In My Name

The widespread faithlessness of British society is set against the burning certainties of religious fundamentalism

David Copperfield - the Sunday Times review

Giles Havergal’s is a rather likeable adaptation of Dickens’s novel

10 secrets of Malcolm Gladwell's success

The writer is bringing his best-selling secrets of success to the stage in a new show. Dominic Maxwell gets some tips

The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes

Struggling hard to identify the characters and decode a clotted, over-elaborate plot, you inevitably miss this and that

A Taste of Honey

This is a hit-and-miss rendering of an erratic work; yet it remains passionate and pungent

I Caught Crabs in Walberswick

The kids are all right, shame about the parents in an otherwiise incisive and convincing peep into teenage life

Treasure Island at Haymarket

Keith Allen stars but proves pirates aren’t what they were. This is one Treasure Island without a leg to stand on

Zero

Chris O’Connell’s new play has urgency and intelligence, and Matt Aston’s sweaty, hard-edged production grips

A sharp kick up the pantos

Family shows at Christmas needn't be the usual predictable fare.Here are ten rules for mounting a successful alternative

The best family Christmas shows

A Midsummer Night's Dream

There's a playfulness to this endeavour that beseeches you to love it. Perhaps it would make an undemanding introduction

Smith

In the long, narrow Enlightenment gallery, InSite Performance presents a time-travelling tale of love, learning and ambition

Rank - the Sunday Times review

The actors give it their all, but the play treads ponderously, lit up by the odd moderately funny joke

Mountain Hotel/Audience/ Private View/ Protest - the Sunday Times review

These four riveting one-act plays by Vaclav Havel, to be performed as double bills, could be called Laughter in the Dark

State of Emergency - the Sunday Times review

This bleak, bald play is like a sharp black-and-white snapshot showing the 21st century, its fears and terrors

The Long Road - the Sunday Times review

A decent, liberal-leaning family is torn apart when their son, Danny, is stabbed to death in a random attack

Gethsemane - the Sunday Times review

Art imitates politics too closely in David Hare’s new play: it’s about as subtle as a tabloid

From darkness and misery to greatness

David Morrissey tells Kevin Maher about an acting career of wildly eclectic roles fuelled by loss and profound grief

Whoopi Goldberg brings Sister Act to UK

Hollywood heavyweight Whoopi Goldberg is headed for the West End with a stage version of her Nineties hit film Sister Act

On Emotion

There’s a plot of sorts here in this play, one that a good cast plus the occasional puppet try but fail to make exciting