Family issues and dragon-fuelled history amount to a vacuous spectacle that ill-fits the theatre, muses SIMON PARSONS

SIMON PARSONS applauds the timely revival of a play about solidarity and betrayal within Britain’s Pakistani community

SIMON PARSONS recommends an outstanding revival of the musical based on Argentinian LGBT activist Manuel Puig’s groundbreaking novel

SIMON PARSONS applauds an outstanding one woman show that weaves real poems and narratives into the story of one girl’s flight

SIMON PARSONS applauds an artist who rescues and rehumanises stories of women, the victims of violence, from a feminist perspective

SIMON PARSONS is charmed by a hilarious tender show that will open the eyes to the delights and possibilities of puppetry

SIMON PARSONS applauds an original, visual and movement-based take on the birth and death of a relationship

SIMON PARSONS is fascinated by a play about the Iraq war where the carnage haunts those still alive

SIMON PARSONS feels a little overwhelmed by the joke count of an ebullient production that manages to convey Stoker’s Dracula without corpsing

SIMON PARSONS applauds an intriguing story of two Pakistani women working in Woolworths on the eve of the millennium

In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre

SIMON PARSONS recommends a striking production that revisits recent history and offers a timely warning