‘That’s what saved me’: Darren Raymond and Mark Rylance on the prison drama workshop that brought them together
As You Like It review – French aristocratic trappings bring fresh comedy to Arden
July 2026
A World Elsewhere review – chaotic thrills as kids sail, fight and fall through trap doors
Family show brings gleeful playfulness to the story of a 12-year-old whose escape into extravagant daydreams has begun to alarm him
Love’s Labour’s Lost review – paella, bullfighting and flamenco make Shakespeare’s farce a fiesta
Choreographer Carmen Igarza deserves to take a bow as spectacular dance and movement add passion to the seemingly unfinished play
‘I just knew it would sound incredible!’: why the Globe is giving Shakespeare some flamenco fire
Love’s Labour’s Lost offers a heady mix of passion and death – which makes the Spanish art form a perfect match, says director Indiana Lown-Collins. Our writer joins the theatre’s flamenco bootcamp
June 2026
Much Ado About Nothing review – a riot of romcom energy
With its gorgeous music, dance and costumes, this production is a sure summer blockbuster that avoids the problematic elements of Shakespeare’s play
May 2026
Mother Courage and her Children review – moving, funny and savage portrait of life during wartime
A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – hilarious and heartfelt, from top to Bottom
April 2026
The play’s the thing – but everyone has their own favourite
Letters: Guardian readers share their views of Michael Billington’s Shakespeare rankings
March 2026
From Hamlet at the Globe to Keir Starmer on SNL UK: the anarchic rise of George Fouracres
After years of skits and Shakespeare, the Black Country performer has found his biggest audience yet on Saturday Night Live UK. Phil Wang and others hail his ‘pure comedic instinct’
Theatre says it will harness art ‘to inspire societal shifts towards restorative relationship with nature’
The Long Wave
‘I really believe in revivals of Black work’: why a director brought back Chadwick Boseman’s play Deep Azure
The late actor’s writing was overshadowed by roles in blockbusters. Now, Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu is giving his play about grief the audience it deserves
Deep Azure review – musical marvels in Chadwick Boseman’s hip-hop tragedy
The Black Panther actor’s melding of social commentary and Shakespearean themes is sometimes opaque yet undeniably poetic
January 2026
The Tempest review – Tim Crouch’s high-concept treatment roughs up the magic
Some spells are cast by this production, in which the director plays Prospero, but it also wearingly replays the same tricks
December 2025
Pinocchio review – full-tilt family musical swaps Collodi’s darkness for heartwarming lessons and humour
Meticulous direction and an excellent cast bring to life the story of Geppetto and the puppet he crafts from wood
November 2025
A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – nightmarish take brings the brutal undercurrents roaring to the surface
Director Holly Race Roughan transposes the summer tale into the darkest of winters as the fairies’ feud over the stolen child leaves the snow smeared with blood
October 2025
Priced out of the West End? Go to Glasgow or the Globe instead
Letters: Guardian readers reflect on theatreland’s fixation with celebrity casting
Troilus and Cressida review – history repeats as farce in Pythonesque takedown of ancient heroes
Achilles is a slob and Ajax is a meathead in Owen Horsley’s streamlined production, which is bursting with invention and comic inversions
Romeo a Juliet review – star-crossed lovers divided by language
Theatr Cymru’s bilingual version of Shakespeare’s tragedy brings intriguing complexity to the warring families but also some confusion
September 2025
‘The language adds a whole new level’: Welsh-English version of Romeo and Juliet heads for the Globe
Bilingual production by Theatr Cymru is expected to be first time Welsh will be heard at South Bank venue
