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At the heart of Kings street in Hammersmith lies a small square, often upstaged by the weekday bustle and the theatre towering over it. On Thursdays…

REVIEW: Frantic Assembly in Shakespeares Othello, York Theatre Royal

Building to a mesmerising crescendo, this production has a lot going for it, and is worth seeing for its imagination and creativity.

This physical, modern-day version is immersed in violence, with gang members vying for sex and authority around a pool table

Rain pours down, thunder growls, lightning flickers. Fragments of melancholy melody emerge from the tumult, and a lone, silhouetted figure appears ons

“Burn” is an unlikely hybrid: A movement-focused show performed by a famous actor with no dance training, about a man whose medium was words.

ALAN Cumming has been daring his body to fail.

Samira Wiley makes her UK stage debut, there’s an urgent counter to antisemitism, plus a fourth King James, refugee dancers and comedic returns

The production returns in September

Restlessly creative, the great director – who has died aged 97 – had an unparalleled ability to conjure a gleaming theatrical image