An off-the-wall main character is unable to pull the audience in.

The actors bring freshness to Oscar Wilde’s well-known characters.

Chekhov classic is injected with vibrancy and illuminated from new angles.

Franz Kafka's 1915 novel gets reimagined in a way that offers little insight.

Iqbal Khan’s muscular modern-dress version brings fresh thinking to a classic work.

Gary Owen’s excellent new play is a richly complex black comedy about a geekish 17-year-old who moves in with his abusive father.

James Dacre’s clear and confident production makes memorable a largely forgettable play.

Imelda Staunton’s performance as Rose exists in another category of greatness.

Simon Russell Beale brings complexity to a Dean stuck in a very difficult situation.

Robert Icke’s radical reboot consistently carves out new emotional space for the characters to inhabit.