Theatre

Nuclear waste

23 March 2016 3:00 pm

Miss Atomic Bomb celebrates the sub-culture that grew up around nuclear tests in 1950s America. The citizens of Nevada would…

Sister act: Zawe Ashton and Uzo Aduba in Jean Genet’s ‘The Maids’

Jean Genet’s fascinating play, The Maids, is botched at Trafalgar Studios

19 March 2016 9:00 am

The Maids is a fascinating document. Written in 1947, Jean Genet’s drama portrays a pair of serving girls who enact…

Sister act: Zawe Ashton and Uzo Aduba in Jean Genet’s ‘The Maids’

Time out of mind

17 March 2016 3:00 pm

The Maids is a fascinating document. Written in 1947, Jean Genet’s drama portrays a pair of serving girls who enact…

Sister act: Zawe Ashton and Uzo Aduba in Jean Genet’s ‘The Maids’

Time out of mind

17 March 2016 3:00 pm

The Maids is a fascinating document. Written in 1947, Jean Genet’s drama portrays a pair of serving girls who enact…

Patriotic Traitor finds dramatic gold in France’s interwar history

12 March 2016 9:00 am

Jonathan Lynn, co-author of Yes Minister, has excavated the history of France during the two world wars and discovered dramatic…

Pride and prejudice

10 March 2016 3:00 pm

Jonathan Lynn, co-author of Yes Minister, has excavated the history of France during the two world wars and discovered dramatic…

Pride and prejudice

10 March 2016 3:00 pm

Jonathan Lynn, co-author of Yes Minister, has excavated the history of France during the two world wars and discovered dramatic…

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…