Set in Germany during the Nazi regime of the 1930s following the government-organised Kristallnacht attacks on Jewish people, the play follows the increasingly desperate attempts by the fictional Otto ...

Nobody has previously suggested that surtitles might be used for theatrical productions presented in viewers’ native ...

This comedy whodunnit is set in Victorian London. In the West End, performers are dying mid-scene. Scotland Yard rules out ...

With the addition of the 2024 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream featuring Matthew Baynton, all plays recorded live in ...

Calls to ban John Steinbeck’s classic yet divisive work Of Mice and Men because of concerns about racism and the use of ...

In Doubt a parable, headteacher of St Nicholas School Sister Aloysius (Maxine Peake) becomes suspicious of the priest’s ...

Just listen to the words. Listen to their mix of consoling faith and existential angst. How to draw comedy from this—Chekhov ...

Ian Hislop and Nick Newman’s The autobiography of a CAD, adapted from A G Macdonell’s 1938 novel, is a biting funny satire ...

There was a real wartime experiment involving anthrax but, though it has a symbolic role here, in contrast to concern for nature, Outlying Islands is about people rather than biological weaponry, ...

Caryl Churchill's plays always challenge the audience, but these two short pieces, which former Royal Exchange Artistic ...

Dennis Kelly’s tour de force, his one-woman play Girls & Boys, has been performed only once in this country, if my research ...

Frances Land and Steve Johnstone, co-artistic directors of Black Country Touring, will step down in autumn 2025 after leading ...