Two-hander about migration to southern Italy and debt collection in northern England is a stunning piece of political theatre

Play by Indian playwright about the bitter conflict in Kashmir is difficult, heavy, but ultimately rewarding as well

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

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

I’ve just come back from Vienna, where I attended a theatre conference organized by Contemporary Drama in English, a great bunch of German academics whose knowledge of British pl...

Text of the day: “Let’s face it, Ursula thought, despite a host of regulations, they were making it up as they went along.”

Text of the day: “They were bewitched by this tiny man.”

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

Text of the day: “You didn’t change the world, you bought it.”

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

Text of the day: “Then what would be the conditions of your remaining?”

New play about the freedom struggle in Tibet is a bit too unclear and unfocused for its own good

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

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

Quote of the day: “Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice.”

Philip Ridley’s play explores teen fantasy, imaginative storytelling and youthful emotions

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

Brilliant revival of the 1970s classic about pagan worship and repressed sexuality buzzes with an imaginative physicality

Thrillingly epic account of a defining American institution delights in three superb performances

Brilliant new thriller about Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea is both epic and moving

Brill! Scintillating, but also occasionally moving, account of growing up while your Mum becomes a cult member

New drama about two North Korean sisters is vividly staged, but lacks deep emotion and real bite

Link to a short review of Robert Holman’s Making Noise Quietly at the Donmar Warehouse

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

Metatheatre rules okay in Kieran Hurley’s account of ethical tangles in his Edinburgh tale of two cities

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

An ambitious four-way exploration of the politics of climate change and global warming remains too cool

Collection of four monologues is free-thinkingly transgressive, politically incorrect and thoroughly delightful

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

Quote of the day: “I remember someone saying — and something like this will always be a provocation — that all plays are essentially moral because there are no plays that act...

Chaff fest: the most controversial play of the year is almost certainly also going to be the worst

The Bush’s Stewart Pringle digs deeply and beautifully into the emotions of two lonely Yorkshire people

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

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

Clever blend of two versions of Terence Rattigan’s 1944 play is both satisfying and a bit awkward

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

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