Stylish revival of Harley Granville Barker’s political classic can’t disguise the play’s glaring defects

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

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

Quote of the day: “The housing crisis in the UK is not going to disappear.”

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

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

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

Quote of the day: “My heritage is Britain’s story too.”

New comedy by a debut writer about a West Indian wake is lively, full of spirits, but a bit undercooked

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

Belatedly, here is a link to Where Do We Go from Here?, the text of director Mike Bradwell’s speech to the Society for Theatre Research, on 19 October at the Swedenborg Hall.

I’ve always loved the idea of chaos: it’s a word that seems to perfectly sum up the thrill and the uncertainty of the whole theatrical enterprise.

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

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

Text of the day: “I also Snapchat a few people what looks like an ass crack but is just my elbows held together.”

Great work from Ken Stott and Reece Shearsmith saves a nostalgic drama from wallowing in its own Britishness

Keira Knightley starts off lightweight in this star-studded modern Moliere adaptation but grows into the role

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

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

New sci-fi story about suburban perfection and robotics lacks the necessary human touch

Favourite stage direction: “Music: Dire Straits ‘Romeo and Juliet’ plays.”

Quote of the day: “We were a bit scared about Sweet Bird of Youth because it pulls no punches.”

David Eldridge’s new one about the Essex working classes buzzes with ideas and with sympathy

New play about an old Berliner and her family is consistently interesting and moving

West End star vehicle gets a new lease of life from Kristin Scott Thomas, but her cool performance cannot mask the piece’s flaws

Quote of the day: “Although I have avoided any artificially heightened language and kept within the range of cockney idiom, the language in this play is clearly invented.”

Text of the day: “If it wasn’t for people like us, this place would still be a shithole.”

New show about English nationalism is timely, but completely undermined by its musical form

Welcome return of Oladipo Agboluaje’s vigorous and highly entertaining satire on Nigerian revolutionary politics

New epic from Jerusalem playwright Jez Butterworth is a breathtaking, if heartless experience

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

Philip Ridley’s new play about homelessness and the housing crisis is brilliantly staged and ethically pertinent

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

New York’s TEAM stage an all-American musical epic that sadly drifts into the Nevada sands

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

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

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

Text of the day: “Lonely people are twice as likely to go to A&E as non-lonely people.”

All-star cast — including a gently charismatic Christian Slater — in American classic that celebrates the ideal of the deal

Text of the day: “The poor people are doing fine.”

Martin Crimp’s latest experiment is a fabulously enjoyable anti-Christmas entertainment