13 Feb 2026
Clare Brennan
Manipulate festival: candyfloss puppets and cabaret Anna Karenina
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Susannah Clapp
American Psycho on stage – style over savagery
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Susannah Clapp
Our Town – Michael Sheen’s vision for Welsh theatre
Fri 30 Jan 2026
Katherine Cowles
Dante or Die: I Do invites you to witness the mess of a wedding
Wed 28 Jan 2026
Katherine Cowles
Guess How Much I Love You? is a work of pure compassion
Fri 23 Jan 2026
Susannah Clapp
High Noon – far from the wild west
Sat 17 Jan 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
The Oliviers at 50: the surprises, snubs and swipes
Wed 14 Jan 2026
Katherine Cowles
Oh, Mary! is mad – and maddening
Thu 8 Jan 2026
Clare Brennan
The Little Mermaid on stage proves the fairytale has legs
Mon 5 Jan 2026
Susannah Clapp
The best theatre to see in 2026
Thu 1 Jan 2026
Clare Brennan
Treasure Island – A New Musical Adventure is not as thrilling as it could be
Wed 31 Dec 2025
Susannah Clapp
The best theatre of 2025
Thu 25 Dec 2025
Clare Brennan
Hull Truck theatre’s Oliver Twist reveals the darkness and light of Dickens
Sat 20 Dec 2025
Susannah Clapp
The Bridge’s Into the Woods is a thrilling, mischievous delight
Fri 19 Dec 2025
Clare Brennan
A Child’s Christmas in Wales is a delight
Mon 15 Dec 2025
Susannah Clapp
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo: two and a half hours of smouldering, slow-burning imagination
Fri 12 Dec 2025
Katherine Cowles
The BFG comes to life on stage
Mon 8 Dec 2025
Vanessa Thorpe
Comedy or error: is Shakespeare actually funny?
Fri 5 Dec 2025
Katherine Cowles
Paddington The Musical is an irresistible love letter to London
Mon 1 Dec 2025
Susannah Clapp
Ivo van Hove’s All My Sons is a revelation
Fri 28 Nov 2025
Clare Brennan
Mutton: the story of the Yorkshire Witch
Sun 23 Nov 2025
Clare Brennan
Murder most fowl: Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas
Sun 23 Nov 2025
Susannah Clapp
Porn Play is an unflinching portrayal of self-destructive addiction
Fri 21 Nov 2025
Susannah Clapp
Faustus in Africa! is a vivid study of colonialism through puppets
Fri 14 Nov 2025
Katherine Cowles
The Hunger Games on stage is all spectacle, no soul
Fri 14 Nov 2025
Susannah Clapp
David Harewood finally makes Othello the hero of his own drama
Fri 7 Nov 2025
Clare Brennan
Javaad Alipoor transports Elmet to a disused depot
Sun 2 Nov 2025
Katherine Cowles
The Line of Beauty is an almost great gay play
Fri 31 Oct 2025
Susannah Clapp
The Unbelievers is a swirling study of catastrophe
Sun 26 Oct 2025
Clare Brennan
Campus drama Safe Space tackles the statue wars head-on
Sat 25 Oct 2025
Clare Brennan
James Brining’s The Seagull delivers laughs but lacks heft
Sun 19 Oct 2025
Susannah Clapp
Mary Page Marlowe is a disappointing play
Fri 17 Oct 2025
Clare Brennan
Bad Lads is a theatrical call for justice
Sun 12 Oct 2025
Susannah Clapp
A high-speed Hamlet is too fast and too flat
Sat 11 Oct 2025
Clare Brennan
Lost Atoms has spectacular staging but the drama is underdeveloped
Sun 5 Oct 2025
Susannah Clapp
London’s new directions
Sat 4 Oct 2025
Kate Maltby
Why Cabaret sank across the pond
Mon 29 Sept 2025
Clare Brennan
Alan Ayckbourn has a question for you
Sun 28 Sept 2025
Susannah Clapp
Simon Stone’s 21st-century Ibsen
Fri 26 Sept 2025
Katherine Cowles
Alice Birch’s bold, baffling history of masculinity
Fri 19 Sept 2025
Clare Brennan
What should we make of Mrs Mary Whitehouse?
Sat 13 Sept 2025
Vanessa Thorpe
Haywire: an entertainingly meta take on The Archers
Fri 12 Sept 2025
Susannah Clapp
Marlowe and Shakespeare are the ultimate double act in Born With Teeth
Fri 5 Sept 2025
Susannah Clapp
The new pastoral
Sun 31 Aug 2025
Susannah Clapp
Brigadoon is proof musicals are not just about the music
Sun 24 Aug 2025
Rachael Healy
Sami Abu Wardeh: “Laughter is restorative”
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Rachael Healy
This year’s fringe is a delightful gamble
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Rachael Healy
Consumed is a portrait of intergenerational trauma
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Katherine Cowles
Good Night, Oscar makes a comedy of misery
Thu 14 Aug 2025
Susannah Clapp
The fall of RBS encapsulates our time of greed
Thu 7 Aug 2025
Olivia Ovenden
The rumours are true: Stereophonic’s debt to Fleetwood Mac
Thu 7 Aug 2025
Susannah Clapp
Inter Alia – far from a feminist revolution
Fri 1 Aug 2025
Clare Brennan
Riders to the Sea and Macbeth – a thrilling play-pairing united against tyranny
Sun 27 Jul 2025
Susannah Clapp
The problems of The Winter’s Tale
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Katherine Cowles
A Noughts & Crosses staging misses the moment
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Clare Brennan
The Constant Wife plays Somerset Maugham for laughs
Sun 13 Jul 2025
Susannah Clapp
David Hare’s ode to 150 years of theatre
Fri 11 Jul 2025
Susannah Clapp
Intimate Apparel is one of the great American plays
Sat 5 Jul 2025
Katherine Cowles
Jamie Lloyd’s audacious Evita
Fri 4 Jul 2025
