Othello, RSC Straford, review: 'electrifying'
Casting Lucian Msamati as Iago in Shakespeare's classic offers a crucial shift of perspective that is long overdue, says Dominic Cavendish
View ArticleEducating Rita, Chichester Festival Theatre, review: 'A nervous start, but...
Willy Russell's comedy starring Henry is a bit creaky round the edges. But its anger still rings strong, says Claire Allfree
View ArticleJM Barrie's lost play to be revived at the author's old school
Peter Pan writer's lost play to be revived thanks to funding drive by Joanna Lumley
View ArticleBandelero the Bandit: JM Barrie's lost play
The Peter Pan creator's first drama is a rapid-fire tale of lovable rogues, dastardly villains and romance, says Mark Brown
View ArticleLove's Labour's Lost, Bard in the Botanics Festival Glasgow, review:...
Scotland's festival of Shakespeare got off to a great start and sent Mark Brown home smiling
View Articlewonder.land, Manchester International Festival, review: ''Not a disaster, but...
Technological innovation produces a new musical lacking the wonder stuff
View ArticlePink Mist, Bristol Old Vic, review: 'it sends you reeling'
This is a hard-hitting, new play about the lives of three soldiers after they return from Afghanistan, says Dominic Cavendish
View ArticleBette Midler, Birmingham Barclaycard Arena, review: 'The comic timing of Joan...
Despite a late star, this was a show worth hanging around for, says John Nathan
View ArticleShe Stoops to Conquer, Theatre Royal Bath, review: 'delightful'
Brought boldly into the 1920s, Oliver Goldsmith's enduring comedy deserved louder laughs, says Dominic Cavendish
View ArticleVolpone, RSC, Stratford, review: 'contorted'
Henry Goodman's Volpone is a thoroughly recognisable rogue but the skimpy plot's accumulated contortions create diminishing returns, says Dominic Cavendish
View ArticleCan Dostoevsky be funny?
The Russian master's characters are hilarious forebears of the internet troll, says Tom Basden
View ArticleNeck of the Woods, Manchester International Festival, review: 'the...
This isn't theatre, it's an art installation set to music, says Claire Allfree
View ArticleConfusions, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, review
In this production, jauntily directed by Ayckbourn himself, Confusions is revealed unquestionably as a period piece steeped in the sexual politics of the 1970s, says Claire Allfree
View ArticleThe Crocodile, Pavilion Theatre, Manchester, review: 'Simon Bird takes on...
Dostoyevsky's satirical fable about a man eaten alive by a crocodile gets a witty, infectiously enjoyable update, says Jane Shilling
View ArticleMack & Mabel, Chichester Festival Theatre, review: 'has real West End potential'
This revival of Jerry Herman's 1974 musical is irresistibly entertaining
View ArticleEnniskillen Beckett Festival, review: 'a chance to both soul-search and...
A Samuel Beckett festival provides a unique opportunity to combine sightseeing with thoughts of loneliness and death, says Dominic Cavendish
View ArticleTalking Heads, Theatre Royal Bath, review: taking on 'the hallowed memory of...
Alan Bennett's monologues transfer to the stage with mixed results, says Dominic Cavendish
View ArticleEdinburgh Fringe 2015: 10 top tips for survival
The Edinburgh Fringe is wonderful, says Mark Monahan, but be sure to keep your wits about you
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