Mischievous show at London’s Criterion features a 150-year-old Céline Dion and an iceberg in the form of Tina Turner
Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson’s play about the 1997 conference creates drama out of the climate crisis
The trend is a decisive shift in the balance between two cities that have long vied to be the world capital of the stage
Cate Blanchett on the London stage, Sondheim’s swan song and a ballet of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots
The FT’s critics pick the cream of the crop, from film and TV to art exhibitions, theatre, dance, games, pop and classical music
Production at London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is visually striking but lacks emotional depth
Daisy Edgar-Jones stars in Tennessee Williams’s searingly unhappy play at London’s Almeida Theatre
With zippy choreography and sizzling songs, Tolstoy’s epic becomes a transcendent show at London’s Donmar Warehouse
Tom Stoppard’s erudite study of AE Housman gets a powerful revival at London’s Hampstead Theatre
Revival at the Sheffield Crucible is both madcap and underpowered
Lillian Hellmann’s savage family drama at the Young Vic suffers from an excess of melodrama
Patrick Marber’s take on Mel Brooks’s bad-taste comedy lights up London’s Menier Chocolate Factory
Kendall Feaver’s dramatisation at the National Theatre galvanises the classic children’s novel into a modern work
Not even Elton John’s songs can redeem this predictable show at London’s Dominion Theatre
Emteaz Hussain’s drama at the Royal Court Upstairs vividly depicts the texture of ordinary life for a British Pakistani household
A 1940s setting, filled with both grief and hope, helps the Orange Tree Theatre’s production to sing
The ‘Doctor Who’ star leads Oscar Wilde’s romantic comedy, delivered with a huge wink at London’s National Theatre
The ‘Bad Sisters’ star on playing an uncompromising sister in her latest stage role in ‘The Little Foxes’ — and why she is drawn to playing women under pressure
Immersive Dublin production of the short story is performed in a playful, easy-going style
A group of New York hip-hop lovers and haters clash and connect in Dan McCabe’s play at London’s Kiln Theatre
Shakespeare’s ‘problem’ play is given a sprightly staging at London’s Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Ahead of their top-secret new London show, the creators discuss making the audience the star — and changing lives
The residents of a London housing estate invest in digital currencies in a fascinating new play at the Bush Theatre
New adaptation results in a mismatch between the gruesome details the original and a bewildering modern reading
