Stephe Harrop

This is a production fascinated by the psychological dissection of individual souls, but without much concern for the real-world consequences of its protagonists’ moral and marital manoeuvres.

A confident, charming, polished and thoroughly reliable seasonal entertainment for the very littlest theatre-goers.

This unconventional bio-drama is like a macabre inversion of the usual Christmas theatre outing.

Petrushka is an ambitious conglomeration of jokes, dance, music, tragedy and magic tricks.

Even-handed and humane, Alison’s House is another timely and thought-provoking find from The Orange Tree.

Found in the Ground isn’t calculated to accommodate the Barker novice, or anyone with a low-ish boredom threshold.

It’s hard not to be impressed by a show that handles a demanding crowd so deftly, charming kids and adults alike, without ever seeming to try too hard.

In Jackson Lane Theatre’s season of carnivalesque events, The Sugar Beast Circus and Milkwood Rodeo display a keen desire to interrogate the tawdry, magical, dreadful world of the circus.

With fewer histrionics, and greater faith in the actors’ ability to make us care, Kitty and Damnation would be a much stronger piece of theatre.

This is Euripides without tears, a happy ending snatched from catastrophe, and the funniest Greek tragedy you’re likely to come across.