The Diver is an exploratory fusion of traditional Japanese Noh and contemporary western drama. A woman is accused of murdering her lover’s family, but will speak only in the voices of…

The Ugly One is a play about outward appearances, and this production at the Royal Court’s Jerwood Theatre Downstairs deliberately pays no attention at all to its own outward appearance. Every…

Alexander Fiske-Harrison’s new play at the Jermyn Street Theatre is well-made in every sense of the term. He presents a solidly written story of love and jealousy, twisted with social…

Going to the theatre with my mother is always a challenge. She likes more sequins per square inch than I’m really comfortable with, and as far as she’s concerned all…

The National Theatre’s Olivier stage is set to fulfil our dullest expectations of Jacobean tragedy. Faded squares on the drab brown walls suggest paintings sold to stave off poverty. The…

The Sputnik Theatre production of Oleg Bogayev’s Russian National Mail was staged in the old Anatomy Theatre of King’s College. Exploiting the evocative quality of the Anatomy Theatre’s current dilapidated state,…

Macunaíma, from the Dende Collective, is showing as part of the ‘Lyric Firsts’ season. Adapted from a founding text of Brazilian modernism, this work-in-progress is centrally concerned with cultural cannibalism,…

It’s pretty grim out there. Israel’s invading Gaza, England are getting knocked out of the World Cup, and all over the world terrible things are happening to people who all…

I left the Soho Theatre after watching Philip Ridley’s new play with a sense of confusion. Prior to this, I had not seen or read any of his work, so…