This is no easy star vehicle – it’s a bold challenge to the great French actor’s technique, charisma and rigour and she rises to it

This playful and gorgeously designed take on a perennial favourite is only marred by a lack of pace

The show captures scale and perspective in a way theatre rarely achieves but it’s not entirely clear who it’s aimed at

Amalia Vitale and Ekow Quartey are arch and spirited as the central, wittily unwilling lovers

Hits the play’s poles of tragedy and comedy with devastating accuracy

This tragic true story is powerful as an act of representation and testimonial, even if it’s a flawed show

Why doesn’t theatre do more sci-fi? This adaptation of Philip K Dick’s novella may offer some answers

This rheumy, phlegmy performance by Britain’s greatest living classical actor is played with relish and superb comic timing

This is a scrappy, hectic medley of violent action, music and clever stage effects

This take on the Brontës, with language saltily updated, is playful but slender

Despite some manic magnetism from the show’s writer-performer, this autobiographical tale is mired in cliché

This take on one of the great family dramas of 20th century American theatre is full of pathos and ruined grandeur

The story Sarah Siddons, the great 18th century actress, deserves better

This talky and twisty show is brisk and punchy but tries to cram too much into the 100-minute running time

This retelling of the King of Pop’s backstory to 1992 is full of pizzaz... but then the dubiousness of the enterprise sinks back in

This take on John Cassavetes’ 1977 film is unsalvageable

This emotionally dense production of Brian Friel’s eloquent play about memory, love and belief is the latest example of why the Lyric is one of London’s most interesting theatres right now

This is freighted with good intentions but as drama it simply isn’t good enough