5 d. ago The Wanderers at Marylebone Theatre review: a deft study of Jewish identity in America

The man-child central character Abe can grate, but this play boasts an elegant structure and well-crafted jokes

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6 d. ago Janine Harouni: This Is What You Waited For review – new mum’s return to her own childhood

Soho theatre, London These deftly sprung riffs on extended family and motherhood gain in power when mayhem offsets the tightly controlled setThe last time I saw Janine Harouni perform she was eight months pregnant and delivering a show about imminent parenthood. It may not surprise you to learn that her first show since is about actual parenthood, of a now 18-month-old boy, with help from her visiting Lebanese- and Irish-American parents. Childrearing may not take a village in This Is What You Waited For, but it takes an extended family – which prompts reflection from our host on how she was mothered, and what kind of mother she can be.Not for the first time with Harouni, I found the smoothness and control of her hour on that theme almost too neat. A proponent of “gentle parenting”, she practises gentle and measured comedy too. The jokes are very deftly sprung as we’re led through her experience of raising an uncommonly large baby boy, with detours via her relationships with her hus...

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6 d. ago The Maids at Donmar Warehouse: 'If you're prepared to surrender, it's a wild ride'

This adaptation of Jean Genet’s play by Kip Williams makes use of phones to project the fantasy world of two sisters wishing to murder a terrible mistress but the true power is in the performances

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7 d. ago The Unbelievers review: 'A tour de force performance by Nicola Walker'

Nick Payne’s play about a missing child is empathetic and sincere, with a powerhouse performance from Nicola Walker

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1 week ago Bog Witch at Soho Theatre Walthamstow review: an uneven odyssey into the bucolic

Bryony Kimmings’ new show mines the interface where standup, theatrical life-writing and performance art meet

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2 w. ago Ragdoll at Jermyn Street Theatre review: short, snappy and hugely enjoyable

Katherine Moar’s second play touches lightly on questions rather than furnishing decisive answers, but is buzzing with interesting ideas

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2 w. ago Lady Gaga proves she's the mistress of mayhem with exhausting, epic Co

Review: A spectacle bigger than theatre

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3 w. ago Ohio at the Young Vic review: this new musical is an intimate and idiosyncratic joy

Fleabag and Baby Reindeer producer Francesca Moody brings another Edinburgh Fringe hit to London

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3 w. ago Troilus and Cressida at Shakespeare’s Globe: 'A study of toxic masculinity'

A triumphant and timely look at war, sex and masculinity at the Shakespeare’s Globe

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3 w. ago Hamlet at National Theatre: the Prince has ADHD in uneven production

Hiran Abeysekera is this Hamlet at the Lyttelton Theatre in a production with plenty of ideas even if it is hit and miss

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3 w. ago The Importance of Being Earnest: 'Stephen Fry's Lady Bracknell is the trump card'

An all-star cast takes on Oscar Wilde’s classic in hyper-camp style

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4 w. ago Entertaining Mr Sloane review: 'Simply too nice, even at its nastiest'

Joe Orton’s twisted comedy about sex and class should be ripe for a modern revival but here it is more Carry On than carnal

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