Against | A necessary exploration of violence and religion in the modern world
Complex and thoughtful, Ben Whishaw delivers a convincing performance in a play about violence in its many guises
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Jack O'Connell shines in the Tennessee Williams classic
Director Benedict Andrews brings the Mississippi heat to the Apollo Theatre in a play filled with yearning and desperation
Soul of a Nation | A searing portrait of the Civil Rights Era
Soul of a Nation not only tells the story of black artists in America searching for a unified voice in the turbulent years of the Civil Rights Era, it tells the story of a country coming to terms with its blood-soaked past and its struggle to shape a more equal future.
The Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy
The RA launches a surprisingly emotive edition of its trademark summer show
Queer British Art (1861-1967) | Ostracised, criminalised, but never conquered
Tate Britain launches London Pride 2017 with a moving tribute to the LGBTQ artists who would not be silenced
Anatomy of a Suicide | Alice Birch weaves a story of three women bound together by mental illness
Delicate, lyrical, and moving; Anatomy of a Suicide is a theatrical experience
"Feverish Progress" | Giacometti at the Tate Modern is comprehensive retrospective on a man with man
Giacometti was much more than the spindly bronzes figures that made him famous
Life of Galileo | Stars, Revolution, and Rock and Roll
Boyega impresses in an otherwise lacklustre adapation of George Büchner's unfinished play. Woyzeck is on at the Old Vic until 24th June
Woyzeck at the Old Vic | Strong performances can't save an overblown adaptation
John Boyega impresses in an otherwise lacklustre adapation of George Büchner's unfinished play
Twelfth Night at the Globe | Emma Rice remixes Shakespeare with disco anthems and glittery fun
The Globe's Summer of Love continues with a dazzling take on Shakespeare's bittersweet tale of crossdressing and subversion
Manwatching | Want Women Really Want
Ezra Kitson learns about female heterosexual desire from a monologue "written by an anonymous woman, performed by an unprepared man"
Life of Galileo | Space and rock and roll
A story of literal and figurative revolution