Sean Holmes chucks songs by The Smiths and speeches from Romeo and Juliet into this baggy production

A packed twelve months of big shows and big names await theatre audiences in the capital - here’s our guide to what to book

Lyndsey Turner’s revival of Caryl Churchill’s 2002 cloning drama brings two renowned actors back to the stage

Ria Zmitrowicz is transfixing in this madly ambitious new play from Alistair McDowall

This self-created star vehicle from the Downton actor needs a better script

London has been Gilbert & George’s muse for more than half a century. Here they tell Nick Curtis about the art they created for this issue and their enduring love of the East End

The big numbers are ravishing in this stage version of Baz Luhrmann’s high-camp 2001 film classic, but the romance doesn’t sizzle

Anthony Ofoegbu gives a great performance as a middle-aged black man wrestling with pain, but the writing is frustratingly oblique

It’s a bonkers idea to make a musical out of this wildcard WWII manoeuvre, but it just about works

This inept production won’t do much for the reputation of Israeli absurdist Hanoch Levin

It’s baggy in places, but Poirot fans will love this night of anecdotes from David Suchet

Michael Longhurst’s stage adaptation of Ruben Östlund’s 2014 film looks amazing - and acts out a big moral debate

This stiff production addresses questions about who owns a nation’s culture with clunking obviousness

London theatre made a triumphant return after a tough year - our critics choose the highlights

What a quiet 12 months! Oh wait… From England’s Euros heroes to Covid chaos and billionaires behaving badly, were you paying attention to the highs and lows? Nick Curtis brings you 18 fiendishly fun questions

The actress is captivating as the legendary literary agent Peggy Ramsay, but the play itself is hard to entirely care about

In farce, timing is everything, and the timing of this production is off

Wow. Just wow

James Graham traces the culture wars back to a series of 1968 TV debates - and the parallels are undeniable

Philip Pullman’s prequel to His Dark Materials makes for a breathlessly hectic jumble of events on stage