Despite a decade’s experience as a theatre journalist, nothing prepared Emily Jupp for the daunting reality of getting a piece of new writing staged

After a career in broadcasting, Clive Anderson is taking on his first acting role. He and writer Daniel Taub – a former diplomat – tell The Stage how the play will challenge both actor and audience as they are immersed in a live peace process

Timely revival of Steven Berkoff’s solo drama about loneliness, starring Stephen Smith

Double bill exposes dark truths about the human condition

Absurdist take on the 19th-century novel makes a wonderful alternative Christmas show

Azma Dar’s account of the life of Britain’s first female undercover wireless operator, played by Annice Boparai, is intriguing but unsatisfying

The internationally acclaimed director, known for running the Young Vic and later his global Shakespeare adaptations, tells Emily Jupp about returning to the UK

A high-energy, humorous twist on the well-worn rehab redemption story

Chris Fonseca and Harry Jardine BSL-integrated hip-hop gig-theatre shows works best when Fonseca is performing

Now starring as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, Richard Coyle tells us why he’s trying to shock himself as a way to understand the role, how he’s gained new fans since starring in Fantastic Beasts and why, despite his screen success, "I love my theatre"

Rachel Stockdale’s one-woman show addresses the discrimination against fat and working-class people in the performance industry

Brilliantly absurdist take on customer service jobs from Finnish clowning duo

Sam Potter’s new one-woman play about female sex addiction and sex clubs is uneven but enthralling

Entertaining narrative about women’s sexuality and 1980s muscle men that packs in the puns

Kristin McIlquham explores the impact of brain injury in a well-balanced production