Theatre

Intelligent design: Alex Eales’s set for ‘Cleansed’ is the star of the show at the Dorfman

Sarah Kane's Cleansed is a thin, vicious pantomime

5 March 2016 9:00 am

Big fuss about Cleansed at the Dorfman. Talk of nauseous punters rushing for the gangways may have perversely delighted the…

Intelligent design: Alex Eales’s set for ‘Cleansed’ is the star of the show at the Dorfman

Tragedy trumped by porn

3 March 2016 3:00 pm

Big fuss about Cleansed at the Dorfman. Talk of nauseous punters rushing for the gangways may have perversely delighted the…

Intelligent design: Alex Eales’s set for ‘Cleansed’ is the star of the show at the Dorfman

Tragedy trumped by porn

3 March 2016 3:00 pm

Big fuss about Cleansed at the Dorfman. Talk of nauseous punters rushing for the gangways may have perversely delighted the…

Uncle Vanya, The Almeida

Kit-car Chekhov: Uncle Vanya at the Almeida reviewed

27 February 2016 9:00 am

Director Robert Icke has this to say of Chekhov’s greatest masterpiece: ‘Let the electricity of now flow into the old…

Uncle Vanya, The Almeida

Kit-car Chekhov

25 February 2016 3:00 pm

Director Robert Icke has this to say of Chekhov’s greatest masterpiece: ‘Let the electricity of now flow into the old…

Uncle Vanya, The Almeida

Kit-car Chekhov

25 February 2016 3:00 pm

Director Robert Icke has this to say of Chekhov’s greatest masterpiece: ‘Let the electricity of now flow into the old…

The critics have it all wrong — Matthew Perry’s debut play is smart, stylish and sexy

20 February 2016 9:00 am

Here’s how to set yourself up for a fall. You stage the world première of your debut play in the…

Kerching, Mr Bing

18 February 2016 3:00 pm

Here’s how to set yourself up for a fall. You stage the world première of your debut play in the…

Kerching, Mr Bing

18 February 2016 3:00 pm

Here’s how to set yourself up for a fall. You stage the world première of your debut play in the…

Sarah Snook as Hilde Wangel and Ralph Fiennes as Halvard Solness in ‘The Master Builder’

A great, weird play to rival Shakespeare: Old Vic's The Master Builder reviewed

13 February 2016 9:00 am

The Master Builder, if done properly, can be one of those theatrical experiences that make you wonder if the Greeks…

Sarah Snook as Hilde Wangel and Ralph Fiennes as Halvard Solness in ‘The Master Builder’

Master of psychology

11 February 2016 3:00 pm

The Master Builder, if done properly, can be one of those theatrical experiences that make you wonder if the Greeks…

Sarah Snook as Hilde Wangel and Ralph Fiennes as Halvard Solness in ‘The Master Builder’

Master of psychology

11 February 2016 3:00 pm

The Master Builder, if done properly, can be one of those theatrical experiences that make you wonder if the Greeks…

Woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown: Gina McKee as The Mother

The Mother is meaningless - I predict great things for it

6 February 2016 9:00 am

Florian Zeller has been reading Pinter. And Pinter started out in repertory thrillers where suspense was created by delaying revelations…

Woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown: Gina McKee as The Mother

Being and nothingness

4 February 2016 3:00 pm

Florian Zeller has been reading Pinter. And Pinter started out in repertory thrillers where suspense was created by delaying revelations…

Woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown: Gina McKee as The Mother

Being and nothingness

4 February 2016 3:00 pm

Florian Zeller has been reading Pinter. And Pinter started out in repertory thrillers where suspense was created by delaying revelations…

A splash of brightness: Terenia Edwards as Pamela in ‘Five Finger Exercise’

Serious, popular art: Peter Shaffer's Five Finger Exercise reviewed

30 January 2016 9:00 am

A beautiful crumbling theatre in Notting Hill is under threat. The Coronet, which bills itself as the Print Room, faces…

A splash of brightness: Terenia Edwards as Pamela in ‘Five Finger Exercise’

Fine vintage

28 January 2016 3:00 pm

A beautiful crumbling theatre in Notting Hill is under threat. The Coronet, which bills itself as the Print Room, faces…

A splash of brightness: Terenia Edwards as Pamela in ‘Five Finger Exercise’

Fine vintage

28 January 2016 3:00 pm

A beautiful crumbling theatre in Notting Hill is under threat. The Coronet, which bills itself as the Print Room, faces…

Is there a difference between being prejudiced and being a connoisseur of prejudice?

23 January 2016 9:00 am

Paul Minx ventures boldly into Tennessee Williams country with The Long Road South. It’s 1965 and the Price family are…

Pride and prejudice

21 January 2016 3:00 pm

Paul Minx ventures boldly into Tennessee Williams country with The Long Road South. It’s 1965 and the Price family are…

Pride and prejudice

21 January 2016 3:00 pm

Paul Minx ventures boldly into Tennessee Williams country with The Long Road South. It’s 1965 and the Price family are…

Fun, disturbing and ultimately forgettable: Hangmen at Wyndhams reviewed

16 January 2016 9:00 am

It begins with a sketch. We’re in a prison in 1963 where Harry Wade, the UK’s second most famous hangman,…

Gallows humour

14 January 2016 3:00 pm

It begins with a sketch. We’re in a prison in 1963 where Harry Wade, the UK’s second most famous hangman,…

Gallows humour

14 January 2016 3:00 pm

It begins with a sketch. We’re in a prison in 1963 where Harry Wade, the UK’s second most famous hangman,…

Carly Bawden as Alice and Joshua Lacey as the White Rabbit

Damon Albarn’s wonder.land will not succeed at the National. It might work in Vegas

9 January 2016 9:00 am

Damon Albarn and Rufus Norris present a musical version of Alice in Wonderland. A challenging enterprise even if they’d stuck…