Clive Davis

There are some nights when the very best efforts of actors can be undone by a director’s conceits. That is exactly what happens in Holly Race Roughan’s revival of Arthur Miller’s drama about Brooklyn longshoreman Eddie Carbone’s illicit passion for his teenage niece, Catherine.

Is it a comedy? Is it gothic melodrama? Is it a feminist polemic? There are three or four plays rattling around in Penelope Skinner’s new drama

Politics was off the menu for the most part, although he did give us the funniest impersonation of Donald Trump that you are ever likely to hear, writes Clive Davis

Hampstead Theatre, NW3

Theatre audiences have had a bad press lately. Punters have been drunkenly singing along during musicals and indulging in punch-ups in the stalls. When the come

You really need to take a geeky interest in Canada’s recent history to follow the cut and thrust in Michael Healey’s quirky three-hander

They were accused of being hooligans, but as a new book reveals, the original Teds have been misunderstood

Donmar Warehouse, WC2

As the producers schedule performances of Slave Play with Kit Harington for black audiences, the Times chief theatre critic says there are better ways to broaden access

Our critics travel up and down the country reviewing the latest theatre, musicals and dance, so have the inside track. Here is our guide to the best productions and where to watch them — ordered by