The FT’s critics pick the biggest and best plays currently on in the West End and beyond
Ten theatre shows to see in London now
The FT’s critics pick the biggest and best plays currently on in the West End and beyond
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Alicia Vikander makes a luminous stage debut in a waterlogged Lady from the Sea
Despite a fine cast including Andrew Lincoln and Joe Alwyn, the Bridge Theatre production loses subtext in favour of scale
Ibsen’s mysticism and mermaids are thrown out as director Simon Stone amps up the 1888 play’s psychological intensity with his…
The screen star on switching to the theatre for a version of Ibsen’s ‘The Lady from the Sea’ that is being crafted in rehearsals
Can two world-famous actors and auteur Simon Stone bring 19th-century Norway screaming into the modern world? They talk mean…
The actors bring tough honesty to Rebecca Frecknall’s staging at London’s Almeida Theatre
A meet-cute between Humanity and Earth, a mod ballet and Nick Mohammed’s career-best standup set – our critics pick the best…
Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel star as the two playwrights in Liz Duffy Adams’ mischievous drama at Wyndham’s Theatre, London
