Theatre Reviews

Tracy-Ann Oberman commands a sharp study of antisemitism in The Merchant of Venice 1936

In the current geopolitical climate, Shakespeare's 400-year-old play could not be more relevant

In Backstairs Billy, Penelope Wilton makes a magnificent Queen Mother

The Time Traveller's Wife hasn't aged well - but it'll have you weeping

Article thumbnail: KING LEAR by Shakespeare, , Director - Kenneth Branagh, Set and Costume Design - Jon Bausor, Projection - Nina Dunn, Lighting Design - Paul Keogan, Choreography - Aletta Collins, Fight Director - Bret Yount, The Kenneth Branagh Company, 2023, Credit: Johan Persson/ Jessica Revell (Fool) and Kenneth Branagh (Lear) King Lear Wyndham's Theatre Credit: Johan Persson Provided by skye@breadandbutterpr.uk

King Lear is naff - Kenneth Branagh needs to stop directing himself

Lyonesse is the most barking thing I've seen in a long time

Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage's new drama Clyde's fails to convince

Free Your Mind, Danny Boyle's ‘Matrix’ reimagining, is totally eye-popping

Fiona Mountford

West End standing ovations are out of control. Please sit down

In Sunset Boulevard Nicole Scherzinger sure can sing - but why the standing ovations?

Bob Dylan won a Nobel Prize for his lyrics - why didn't Stephen Sondheim?