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
Drama
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
The Girl In The Green Room ★★★★★
The Bridge House Theatre offers a spooky new drama by Luke Adamson – The Girl In The Green Room – that guarantees plenty of theatrical thrills.
King Lear (Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company) ★★★
Kenneth Branagh plays the title role and directs this decidedly-different new production of William Shakespeare’s King Lear.
Hamnet ★★★★
The RSC’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s evocative novel Hamnet arrives in London’s West End
The Standard Short Long Drop ★★★
Rachel Garnet’s two-hander about a pair of cell mates in Victorian York gets a London premiere in a new theatre space