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The Belgian director and purveyor of raw emotion discusses his staging of Hanya Yanagihara’s ‘A Little Life’, starring James Norton
Inside the pain, purges and persecution that have decimated the country’s once-flourishing theatre scene
Also opening on the London stage: the darker story of ‘Bonnie & Clyde’ at the Garrick
No one escapes unscathed in Frank McGuinness’s version of Molière’s comedy at the Abbey Theatre
Plus: Shakespeare confronted and reassessed in The Merchant of Venice 1936
Also opening on the London stage: a drama of witchcraft and desire in ‘Women, Beware the Devil’
The Hamilton creator on his vision to reshape Broadway
Also opening on the London stage: a sensational Janet McTeer in ‘Phaedra’; return of ‘The Lehman Trilogy’
The dramatist on multicultural life in wartime Wales and why writing from lived experience isn’t always essential
Also reviewed: Shakespeare’s bloodbath ‘Titus Andronicus’; the return of ‘2:22 — A Ghost Story’
In their restaging of the classic ballet, dancer Benjamin Pech and artist Ignasi Monreal have created the perfect pas de deux
Plus: revival of Michael Frayn’s brilliant farce ‘Noises Off’; drag deconstructed in ‘Sound of the Underground’
Theatre and gaming are combined in a show that claims to let participants converse with coma patients
Oscar nominations for ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ are a landmark in his creative evolution
Plus: social awkwardness in ‘The Unfriend’; a Jewish comedian amid white supremacists in ‘Just for Us’
Director Simon McBurney and actor Kathryn Hunter have adapted Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk’s novel
Also opening in London: ‘Watch on the Rhine’ at the Donmar Warehouse, a second world war drama with lessons for today
The ‘inveterate Freudian’ discusses his dual role as the director’s collaborator and unofficial therapist, and why film-making is ‘in a genuine crisis’
The playwright and director Josie Rourke talk about ‘Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons’, which explores a world where language is rationed
The author’s 1953 play established his reputation — but is it now ripe for a rethink?
Amsterdam’s show of dozens of Vermeer works is set to be one of the highlights of a year that promises blockbusters, comebacks and a final farewell
Also on the London stage: ‘Hakawatis’ at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse spins stories for survival
A scintillating political drama, a tender Japanese film adaptation and a reimagined classic musical made our critic’s list
Also on the London stage: ‘Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol’ takes Dickens to east Tennessee for a heart-melting musical
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