MARY CONWAY recommends a beautifully judged performance that shines a light on the experience of all female war babies and boomers

A nervous year, showing that the theatre, like the world, stands on a precipice and seems uncertain where to jump

MARY CONWAY applauds a worthy revival of the US 1939 classic drama that studies the dehumanising consequences of affluence

MARY CONWAY relishes the revival of two classics for the naked expression of truthful thoughts and class anger

MARY CONWAY evaluates a polemical play whose actors, rather than the writer, introduce the humanity and the light and shade

The relationship between an over-ambitious mother and her damaged daughters makes for a muddled evening of drama, finds MARY CONWAY

In communities where exploitative warehouses have replaced coal mines, Beth Steel has fashioned an uproarious state-of-the-nation comedy, says MARY CONWAY

MARY CONWAY is in awe of an immaculately orchestrated analysis of inequality, rendered with precise and simple clarity

A kaleidoscope of human emotions offered by Andrew Scott’s virtuoso performance as multiple characters gets the thumbs up from MARY CONWAY

MARY CONWAY points out that superb acting and production can't remedy a contrived idea

MARY CONWAY salutes an outstanding play with a firm moral compass that transforms the audience

MARY CONWAY feels that well-meaning audiences deserve more than exploitation

Mary Conway is put through the mill and ultimately enlightened by an unrelenting portrayal of a cruel all-male world

MARY CONWAY applauds a new play that explores the compromised relationship between Harry Pollitt and Stalin

MARY CONWAY wonders if a single absurd concept is enough to sustain a drama, however beautiful the actors

MARY CONWAY contemplates a landmark show that raises questions of identity, not class

MARY CONWAY is inspired by a community theatre project that explores the remarkable life of Ada Salter

‘Don’t expect a play, or even to know what it was you saw or why,’ is MARY CONWAY’S uncomfortable verdict

MARY CONWAY applauds the timely restaging of a play premiered to world-wide acclaim in 1981

This production’s bland ‘let’s not offend anybody’ approach could not be less appropriate in a work with such piercing and targeted acumen, writes MARY CONWAY

MARY CONWAY recommends a play that has autism, race and dysfunctional public agencies at its centre

MARY CONWAY recommends a compelling and complex story of one Iraqi family, held together by their Jewish heritage

MARY CONWAY recommends, with minor reservations, an innovative staging of the Chekhov classic

MARY CONWAY explains her disappointment with the ‘reconfigured’ classic