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Bedroom tales in Three More Sleepless Nights

2009-08-02T23:00:00Z

Three More Sleepless Nights would work better in a more intimate space than the 890�seat Lyttelton.

Savage stew of passion in Thyestes

2009-06-07T23:00:00Z

The atmosphere of Polly Findlay's production of Thyestes is claustrophobic and forbidding.

Banging his head against that Wall

2009-04-19T23:00:00Z

In Wall, David Hare turns his formidable attention to the Israeli security fence, which will one day be four times as long as the Berlin Wall.

Over There documents young man's disillusion

2009-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mark Ravenhill has hit upon an arresting dramatic conceit to convey complex ideas and emotions in Over There.

An almost touching night at the theatre

2009-03-03T08:41:25Z

A couple are bickering in a poky room. She is trying to assemble an Ikea shelving unit with a spoon with little success

Flap and fuss in Seven Jewish Children

2009-02-13T00:00:00Z

A post-show collection for a Palestinian charity doesn�t send out the most balanced message ever after Seven Jewish Children.

Lives in thrall to celebrity

2008-04-02T23:00:00Z

Bliss attempts to put trashy magazines titles and their readers in the spotlight. However, it resembles an overworked exercise on a creative writing course.

Thea Sharrock is a National star

2008-01-14T11:43:18Z

Can modern urban women have it all? asks a new play. Not without a struggle, says theatre's hottest female talent, director Thea Sharrock.

From Shameless to National treasure

2007-11-27T11:00:23Z

Anne-Marie Duff claims she was 'the runt of the year' at drama school - but now she has picked up the Evening Standard Best Actress prize for her astonishing portrayal of Saint Joan.

Polly's dramatic debut

2007-11-26T13:35:12Z

Polly Stenham's first play, That Face, caused a sensation at the Royal Court. Now, two years after leaving school, she is nominated for the Charles Wintour Most Promising Playwright Award.

How sex shook up the empire

2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

Cloud Nine makes glorious fun of Anglo-Saxon guilt about the naughtiness of erotic acts outside the sacred realms of marriage

The actress taking on the mother of all roles

2007-08-17T11:04:27Z

Lesley Manville is taking on the lead role in a stage adaptation of Pedro Almodovar's All About My Mother - alongside transsexual prostitutes, lesbian divas and a pregnant nun.

Epic heart of darkness

2007-08-14T11:56:51Z

Riding high in her career, celebrated theatre director Thea Sharrock tells Siobhan Murphy why she is restaging an uncompromising play on one of London's biggest stages.

Menopause jokes fail to flush out laughs

2007-04-18T23:00:00Z

Menopause The Musical has been performed in 110 cities in front of 8.7 million people, but Bruce Dessau didn't find much to laugh at when the show opened in London.

Courting controversy

2007-02-06T12:23:25Z

The Royal Court should provoke, says its new director Dominic Cooke in his first interview, and he plans to do just that.

Critic's choice: Top 5 plays

2006-12-18T15:14:12Z

Tamsin Greig delivers winning shots in Much Ado About Nothing, Coram Boy offers a Christmas Carol-type uplift and it's the last chance to see Caryl Churchill's flight into theatrical fantasy.

Critic's choice: top 5 plays

2006-12-05T16:19:07Z

Felicity Kendal's poignant turn, a horrifying plant and a riveting interview with David Frost are among the current West End treats.

Critic's choice: top 5 plays

2006-12-05T16:19:04Z

Romance with Billy Zane and Clare Bloom, some horrifying plants, and Nicholas de Jongh

A very special relationship

2006-11-23T00:00:00Z

Caryl Churchill's latest play, Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?, is both a critique of US foreign policy and an astonishing piece of theatre, thinks Nicholas de Jongh.

A return to Exiles

2006-07-31T23:00:00Z

Theatre interview: James Macdonald is best known for directing new plays by playwrights at the more radical, experimental end of the spectrum. He explains to Claire Allfree why he's tackling a rare James Joyce play about infidelity.