Text of the day: “Cor, what a miserable rainy day!”

Tim Crouch returns! And his experimental exploration of belief and determinism is touched by genius

A short evening of satirical swipes at politicians, plotters and prophets is only fitfully funny and occasionally sharp

Pix of the week: sneak preview of The Time Traveler’s Guide to British Theatre.

The longest-running play in world history is in good shape, despite the lackluster and mechanical cast

On the 50th anniversary of 1968 David Edgar looks back at his younger self and explores the results of radical politics

New blood courses through the veins of the West End’s longest-running musical

Nick Stafford’s sturdy beast rides again — and retains its colt-like freshness and wild beauty

Explore the work of a handful of British theatre’s brightest and most exciting writing talents

New staging of Shelagh Delaney’s 1958 play is more of a vivid cartoon than a reimagined classic

New play about a lost teenage youth has an impressive production, but is thin on plot and character

Censorship appears to be simple, but is actually quite complicated.

Frank, funny and occasionally ferocious revival of the late Kevin Elyot’s 1982 Bush Theatre debut

This time, I have taken a critical look at about 75 years of British theatre history.

Text of the day: “The only thing you are infected with is fear.”

French meta-theatrical update of Klaus Mann’s classic novel has some brilliant moments, but lacks metaphorical force

The death of David Bowie provokes the Critic to take a trip down the motorways and side alleys of memory

Sarah Kane’s last play is completely revitalized in this revival by Deafinitely Theatre

The Critic releases a howl of anguish as he goes against the will of the people

Super-star James McAvoy triumphs in Martin Crimp’s magnificent makeover of the French classic: a jaw-dropping success!

David Greig’s much-lauded mountaineering survival story fails to reach the dizzy heights

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s television hit returns to the stage, still rocking with laughter and coolness

This time, I have time travelled with my companion Lia Ghilardi, crossing four hundred years of British theatre history.

New drama about a transgender lesbian is not only hugely enjoyable, but also thought-provoking

Magnificent futuristic fantasy is a political fable that examines both the monarchy and the media

David Hare’s latest is set in an alternative reality that is more 2008 than 2018

James Graham does it again: his account of the “coughing major” scandal is great entertainment

The poet laureate’s verbatim play about Brexit sinks into journalistic and untheatrical banality

Toff antics, nostalgic politics and troubled masculinity in Laura Wade’s exceptionally pertinent new play

Welcome new play about China is fascinating, but also a bit too complicated and too dense

Magnificent revival of David Greig’s 1990s visionary classic is timely, tough and tender, brutal and brilliant

In the Brexit era, this site-specific revival of Agatha Christie’s 1953 courtroom drama works like a treat

Comedy about Labour Party history is starry, but politically reactionary and tediously overblown

More overviews of British new writing from the In-Yer-Face Theatre archive.

One woman’s journey to explore the legacy of the slave trade is brilliantly personal and provocative