On Stage
By Neil Dowden

Interview: Leo Butler On How His Play Boy Minds The Gap

And how it's important to keep up with yoof speak.
By Lettie Mckie

Review: Hemingway's Spanish Civil War Drama Fifth Column Gets A Patchy Revival

All's not fair in love and war.

 ★★★☆☆
By Sophia Shluger

Review: Few Reasons To Like Reasons To Be Happy

An unstable love rhombus of a show at Hampstead Theatre.

 ★★☆☆☆
By Lettie Mckie

Review: Right Now Is A Comedy Of Very Bad Manners

A lust-fuelled dark comedy.

 ★★★★☆
By Sam Smith

Review: Nothing Is Black And White In Les Blancs

Lorraine Hansberry's little known play gets due attention.

★★★★☆
By Lettie Mckie

Review: Become A Teenager Again, At The National Theatre

Energy drinks, WhatsApp and all.

 ★★★★★
By Silvia Baretta

Review: Plate Smashing And High Notes - Earnest Goes Wilde At Barbican

Oscar Wilde's most famous comedy played as opera.

★★★★☆
By Stuart Black

Review: Tracy Letts’s Bug Will Get Under Your Skin

James Norton and Kate Fleetwood bug out.

 ★★★☆☆
By Lettie Mckie

We're Stuck Helps Kids Enjoy Maths With Interactive Challenges: Review

Why can't all maths lessons be like this?

 ★★★★★
By Phillipa Ellis

Review: All That Fall Could Herald A Brave New Era For Radio

Pin your ears back for this theatrical performance of a Samuel Beckett radio play.

 ★★★☆☆

See The Great Jane Horrocks Sing Joy Division And Soft Cell

Electrifying songs set to an 80s soundtrack.
By Franco Milazzo

Review: Branagh And Brydon Strip For Unfunny French Farce The Painkiller

It's still not enough to numb the awkwardness.

★★☆☆☆
By Neil Dowden

Review: Play About Rehab Is Disturbing Yet Compelling Viewing

Denise Gough is great in People, Places & Things.

 ★★★★☆
By Lettie Mckie

Another Summer Of Udderbelly Laughs At The Southbank

The purple cow is back.
By Sarah Stewart

Witchcraft In A Wine Cellar: The Master And Margarita Review

Satirical black magic in the Barons Court Theatre pub.

 ★★★☆☆
By Neil Dowden

Review: The Truth Reveals Web Of Lies

Florian Zeller's play exposes double-dealing behind middle-class adultery.

 ★★★★☆
By Johnny Fox

Sandbagged By The Critics: Miss Atomic Bomb Review

Get the thesaurus to find synonyms for 'bombed' 'tanked' and 'failed to ignite'...

 ★★★☆☆
By Stuart Black

If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me Reviewed: Never Mind The Horrocks

Northern scowl.

 ★★★☆☆
By James FitzGerald

Review: Mel Giedroyc Stars In Hard-Hitting Extremism Story Luce

Bake Off host turns up the heat at Southwark Playhouse.

 ★★★☆☆
By Lettie Mckie

Review: Correspondence Bites Off More Than It Can Chew

Fortunately it's salvaged by some great acting.

 ★★★☆☆
By Will Noble

Review: Motown The Musical Says Thanks Berry, Much

Gordy writes the theme tunes, sings the theme tunes.

 ★★★☆☆
By Sam Smith

Review: If You See One Philip Glass Opera, Make It This One

Minimalism connects Ancient Egypt to the modern day.

 ★★★★☆
By Lettie Mckie

Review: German Skerries Paints Portrait Of Everyday British Life

Who said birdwatching in Middlesbrough was dull?

 ★★★★☆
By Victoria Thomas

Review: I See You Lacks An Edge

A Friday night in post-Apartheid South Africa at the Royal Court.

 ★★★☆☆