Our series on theatrical discoveries continues with Trevor Griffiths’ incandescent examination of laughter and prejudice, remembered by the director who first put it on

A teenager kills a trainee paramedic with a single strike on a night out in Nottingham in this deftly directed play based on a real story

Three unsuspecting teenagers find themselves under close observation in this satirical swipe at the government’s Prevent strategy

The directors of The Full Monty, In the Bedroom and Michael Clayton pay tribute to the actor, who died on Saturday, along with David Hare, Richard Eyre, John Madden, Jonathan Pryce, Jay Roach, Justin Theroux, Harriet Walter, Cathy Tyson, Christopher Eccleston, Peter Webber and Marion Bailey

This year, our readers were blown away by productions from Machinal to Free Your Mind – with one theatregoer returning to watch Groundhog Day four times

Nottingham Playhouse
Samson Hawkins’s debut is part Jerusalem part This Country, bringing big laughs while asking serious questions about identity nostalgia and modernity

An at times arresting production of Christy Lefteri’s bestseller is let down by its didactic structure

Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Ivo van Hove’s epic, boisterous family fun and a dance fable for Christmas

Amanda Huxtable directs the regional premiere of Natasha Gordon’s multigenerational play filled with conflict and grief

Adrian Scarborough stars in his own adaptation of Bennett’s story, featuring convincing new dialogue and staged with visual panache

This earnest musical, which features three sets of real twins across its cast, has a deeply moving pay-off

In a new monthly roundup, we pick 10 of the best shows to enjoy from home – including Shakespeare filmed in a church, a lavish musical and Gabriel Byrne’s return to Dublin

Gatiss’s delayed rework amps up the ghostly effects while drawing out the overlooked dark comedy in the classic tale

Jenna Russell captures the tragedy in this rags-to-rags story but the power of the songs can’t hide the play’s weaknesses