Fiona Mountford

Meera Syal shows her comic talents but struggles to convey her character's suffering and loss

Rylance has top billing, but Succession's Gerri is the real star in this Irish masterpiece

I listen to escape real life - hearing the actual people behind Chris, Clarrie and the rest talking to Emma Freud will threaten the delicate walls of fiction that I have managed to keep standing around Ambridge for nearly three years

The Oscar-winning actor, in his London theatre debut, offers a thrillingly charismatic performance as a prisoner on Death Row

This piece about the difference of opinions within Judaism is bold but its references to the current conflict feel shoehorned in

She is magnetic and magnificent as Jocasta in this startling modern retelling

Zinnie Harris's contemporary adaptation of John Webster's Jacobean play at the Trafalgar Theatre doesn't tone down its nastiness - and makes even less sense

It’s a rare treat to see Shakespeare’s text take centre stage, but this production has little fizz or urgency

In this theatrical age where the directorial concept is king, it is refreshing and more than a little surprising to come across a production almost entirely devoid of gimmicks.

A playful Hanif Kureishi adaptation is riot of a life force with occasional outbreaks of dancing