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Multilayered musical by Ivo van Hove and Rufus Wainwright opens at the Gielgud theatre, London
The director discusses ‘Player Kings’ and doing away with bogus Shakespearean acting
Collective Ma’louba’s show at Aviva Studios in Manchester gets lost in metatheatrical tangles
The London revival of Brian Friel’s 1979 play is a spellbinding staging of a tricksy, resonant work
Zinnie Harris’s adaptation at the Rose Theatre in Kingston mixes Shakespeare’s text with colloquial domestic dialogue
David Cale’s drama at London’s Ambassadors Theatre toys with identity and performance
The expertly choreographed staging at the Garrick Theatre, London, thrives on its performers’ chemistry
JT Rogers’ new play in New York is a breathless account of a complex story
Truths are revealed in a traditionally-clad production of Chekhov’s drama
Organisations can become resistant to the need to demonstrate that what they are doing actually works
Are West End prices for an obscured view and a cricked neck, just a well-deserved rebuke to the toffee-nosed theatre-going metropolitan elite?
The ‘Succession’ star on his ‘dirt poor’ youth, taking on ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’ and why Logan Roy was ‘misunderstood’
How to lift the spirits this month
Moving drama about the founding father of the health service unfolds as a dreamlike fantasia at the National Theatre
Her terrific performance as a victim of misogyny is the chief asset of this production at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London
The brown carpet and supermarket lemonade sum up a national tendency to over-promise and under-deliver
The unlikely pairing of Imogen Holst and Benjamin Britten is the focus of this new RSC drama in Stratford-upon-Avon
Lucy Kirkwood’s ambitious play views history through the filter of romantic fiction
German playwright Marius von Mayenburg’s disturbing satire comes to the Young Vic, London
Alfred Hitchcock and Vincent Price are among the characters in this ingenious play at London’s Hampstead Theatre
Anaïs Mitchell and Rachel Chavkin’s retelling of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice lights up the Lyric Theatre
Toby Lloyd’s debut novel eschews easy answers as it deploys shifting voices to weave a modern horror story
There’s an ever rousing market for programmes, T-shirts and props
Contemporary resonances run through Thomas Ostermeier’s staging of Ibsen’s drama at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London
Yaël Farber’s searing Shakespeare production features a towering performance from Danny Sapani
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