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Shakespeare at the Almedia; Love and Other Acts of Violence at the Donmar Warehouse; The Cherry Orchard at the Theatre Royal Windsor
Subtitled ‘Scenes from the Grenfell Inquiry’, the verbatim play at London’s Tabernacle Theatre has a devastating impact
Dublin Theatre Festival continues with three very different dramas that attempt to illuminate the past and present
Plus: East Is East revived at the National Theatre; and The Mirror and the Light, the final instalment in Hilary Mantel’s story of Cromwell
An anarchic drama of carnal awakening and a poignant opera about lust and self-loathing are among this year’s highlights
Forty years after founding Irish arts company Field Day with playwright Brian Friel, the actor talks about why its work is far from finished
Plus: Caryl Churchill’s playful, profound What If If Only; and the National Theatre’s revival of Aids-era drama The Normal Heart
Elegant staging of Ibsen’s play offered a refined vision of a family home uncluttered by evidence of life with children
Plus: Jasmine Lee-Jones dazzles in Curious, a solo show at the Soho Theatre
She lit up the screen in CBS’s hit drama. As she takes to the stage in London, she talks to Henry Mance about success and her own good fight
Plus: love and disillusionment among young Nazis in Camp Siegfried at the Old Vic; the Coronet Theatre reopens with The Lodger
After a year of darkness, Tim Rice, Elaine Paige, Christopher Kane and other superfans celebrate the blissfully uncool world of jazz hands and overtures
In a candid conversation, the French actress discusses performance, personality and presence with her friend, the film director Florian Zeller
Pop stars such as Dan Gillespie Sells and Jake Shears are stretching their skills by writing hit musicals for stage and screen
Flexibility, ingenuity and improvisation are traits that businesses should apply as they pull out of the pandemic
Plus: Back to the Future: The Musical roars into the West End, and a revival of The Memory of Water in Hampstead
Plus: Rockets and Blue Lights at the National; Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act at the Orange Tree
Fashion’s ultimate showman talks about his 40-year career, his theatre obsession and his mission to keep the lights blazing on The Great White Way
Plus: the appetising food-and-love story Hungry, and ludicrous noir pastiche Crimes, Camera, Action
Dutch singer Wende deals with femininity, isolation and love at the Royal Court; plus wartime high jink in dazzling musical ‘Operation Mincemeat’
The songs are memorable and writer Emerald Fennell brings a twist to the tale. Plus: variations on Constellations, and the Globe’s Twelfth Night
A gripping headphone play leads listeners around the city as they hear a history of sexual violence from Cairo
The festival is back and theatre-starved audiences are all the readier to laugh, applaud and spread the word
The London-based Jewish writer discusses his new play at the Almeida, which follows four friends during the Nazis’ occupation of Tunisia
Kae Tempest brings Sophocles up to date; plus Carousel gets the Open Air treatment and frights abound in 2:22 — A Ghost Story
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