Patrice Chéreau's direction emphasises the rhythmic and at the same time calculatedly fractured nature of Jon Fosse's writing in I Am The Wind ... more
Public relations boss Lord Chadlington hits out at suggestions that his firm Huntsworth is an "apologist" for Belarus after it opened an office in the authoritarian former Soviet state... more
A decade by decade examination of the African-American experience in the 20th century, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is one of the undoubted masterpieces of modern theatre.... more
Three major productions with a black lead actor are playing to packed houses in London. The days of token casting may finally be over, says Nosheen Iqbal.... more
Tarell Alvin McCraney has been voted Most Promising Playwright at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Here the young American reveals how a childhood of violence and abuse shapes his plays... more
English National Opera is joining forces with the Young Vic to create a new kind of opera out of a film by David Lynch. Something as bold as this could work only in London, says its director Diane Paulus.... more
Britain's favourite satirist says he's given up on the Prime Minister, taken up translating for the stage and is not sorry that he made a fool of Margaret Beckett.... more
Lasting just 30 minutes, Generations is an oblique, metaphoric lament for the death and devastation wrought by Aids in Africa, voiced by seven terrific actors.... more
"If there have been less amusing classic comedy revivals since the Eighties I have luckily missed them" - Nicholas de Jongh's damning verdict on The Soldiers' Fortune.... more
Tobias And The Angel opened the new season at the newly refurbished Young Vic - and a more all-embracing and deeply charming modern opera you could not wish for, says Kieron Quirke.... more
The Young Vic re-opens its doors tonight following a £12.5 million redevelopment. Jude Law's favourite artistic haunt in the capital, has been closed for two years. ... more
A nudity-drenched Cabaret, plus the Young Vic's first play after its refit and a new-old Godot are some of the treats in store next week, says Richard Godwin.... more
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