Bush theatre, London. Karim Khan’s tender portrait of South Asians finding companionship through shared grief and illness is played with crackling chemistry by Shobu Kapoor and Rehan Sheikh ... ....
Linbury theatre, London. Glen Tetley’s landmark 1962 ballet, set to Schoenberg’s atonal score, is stark, strange and psychologically charged. Sometimes the revival of an old work can make it, and us, feel revitalised ... ....
Budgets have been slashed, morale is through the floor and the company has been forced to find a second base in Manchester. But the new musical director is up for a challenge. We meet the man with the hardest job in music ...Bluebeard’s Castle, maybe ... ....
New Diorama theatre, London. James Nash’s doomscrolling play unpacks social media and the violence it hosts. We piece together fragments ...Pip Williams’s clean direction immediately unsettles ... ....
The Coronet theatre, London. Japanese company Chiten abandon naturalism for rhythmic dialogue and highly stylised movements – but there is much invention to admire ...It’s hard to imagine the frantic toil of such an endeavour ... ....
London Coliseum. Phelim McDermott’s 2014 production addresses the cynicism, cruelty and outdated sexual politics of Mozart’s opera with humour and sass; a strong cast make this an enjoyable evening ... The overture sets up what’s to come ... ....
Theatro Technis, London. In Philip de Voni’s ambitious debut play, a clash over funeral rites exposes deep divisions in a British-Cypriot extended family ... Both attempt to reel in the younger generation.
AnnaJordan’s play combines physicality with a contemporary, empathic wit and sensitivity, which stops a potentially mawkish story from ever becoming too saccharine ... .