The National Theatre’s The Grapes of Wrath does the novel justice
Theatre cannot recreate the characterless vignettes John Steinbeck called his “generals”, but compensates with atmosphere.
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James Corden’s comedy of menace
Joe Penhall’s new play The Constituent, starring Corden and Anna Maxwell Martin, is a funny, disturbing vision of public service…
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A new A View from the Bridge captures the play’s humour and darkness
The Crown’s Dominic West is compelling as the working-class, Italian-American longshoreman Eddie Carbone.
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The sensory delights of Spirited Away
The London Coliseum’s stage version of the Studio Ghibli film is a feat of both engineering and aesthetics.
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The Artist is a triumphant spectacle
This stage adaptation turns the film into a dazzling theatrical production.
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Hofesh Shechter’s From England with Love questions national identity
The Southbank Centre dance production is a paean to Englishness, blending Purcell with rock and electronics.
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Opening Night: why was this confusing, unloveable musical made?
Ivo Van Hove and Rufus Wainwright’s adaptation of John Cassavetes’ 1977 film is a chaotic and masochistic project.
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How Swan Lake became a cultural phenomenon
Tchaikovsky’s celebrated ballet is an aesthetic movement in the West – but in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, it has become a…
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