Anya Ryan

Read our review of *Coriolanus*, starring David Oyelowo, now in performances at the National Theatre to 9 November. Read more theatre reviews on LondonTheatre.co.uk.

Read our review of knotty new play *Pins and Needles*, directed by Amit Sharma, now in performances at the Kiln Theatre to 26 October. Read more theatre reviews on LondonTheatre.co.uk.

Meera Syal on the pain of seeing her parents die from dementia and how her new play A Tupperware of Ashes explores the disease from a British-Asian perspective

In Tanika Gupta’s play, Meera Syal is a steely south Asian matriarch whose Lear-like decline into dementia upends her family

Read our review of *The Lehman Trilogy*, starring John Heffernan, Aaron Krohn and Howard W. Overshown, now in performances at the Gillian Lynne Theatre to 5 January 2025. Read more theatre reviews on LondonTheatre.co.uk.

At the Eventim Apollo, the comedian’s new show was all about finding success and keeping it real, says Anya Ryan

Read our review of new play *Statues*, written by and starring Azan Ahmed, now in performances at the Bush Theatre to 9 November. Read more theatre reviews on LondonTheatre.co.uk.

Read our review of *Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular*, featuring songs by Benji Pasek and Justin Paul, now in performances at the Empress Museum to 31 March. Read more theatre reviews on LondonTheatre.co.uk.

It’s intriguing to watch Jonathan Maitland reenact his dysfunctional childhood at the Kings Head Theatre in London, but this production is disappointing

Emer Dineen’s semi-autobiographical show blurs the lines between raucous cabaret and memoir as her alter ego struggles with an existential crisis