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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
Plus: Mandela at the Young Vic has exhilarating choreography but insufficient depth
Plus: a searing staging of ‘Othello’ at the Lyttelton and complicated and macabre fairytale ‘Hex’ at the Olivier
Her new play at Shakespeare’s Globe revisits the story of Scheherazade and the One Thousand and One Nights
James Graham’s show is a hit; more national soul-searching in ‘Henry V’; Royal Court launches memory play ‘Baghdaddy’
The director’s new adaptation of ‘Orlando’ comes at a critical moment for conversations about gender fluidity
Plus: ‘Pickle’ is a sparky one-woman show; ‘Dinner with Groucho’ is hard work
The actor and director on her year in Oxford, ‘the power of story’ and the Netflix show’s transformative legacy
Plus: ‘Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World’ is a metatheatrical treat and ‘The Sex Party’ disappoints
As his Gore Vidal vs William F Buckley Jr drama hits the West End, the playwright reflects on ‘making sense of the world’ through art
Martin Crimp asks unsettling questions at the Royal Court; an all-black cast in ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’; wartime spy story ‘Noor’
Also opening on the London stage: ‘Mary’ at the Hampstead Theatre and ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ at the Theatre Royal Stratford East
Frantic self-awareness is folded into a barrage of gags with the energy of solo stand-up thanks to star Billy Eichner
With book by James Graham and lyrics from Jake Shears, the show about a televangelist is a camp riot
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