Sam Marlowe

Nadia Fall’s production radiates kinetic energy, with a performance by Kibong Tanji that leaps thrillingly between the mundane and the transcendental

Celebration of Sheffield by Chris Bush and Robert Hastie is an evening of highs and lows

August Wilson’s drama, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, triumphantly delivered with sensual visuals and sublime performances

Devised by writer Chris Bush, director Rebecca Frecknall and the Almeida company, Nine Lessons and Carols is an imaginative Christmas show for Covid times that offers comfort and joy

Tinuke Craig’s rending production of Sarah Kane’s fierce, poetic chronicle of love and anguish

Every melancholy detail pierces in this screen version of Ian Rickson’s acclaimed Chekhov production

Open Sky’s Microplays sees writers such as Matilda Ibini and Iman Qureshi produce shorts exploring socio-cultural division

Touching miniature by Louise Coulthard, starring Miriam Margolyes and directed by Michael Fentiman, with beautiful performances and pitch-perfect tone

Since receiving acclaim for playing Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Paapa Essiedu has appeared in the West End and on TV. Now starring in Pass Over at London’s Kiln Theatre, he tells Sam Marlowe about coping with media stereotyping, why self-care is important and worrying about choosing acting over a medical career.