King Lear, Almeida Theatre, stage review: ‘Ramped-up, sexed-up take on the Shakespeare classic’
Yaël Farber’s adaptation keeps the audience ‘gripped throughout’
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Cold War, Almeida Theatre, stage review: ‘A thinking person’s musical’
Anya Chalotra and Luke Thallon delight in this ‘Eastern Bloc Shakespearean tale’
Portia Coughlan, Almeida Theatre, stage review: ‘Impressive depiction of crumbling mental health’
Marina Carr’s drama features a ‘jaw-dropping’ lead performance, but is somewhat let down by its ‘unrelentingly pounding’ subject matter
A Streetcar Named Desire, The Almeida, stage review: ‘little mistakes puncture a layered tapestry’
Shouts, snatches of song, and sudden clashes of cymbals keep everyone on edge
The Tragedy of Macbeth, Almeida Theatre, stage review: ‘Out to shock – and shock it does’
Yaël Farber’s star-studded take on the classic is elegant, but ‘both its visual beauty and horror are overexposed’
Hymn, Almeida Theatre, stage review: ‘Writing at its most perceptive’
Adrian Lester and Danny Sapani shine in Lolita Chakrabarti’s play, which was live-streamed over a four-day run
Albion, Almeida Theatre, stage review: ‘A beautiful parable for modern times’
Rupert Goold’s reprisal of Mike Bartlett’s family drama ‘does not have a single chink in its armour’
The Duchess of Malfi, Almeida Theatre: ‘High-octane take on a surprisingly modern play’
John Webster’s early 17th century classic is an ‘object lesson in the iniquity of restrictions on a woman’s sexual conduct’
The Doctor, Almeida Theatre: ‘High-calibre, unique drama that will leave you a changed person’
Robert Icke’s third collaboration with Juliet Stevenson, and his last outing as the theatre’s associate director, is ‘impeccable’
The Hunt, Almeida Theatre: ‘This show has it all’
This stage adaptation of the iconic Danish film is ‘slick, clever and near faultless’
Three Sisters, Almeida Theatre, review: ‘Captivating display of human suffering’
Sharp choreography and bursts of humour lift this terrifying glimpse over the abyss
Hamlet, Almeida Theatre, review: method and madness
The N1 theatre stages the tragedy with a variety of bells & whistles that make for a stylish production
From the Ground Up, Shoreditch Town Hall, review: 'a lo-fi game show experience'
The show, devised by the Almeida young company, saw audiences peppered with provocative yes-or-no questions
Richard III – review
Echoes of Rigsby from 70s sitcom Rising Damp in the way Fiennes turns dialogue into series of japes
Boy, Almeida, review: 'a nightmare vision of consumerist Britain'
Innovative production brings Leo Butler’s stark vision of 21st century London to life in Boy at the Almeida
Little Revolution review – revisiting the Hackney riots
Playwright Alecky Blythe recreates a community in crisis in her latest verbatim play