Jordan Fein’s reimagining strips off nostalgia to reveal a haunting, heartfelt tale of tradition, resilience and the quiet ache of displacement.

Sarah Ruhl’s epistolary play about poet Max Ritvo is a tender, witty meditation on life, art and mortality, delicately staged at Hampstead Theatre.

Crisp writing and a strong cast can’t save Radiant Boy from its own lack of conviction. An exorcism with no menace is no exorcism at all.

Martin Freeman and Jack Lowden spark in a sharp, chaotic AA two-hander that juggles redemption and rabbit gags with wit, energy, and frustrating lack of depth.

Mischief’s latest farce, The Comedy About Spies, is a Bond-flavoured blast of chaos, puns and precision, proving this troupe’s comic formula still works.