Christine Bacon's expansive new play at the Arcola, drawn from Jason Hickel's The Divide, takes aim at 80 years of 'international development' — and is very nearly saved by a strong cast from a script that wants to do everything at once
This stage adaptation of this 2016 Persian-language horror is sharp on the politics of women's lives in wartime Tehran — and oddly literal-minded about its Djinn. Lelia Farzad leads a strong cast; the parlour tricks let them down
Geoff Brown captures the heroic, bottom-up effort to scupper the far-right’s electoral breakthrough and dismantle the National Front’s influence on British street culture.
Serdar Biliş reframes the Greek classic through EarPods, satin, and silver. With a seasoned cast and raw, real-world interviews, the Arcola’s Iphigenia successfully bridges the gap between past and present.
Colombian artist Delcy Morelos will feature at the Barbican with a massive, scented earthen installation that explores our primal connection to the land
Romola Garai leads revival that swaps 19th-century etiquette for sterile greed, proving that the pursuit of wealth still has the power to twist the theatrical knife
What do you get if you mix a shot of Moonlight, another of Dead Poets Society, a sprinkle of Glee/School of Rock, with a dusting of spirituals? Apart from an unfathomable drink, Choir Boy!
