King Lear review – Yaël Farber’s modern-dress take is shockingly vicious and supremely moving
The set is a marvel, the performances are electric and the ending – with Lear raging and trembling in a hospital gown on the heath – is profoundly tragic
October 2021
The Tragedy of Macbeth review – Yaël Farber’s blood-curdling terror
Saoirse Ronan and James McArdle star in a production with emotional spark, palpable dread and a horrifying beauty
May 2021
Saoirse Ronan to make UK stage debut in feminist Macbeth
Four-time Oscar nominee reunited with James McArdle in the Almeida theatre’s staging of the Shakespeare tragedy
July 2020
Danny Sapani: 'We must teach the truth about British history'
The actor, who stars in the National Theatre’s stream of Les Blancs, says schools must acknowledge the damage done by colonialism – to strengthen the bonds of a multicultural society
October 2019
The week in theatre: “Mr Harold”… and the boys; Blood Wedding; Macbeth – review
Athol Fugard’s masterly apartheid drama, lyrical Irish Lorca, and a tragically stately Macbeth
September 2019
Blood Wedding review – bold and beautiful tale of doom
Yaël Farber’s visceral production, relocating the action to rural Ireland, retains all the potency of Lorca’s play about tribal vengeance
May 2017
Salomé review – Yaël Farber's portentous take on the myth is a headache
The celebrated writer-director’s attempt to radically update and reclaim the story is hamstrung by a terrible text and an over-complex staging
July 2014
The Crucible review – full of raw, visceral power
Yaël Farber's extraordinary production of Arthur Miller's tale of the Salem witch hunt retains its disturbing relevance today, writes Michael Billington
