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The playwright on an ancient Egyptian text that tackles immigration and the excesses of power
The 1987 film gets an exuberant stage transfer; plus Tennessee Williams’s tormented Two Character Play and fraudster-drama Anna X
The Irish writer discusses his new play for the Edinburgh Festival, his debt to his father and attitudes to mental health
The actor brings a new depth to the melancholy prince at Theatre Royal Windsor, 50 years after first playing the role
The composer’s £60m theatre restoration is complete and Cinderella, his new musical, is about to open. So why isn’t he happier?
The strikingly progressive musical updated for today; plus reviews of a brutal ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and a bubbling ‘Lava’
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s essay becomes an intriguing play about bereavement at a time when families are divided
The playwright’s raucous new musical explores how 18th-century women living in poverty were driven to drink
Nick Payne’s play returns with inspired casting choices. Plus, April De Angelis captures climate anxiety and ‘The Invisible Hand’ replayed for the post-Trump era
A portrait of Bach focuses on his family life; plus powerful monologues in ‘Out West’ and Shakespeare in Regent’s Park
Dylan Thomas’s ‘drama for voices’ ingeniously revived; Lisa Dwan buried in Beckett; Notting Hill Carnival celebrated
From Cornwall to Perthshire, the pandemic has brought a surge in popularity of alfresco venues and productions
Outdoor shows include Adventures with the Painted People in Pitlochry and The Comedy of Errors in St Albans
Staged at Immersive LDN in London, the event — based on the BBC series — whisks its audience on a journey through time and space
Director Michael Longhurst and writer Nick Payne discuss a new approach for the dazzling 2012 drama
The National Theatre reopens with a joyously theatrical piece. Plus: a poetic monologue at the Theatre Royal Stratford East and a revival of a radical 1973 drama in Hampstead
The theatre director on his latest collaboration, a 3.5-metre puppet refugee girl who will journey from Turkey to the UK
There’s reflection and entertainment as live performance returns with productions in Bath and London, with Eliot’s Four Quartets plus Walden and Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me
The playwright on turning ‘The Father’ into an Oscar-winning film, rejecting rehearsals and conjuring Anthony Hopkins
Performing arts’ contribution far exceeds the risk of guaranteeing cover
‘The Overseas Student’ tells the story of a shy young man in search of knowledge — and vegetarian food
It’s not subtle, but Sean Holmes’s exuberant staging works well as a welcome back party
In a short made by the FT, the playwright explores how Covid has led to a further erosion of our privacy
Hit show calls on ‘players’ to come to a consensus, raising questions about leadership, compromise, power and control
From Ian McKellen and Cush Jumbo as Hamlet to adaptations of ‘Amelie’ and ‘Back to the Future’, the coming months promise a tempting array of productions
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