A bumpy flight
Sheridan’s The Rivals plot is taken to different heights
Doctor in a spin
West End zingers on stage now
Flatpack classic
Summer theatre where anything, including a return to rehearsal-room Brechtian, goes
Steel works
Beth Steel’s House of Shades is a confident new nod to the tradition of multi-generation family sagas
Rooster booster
Pretty much the whole of Jerusalem is in some way “problematic”, which is why people relish it
Atticus updated
A new Mockingbird is masterful
Art as resistance
This Belarusian play at the Barbican is timely and urgent
Heartless Heights
Brontë’s lines anchor the frenetic action in Emma Rice’s over-the-top production
Grope springs eternal
Rupert Goold’s Spring Awakening was too woke to be stirring
Double trouble in chaotic Comedy
Great times to be had in Canterbury despite occasionally clunky comedy and some scandalously overpriced wine