Dave Fargnoli

Stylish and unsettling production of Genet’s dark drama leans into the dangerous power dynamics and embedded eroticism

Heartfelt performances animate this promising, if unpolished, play about identity, idealism and the often-shocking state of our schools

Striking, austere visuals and star casting can’t bring heart to this cold and incoherent take on Shakespeare’s story of magic, legacy and forgiveness.

Gripping, subtle performances power this revival of Lillian Hellman’s pungent portrait of a wealthy family torn apart by rampant greed

Author John Nicholson and director Kirstie Davis’ comic reworking of Gustave Flaubert’s novel of romanticism and middle-class morals is overstretched but cheerfully daft

Intensely relevant political theatre from YESYESNONO and co-commissioned by New Diorama Theatre explores the violent, idealistic roots of revolution

Vivid visuals and macabre humour animate this modern reworking of Hans Christian Andersen’s grisly fairytale

Nostalgic boxing biography lacks punch

Fierce, compelling performances bring heart to this stylised story of crime, cruelty and redemption

Warm performances smooth over the knotty moral debates in this revival of Rajiv Joseph’s bloody two-hander