Middle review – marital and midlife reckoning brings gags and gripes
Gentle comedy leavens David Eldridge’s sequel about a couple mired in the swamps of regrets and resentments
October 2021
The week in theatre: Maryland; The Tragedy of Macbeth; White Noise
White Noise review – an enormous provocation of a play
June 2020
Foul is fair: stunning shots of Shakespeare's Macbeth – in pictures
As the RSC’s production starring Christopher Eccleston is broadcast on BBC Four, take a look back at some of the most arresting stagings of the ‘Scottish play’
April 2020
Lockdown culture
'Thank goodness they made Jim Hawkins a lady!' Patsy Ferran on Treasure Island
As the National Theatre’s 2014 staging of the classic adventure is streamed online, its star remembers her breakthrough year
February 2020
The week in theatre: A Number; The Visit; Alone in Berlin – review
A Number review – Caryl Churchill's clone fable counts cost of progress
May 2019
Rutherford and Son review – Roger Allam is magnificent in Edwardian classic
Allam shines as the tyrannical capitalist patriarch at the heart of Githa Sowerby’s powerful story of a society in transition
June 2018
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie review – words are weapons in smart take on Spark
Lia Williams is superb in David Harrower’s adaptation of the classic novel, directed by Polly Findlay
May 2018
Polly Findlay: ‘It’s a thrilling time to be working in theatre’
The director on staging The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, why she’s not on social media, and her next ‘project’
March 2018
Macbeth review – Eccleston is every inch the rugged soldier
Christopher Eccleston and Niamh Cusack star in an RSC production that moves at a lick but sometimes lacks subtlety
October 2017
Beginning review – sozzled loners seek a connection in the tech age
David Eldridge’s new play is a poignant real-time examination of relationships with two damaged people reaching out at the end of a party
September 2017
RSC chooses female directors for all plays in summer 2018 season
Royal Shakespeare Company’s artistic director says decision to name first ever all-woman lineup was not a deliberate act
