Text of the day: “Our subject is, you see, impelled towards the good by, paradoxically, being impelled towards evil.”

Travel back to the 1970s for a political docu-drama that’s high on circumstantial detail, but low on drama

Text of the day: “So I made a decision.”

Welcome back Ché Walker — your verbally dexterous LA story really sings with passion and tragedy

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

New Rupert Murdoch saga by James Graham is too detailed and too overblown to be gripping

Yes, it’s spooky! Coups de theatre and sudden shocks in trilogy of shorts from television duo

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

Jack Thorne’s account of local austerity politics is at its best when it pulls down its pants to expose excruciating emotions

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

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

Tom Hiddleston is back! And in excellent form in Jamie Lloyd’s revelatory revival of the 1978 Pinter classic

The fraught relationship between Thatcher and the Queen creates hilarious theatrical sparks

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

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

New drama about Alzheimer’s and genetic testing is fully felt, thrillingly structured and emotionally riveting

Laura Wade’s return to the stage is a bright satire about marriage and nostalgic fantasy

Thought of the day: “The Court is a slightly crazy place.”

New play about the plight of children in a Palestinian town has good moments, but lacks a really compelling story

American play about the use of virtual reality for pain relief has neat visuals, but is a bit thin

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

Fact of the day: the live broadcast on More4 of James Graham’s The Vote (Donmar) on 7 May was seen by more than half a million people, peaking at 555,000 at 9.30pm.

Inua Ellams’s new play about fatherhood and masculinity has a vigorously enjoyable global reach

New monologue about one man’s mental breakdown and his obsession with foxes is strong but too long

Six Philip Ridley monologues about extreme emotions offer trips to apocalyptic futures, outer space and erotics

New drama about the downfall of Margaret Thatcher is theatrically exciting and immensely enjoyable

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

Triumphant, if crude, West End transfer of a heartfelt account of a Renaissance woman who has been hidden from history

New historical epic about Englishness grandly takes to the Olivier stage, and empties the auditorium

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

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

David Suchet is majestically magnificent in excellent revival of Arthur Miller’s 1968 family drama

A powerful monologue about a knife crime is powerfully restaged in a rundown South London shop