A Doll’s House at the Almeida Theatre: Romola Garai is excellent
Copenhagen review: Dazzling but boggling play about quantum theory
Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the National: Lesley Manville is sublime
John Proctor is the Villain review: terrifically provocative
R.O.I at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs: fast-talking, big-thinking
Broken Glass at the Young Vic review: has never felt more powerful
Bird Grove at Hampstead Theatre: Elizabeth Dulau is better than this
Dracula: Cynthia Erivo is extraordinary in a one-woman multimedia show
Arcadia at the Old Vic: a fitting tribute to Tom Stoppard's genius
The Virgins: 'Exquisitely excruciating portrait of teenage girls'
Lost Atoms at Lyric Hammersmith: a dynamic story of love and loss
Beautiful Little Fool at Southwark Playhouse: unsubtle and trivial
Guess How Much I Love You? is a harrowingly powerful play
A Ghost In Your Ear at Hampstead Theatre: brilliantly spooky
Woman in Mind at Duke of York’s Theatre: Sheridan Smith elevates this
The Rivals theatre review: Classic comedy revival is awkwardly updated
Oh, Mary! at the Trafalgar Theatre: a glitter bomb of outrageousness
When We Are Married: This zesty revival is a joyful rediscovery
Christmas Day theatre review: Boldly tackles rising antisemitism
Top Hat at Queen Elizabeth Hall: the gossamer charm wears thin quickly
Paranormal Activity: Is this the scariest show on the West End?
Christmas Carol Goes Wrong: dynamite gags and expert slapstick
All My Sons review: 'An astonishing, deeply moving piece of theatre'
Ride the Cyclone at Southwark Playhouse: slight but darkly joyful
After Sunday at the Bush Theatre: a sensitive but uneven debut
Ambika Mod is harrowing as a porn addict in new Royal Court play
Fatherland at Hampstead Theatre: uneven, but the writing crackles
The Meat Kings! at the Park Theatre: a blue-collar American nightmare
The Wanderers at Marylebone Theatre: a deft study of Jewish identity
Bog Witch at Soho Theatre Walthamstow: an odyssey into the bucolic
Ragdoll at Jermyn Street Theatre: short, snappy and hugely enjoyable
Hamlet at National Theatre: the Prince has ADHD in uneven production
The Importance of Being Earnest: 'Stephen Fry is the trump card'
The Producers at the Garrick: 'The funniest show in London'
The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return review: a mixed bag
Born With Teeth at Wyndham’s Theatre review: seductively clever work
Juniper Blood at the Donmar Warehouse: disappointingly flimsy
Twelfth Night at Shakespeare’s Globe: expertly-conducted, riotous fun
The Gathered Leaves at the Park Theatre: slowly beguiling
Brigadoon at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre: pleasantly flimsy
Every Brilliant Thing: 'Lenny Henry works the crowd adroitly'
Brixton Calling at Southwark Playhouse Borough: full of brio
Sing Street at Lyric Hammersmith: bursting with energy and immediacy
The Estate at the National Theatre: Adeel Akhtar is extraordinary
Poor Clare at the Orange Tree Theatre review: polished but tone deaf
This Bitter Earth at Soho Theatre: Billy Porter is an assured director
North by Northwest at Alexandra Palace Theatre: full of impish spirit
Miss Myrtle’s Garden at the Bush Theatre: undemanding but pleasing
A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Bridge Theatre: extraordinarily good
In Praise of Love review: real warmth with the cliches of the age
Elephant at Menier Chocolate Factory: still captivates and provokes
Marriage Material at the Lyric Hammersmith: funny and moving
The Deep Blue Sea at the Haymarket: Tamsin Greig is shatteringly good
1536 at the Almeida Theatre: Ava Pickett's debut play is electrifying
The Comedy About Spies at Noel Coward Theatre: bungling hilarity
House of Games at Hampstead Theatre review: never quite takes off
Hamlet Hail to the Thief review: Radiohead plus Shakespeare? It works
Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe: why is it in the Wild West?
The Empire Strips Back at Riverside Studios review: hardly titillating
My Master Builder at Wyndham’s Theatre review: a load of old nonsense
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