Gugu Mbatha-Raw is excellent in this entertaining look at the life and times of Nell Gwynn

This new play by Simon Stephens, directed by Ivo van Hove, never quite lives up to its initial promise.

A touching, beautifully observed new play by young West Country writer Bea Roberts

Chilling warning of virtual paedophilia in a dystopian future

This controversial musical about US marines on the eve of war is a critique not a celebration of macho posturing

This is a bold retelling of a history-shaping episode from India’s past

‘highly enjoyable, not always convincing’

‘Once’ is no ordinary long-runner. It has redefined the possibility of turning a large-scale musical into an intimate event

Harriet Walter and her husband Guy Paul perform with great delicacy in this thoughtful examination of a marriage

‘visceral and vital’

A remarkable snapshot of the health service

Fireworks (Al’ab Nariya) review – fierce, tender account of Palestinian families