MARY CONWAY is spellbound by superb performances in Arthur Miller’s study of the social and personal stress brought about by Nazi Germany’s Kristallnacht

MARY CONWAY applauds an exploration, through five short plays, that demonstrates the vital role of drama in furthering collective understanding

MARY CONWAY relishes the period detail but misses the drama in this unsatisfactory dramatisation of the subjugated life of George Eliot

MARY CONWAY welcomes a warm, if microscopic study of an Indian and a Pakistani, both culturally adrift in Britain

MARY CONWAY becomes impatient with the intellectual self-indulgence of Tom Stoppard in a production that is, nevertheless, total class

MARY CONWAY revels in the macabre waiting game of Strindberg’s forensic dissection of a loveless ruling-class marriage

MARY CONWAY applauds a brilliant two-hander that blows the lid off the abortion debate and rips your heart to shreds

MARY CONWAY recommends a spot of exquisitely staged, if socially unchallenging, escapism written 250 years ago

MARY CONWAY takes pride in the sheer variety of theatre, from updated revivals to new plays, on offer in London

MARY CONWAY delights in a rarely performed comedy that recalls a Britain we remember in our bones

MARY CONWAY is riveted by a superbly crafted glimpse into the soul of a cast-off US star

Although this production was in rehearsal before the playwright’s death, it allows us to pay homage to his life, suggests MARY CONWAY

MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production whose design and cartoonish acting overwhelms the close scrutiny of characters

MARY CONWAY recommends the play for the truthfulness of the writing, the quality of the production and the vigorous characterisation

MARY CONWAY applauds a brave and timely two hander that explores the difference between intimacy and abuse

MARY CONWAY is disappointed by an incoherent show that fails to question stereotypical assumptions about the Soviet Union

MARY CONWAY applauds a new play that foresees the unscrupulous tactics of a future far-right minority government

MARY CONWAY is frustrated by the stylistic muddle that arises when you apply a pub theatre sensibility to a towering Greek tragedy

MARY CONWAY recommends an early Shakespearean tragedy that feels so contemporary that it mirrors our daily news

Acclaimed as a masterpiece when it premiered, this study of story-telling in an Irish pub more than lives up to expectations, says MARY CONWAY

MARY CONWAY is frustrated by a new play that loses its drama amid the moral dilemma of re-settling children in the aftermath of WWII

MARY CONWAY relishes the spectacle of a domestic implosion in a setting strangely divorced from any social, political or cultural context

Memorable, deeply penetrating and exquisitely performed, writes MARY CONWAY

MARY CONWAY admires a study of environmental idealism that aspires to Chekhov but is arrested in a deluge of middle-class opinion

MARY CONWAY applauds the success of Beth Steel’s bitter-sweet state-of-the-nation play

MARY CONWAY is blown away by a flawless production of Lynn Nottage’s exquisite tragedy

MARY CONWAY revels in the Irish American language and dense melancholy of O’Neill’s last and little-known play

MARY CONWAY recommends a play that some will find more discursive than eventful but one in which the characters glow

MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a play that presents Shelley as polite and conventional man who lives a chocolate box, cottagey life

MARY CONWAY is stirred by a play that explores masculinity every bit as much as it penetrates addiction

In this production of David Mamet’s play, MARY CONWAY misses the essence of cruelty that is at the heart of the American deal

MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a star-studded adaptation of Ibsen’s play that is devoid of believable humanity

MARY CONWAY applauds the revival of a tense, and extremely funny, study of men, money and playing cards

MARY CONWAY applauds the study of a dysfunctional family set in an Ireland that could be anywhere

MARY CONWAY relishes two matchless performers and a masterclass in tightly focused wordplay