The stars have aligned – but not in a good way – this week. Fêted American Oscar-winners have faced critical brickbats after ...

Where Icke’s was all sleekness and surgical precision, this one, co-directed by Matthew Warchus and choreographer Hofesh ...

As with buses, so with productions of Oedipus – you wait for ages for one to come along and then two arrive almost simultaneously. Writer/director Robert Icke set the bar teeteringly high last autumn ...

Matthew Warchus and Hofesh Shechter's new production of Sophocles' family tragedy gets off to a "fabulous" start. But while ...

This overcooked, jarring production is the latest iteration of West End star casting and the craze has surely reached a nadir ...

Rami Malek and Indira Varma star in a London production that uses dance brilliantly but lacks emotional connection ...

Rami Malek and Indira Varma, © Manuel Harlan. The opening is dazzling. A chant of Oedipus. A man trapped in a smoky shaft of light, unable to escape his destiny. A blackout and d ...

Above: Brie Larson, Greg Hicks, and Patrick Vaill in Elektra at Duke of York's Theatre, London.

“1984,” Robert Icke’s and Duncan Macmillan’s 2013 dramatic adaption of George Orwell’s iconic 1949 novel, looks at life in a futuristic, authoritarian society where citizens are under ...

Clarke as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest and Strong and Manville commanding the stage as the title character and his wife in Robert Icke’s riveting West End update of Oedipus ...

Creating previews for London Theatre is no small feat. The term “off West End” encompasses a wide array of venues, ranging from well-established theatres to more intimate spaces. We’ve ...