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The Changeling, Young Vic - review

First night: Jam, jelly and custard do not usually play a large part in The Changeling. The opening night shows a messy approach to a tale of tragedy and vengeance Comments

Wayne McGregor/Candoco/Hofesh Shechter, Sadler's Wells - review

At first sight this evening was a pretty disparate bit of packaging. An excerpt from Wayne McGregor's FAR was followed by Set and Reset/Reset, Candoco Dance Company's reworking of an Eighties minimalist classic by Trisha Brown Comments

The Dream/Song of the Earth/Royal Ballet, Covent Garden - review

The unenviable task of making us forget that there was ever a Sergei Polunin at the Royal Ballet fell to Steven McRae, and was made all the more difficult by the role in which he had to do it Comments

The Pitchfork Disney, Arcola - review

Ridley's writing delights in metaphor and is often intriguing, yet it's rather too effortfully enigmatic. Ultimately the surrealism and operatic gestures feel punishing Comments

She Stoops to Conquer, National (Olivier) - review

First night: She Stoops To Conquer is almost 240 years old, but Oliver Goldsmith's tightly plotted play seems wonderfully youthful in this fizzy production Comments

Port Authority, Southwark Playhouse - review

Despite flashes of lyricism and humour this production doesn't grip us. Although McPherson's piece is inherently static, the decision to seat the actors in front of an array of empty crates emphasises the lack of vitality Comments (1)

Katherine Kelly on theatre and in Coronation Street

Street star's West End coronation

Former Coronation Street actress Katherine Kelly has been hailed as a new star of the West End stage after swapping leopardskin and Lycra for the corsets of 18th Century comedy Comments (1)

She Stoops to Conquer, National (Olivier) - review

Midnight Tango, Aldwych Theatre - review

Strictly Come Dancing stars Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace hang their tango showcase on a narrative thread - twinned tales of a boy overcoming his sleazy rival to win the girl, and an elderly couple rekindling the fire in their relationship Comments

Men in Motion, Sadler's Wells - review

Striking passages - like the intimately simple waltzes between the men which end with Sillis throwing himself foetally into Putrov's arms - but too much stodge between them Comments (1)

Tattoos, tutus and tantrums at Royal Ballet

Dance company's party-loving star sleeps it off after making a dramatic exit Comments (6)

The House of Bernarda Alba, Almeida - review

In Bijan Sheibani's production of Federico Garc�a Lorca's final play, the action has been transposed from rural Spain to Iran. It's a decision that feels wilful Comments

The Taming of the Shrew, RST - review

There's an intriguing statistic in the programme. Between 1908 and 1944, The Taming of the Shrew was staged almost every year in Stratford. Since 1960, however, there have been a more modest 13 RSC versions Comments

The Trial of Ubu, Hampstead Theatre - review

First night: Courtroom drama is always popular, and Simon Stephens subverts the conventions of the genre in this sharply contemporary piece, inventively directed by Katie Mitchell Comments (1)

Hustle's Lester to play Othello as stars of TV screen light up new season at National

Hustle star Adrian Lester will take the part of Othello in a star-studded new season at the National Theatre Comments (1)

Nobel author flies in to watch his 1963 play at Soho theatre

A Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian author stunned the London cast of one of his plays by flying in for its opening night Comments (1)

Sherlock and Sheridan are the critics' choice

Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch and musicals sweetheart Sheridan Smith have been crowned king and queen of theatre by the critics Comments (1)

Gallery: Critics' Circle Theatre Awards

The Madness of George III, Apollo - review

It's delightful to report that, from the very first sparkling line, David Haig seizes upon this once-in-a-lifetime gift of a part from Alan Bennett and makes it his own Comments

Theatre's new power couple

In a first for London's leading theatres two women, artistic director Josie Rourke and producer Kate Pakenham have taken charge of the Donmar. Change is coming, they tell Nick Curtis Comments (1)

King John, Union - review

It's little wonder that King John is rarely performed. Described by one writer as "the runt in the litter" of Shakespeare's history plays, it's an uneasy ragbag of catastrophe and irony, with none of the grandeur we've come to expect from a cavalcade of Henrys Comments

Constellations, Royal Court Upstairs - review

Few theatres enjoyed a better 2011 than the Royal Court, and Constellations serves impressive notice that the venue intends to carry on in the same vein this year Comments