Sylvia shows the Pankhursts were stubborn, ruthless, hypocritical – and successful
The Old Vic’s new musical depicts fallible women – rather than one-dimensional feminist heroines.
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The distinctly millennial rising star of the Edinburgh Fringe
A BBC New Comedy Award finalist, Jacob Hawley uses his show to rally against Brexit, and lampoon outdated ideas of race, sexuality and…
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“I don’t struggle for material”: politics keeps providing for Edinburgh Fringe satirists
It’s a laugh or cry situation, and comedians Lolly Jones, Pierre Novellie and Matt Forde are trying to ensure festival goers are…
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The best of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018
Moral debate and questions of the right to offend dominate this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
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The Globe’s Othello and the National’s Home, I’m Darling suffer opposing problems
The former is oddly depoliticised, while the latter wants to make political points, but never quite lands them.
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Allelujah! Is Alan Bennett’s best work in years
This NHS drama is his brightest, tightest and most satisfying play since 1991’s The Madness of George III.
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The Lehman Trilogy at the National: spectacular, elegant perfection
Simon Russell Beale, Ben Miles and Adam Godley play a whole host of men, women, babies and a range of…
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The Jungle: an urgent play gives a voice to refugees
The squalor - and hope - of the lives of asylum seekers has never been better portrayed.
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