Murder in The Dark ★★
Torben Betts’ Murder in The Dark poses the scary question: what happens when the lights go out?
Drama
The Circle ★★★
The Circle, Somerset Maugham’s comedy of manners, asks the timeless question: can one generation learn from their parents’ mistakes?
Turning The Screw ★★★
Turning The Screw sees composer Benjamin Britten grappling with his desires amid the pink panic of the 1950s
Deathtrap ★★★★
The classic cat-and-mouse thriller Deathtrap is given a new lease of life (and death) at the Mill at Sonning
Two Sisters ★★★
Two Sisters, David Greig’s first full play in five years, examines the gap between who we were when we were 16 and who we become when we grow up
That Girl vs The World ★★★★★
That Girl vs The World is the real-life story of culture war around a drag story-time in South London – told from an inside perspective
Twelve Angry Men (touring) ★★★★
Twelve Angry Men, Reginald Rose’s classic courtroom drama, explores what it is to hold someone’s life in your hands
A Mirror (West End) ★★★
The posters for Sam Holcroft’s A Mirror proclaim “This Play Is A Lie”. The Recs plunges into this play within a play within…
Macbeth – Donmar Warehouse ★★★★★
Max Webster’s psychologically-astute production of Macbeth is an unnerving revelation
The Woman In Black (touring) ★★★★
After 33 years haunting the West End, Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black embarks on a UK tour