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I, Joan has become the year’s most controversial play before it has even opened. There’s no need for alarm, says its writer

Vinay Patel was seven years old when he first attempted to put an epic science-fiction story on stage. Sadly for the acclaimed playwright and screenwriter, he spent so much time putting up the elaborate tinfoil set during the school assembly that his allotted time ran out and he was unceremoniously…

Two decades since the debut of Roy Williams’s play set in a pub during an England v Germany World Cup qualifier, the script is as hot as ever

One of London’s most exciting directors on her new show, how she seeks to leave audiences thrilled and shaken, and why now is an exciting moment for South Asian stories on stage

Bhattacharyya’s play Chasing Hares uses folk theatre to depict a trade union dispute in West Bengal. ‘South Asian artists have always been here – but now it’s our time,’ Bhatia says

Covent Garden’s future stars make the most of a tricky double bill

Beth Steel’s ambitious new play follows the Webster family over decades, with Duff as a thwarted singer

The Royal Opera’s unusual pairing of two modernist works boasts an outstanding lead in Alexandra Lowe as Pierrot Lunaire, and plenty of imaginative touches elsewhere

The former lawyer’s play starring Jodie Comer, about a defence barrister who is raped, is a fierce indictment of the legal system. She tells Ellie Harrison why the court is not fit for purpose when it comes to sexual assault