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David Ireland’s new one-act comedy at Soho Theatre stars Lauren Lyle and Alexander Arnold as an odd couple dealing with the morning after a one-night stand

Noah and his people-pleasing gentile girlfriend Maud (Callie Cooke) have put up a Christmas tree and fairylights. The jittery, combative Tamara resents these Christian/pagan intrusions. But then, she seems to…

This revival of a typically elegant but second-rank play by Tom Stoppard, about a free-spirited female poet’s adventures in British-occupied India in 1930, has gained new poignancy following his recent…

Instead, Barrett uses the full armoury of stage frights, from crash blackouts and sudden blaring rock music, to jump scares wrought through sound and lighting effects, to put the willies…

This celebration of a gilded interwar age is sluggish where it should sparkle, the pace slow

Throughout, the slapstick is expertly handled. Tannahill’s Jonathan, as Jacob Marley, ends up dragging a chair, a bed and the hapless Trevor across the stage in his chains. Later, Trevor…

Lauren Lyle has been killing it on screen in Karen Pirie and Toxic Town this year, and his now hitting the stage for another jaw-dropping role

Elliott, who looks like an escapee from a Nick Cave ensemble or possibly the Manson family, and is framed in a corner by banks of keyboards, drums and guitars, announces…

Artistic Director of the Young Vic, Nadia Fall, tells us about her rebellious vision and why theatres are ‘anti-fascist spaces’

This revival of Stephen Sondheim’s clever musical is packed with terrific performances as classic fairytale characters lose their way in the darkness