In the RSC version playing at the Roundhouse, Greg Hicks, as Lear, offers Honour Bayes a unique and original King.

Honour Bayes continues her immersion into the Sovremennik Russian season at the Noel Coward theatre, with a less than engaging Three Sisters.

At the Lyric Hammersmith, Josie Vaughan is satisfyingly shaken rather than spookily stirred by Dahl’s Twisted Tales.

Honour Bayes reviews Into the Whirlwind, the first in the Sovremennik Russian season at the Noel Coward and finds a cramped, intense story told with quiet artistry.

Peter Hall’s Twelfth Night for the National is refined and elegant, but shouldn’t it be a little more raucous and celebratory, wonders Honour Bayes

JBR is lulled into a ruminative delight by the world premier of Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s The Painter at the new Arcola Theatre.

In a cerebral and sophisticated As You Like It at the Roundhouse, Honour Bayes finds a curious lack of joy.

Honour Bayes enjoys jolly japery and some spiffing fun in Trafalgar Studio 2 at the Fitzrovia Radio Hour

The RSC is back with a meaty piece of theatre, with Greg Hicks giving a commanding performance as the King, writes Honour Bayes.

Josie Vaughan is amused by a trip to Islington’s New Red Lion to see Kissing Sid James.