My Father’s Fable review – a slick delve into identity and complicated family relationships
‘We needed this’: UK audiences thirsty for black British love stories, says playwright
May 2024
‘The body is everything’: Sung Im Her’s insatiable desire for dance
Each time she takes the stage, the Korean choreographer and dancer asks if it will be the last time. She reflects on crushing stereotypes, breaking into theatre and her 100 failed auditions
April 2024
The week in theatre: Machinal; Blue Beard; The Cord – review
The Cord review – daggers of judgment as a birth rocks a family
February 2024
Shifters review – drama of first love lost has giddy kisses and real heart
This Might Not Be It review – NHS office politics through the looking-glass
December 2023
Dreaming and Drowning review – a visceral but lyrical look at anxiety and acceptance
Kwame Owusu’s language dances on the tongue of athletic performer Tienne Simon in this monologue about a young, sci-fi-loving gay man’s struggles to fit in and find love
August 2023
As We Face the Sun review – school trip is a warm-hearted homage to adolescence
A young cast excels in this effervescent new play by Kit Withington, as young classmates reflect on a tragedy
June 2023
A Playlist for the Revolution review – Hong Kong romcom turns serious
Set against a backdrop of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, AJ Yi’s thought-provoking and zingy culture-clash comedy contrasts online bedroom activism with the real thing
May 2023
August in England review – Lenny Henry’s remarkable one-man show about the Windrush scandal
The actor makes his debut as a playwright with a richly detailed character study, performing with warm humour and outrage at injustice
March 2023
The week in theatre: Top Girls; The Great British Bake Off Musical; Sleepova; Oklahoma! – review
Sleepova review – a captivating safe space for teenage dreams and fears
January 2023
Sheridan Smith on stage: from Hedda Gabler to Elle Woods – in pictures
2023 culture preview
It’s showtime! Stage sensations to watch out for in 2023
December 2022
Paradise Now! review – sharp satire of girlboss extremes
The Kola Nut Does Not Speak English review – slow-bloom show full of familial love
November 2022
Josie Rourke: ‘If Shakespeare was alive now he’d be under commission to Nica Burns’
As You Like It comes to London’s new venue @sohoplace this winter. The play’s director and the theatre’s owner discuss arts cuts, the industry’s gender balance and the pandemic
October 2022
Elephant review – magnetic monologue on mixed-race identity in Britain
In her melodic debut play, Anoushka Lucas asks difficult questions about her own existence, the origins of her beloved piano and the British class system
September 2022
The week in theatre: Handbagged; The Cherry Orchard; Clutch – review
Moira Buffini’s damning satire imagining the Queen’s weekly meetings with Margaret Thatcher acquires poignancy; James Macdonald directs Chekhov in outer space; and a driving lesson for us all
