Review

A new Polish crime thriller is riveting - but also stressful, banal and not a great deal of fun to watch

Almost all big productions at the National seem to sell out sight unseen these days, but how long will this continue if they keep turning out big, unfunny flops like this?

A stunning new novel captures the weight of history on a country rinsed with regrets

The most unlikely duo imaginable, Erasure are proof that genius often resides in British eccentricity

Tight, exciting and nuanced, new six-part Croatian drama thriller Four Strangers is a proper treat

In a difficult year for Edinburgh, Sir Ian provides an exhilarating spectacle - but there are joys to be found elsewhere in the city

On Washington DC’s grand 16th Street, an outdoor photography exhibition has brought a fragment of Europe to the new world

If Amon Amarth's Johan Hegg is a Viking, he’s one who is fully paid up to modern Scandi liberal values

A new Spanish Netflix series portrays celebrity as inherently toxic and destructive, and yet a natural ambition for the aimless disenfranchised young people to whom it is sold

Kate Fleetwood plays a delectably wicked Cruella de Vil for all she’s worth, but this is otherwise a dog's dinner

The story is improbable but star Scott Karim can make just about any character seem convincing

As the country faces its greatest crisis, a writer has delivered one of its greatest novels

A fire that destroyed a library in Venice 455 years ago has inspired a superb Anselm Kiefer exhibition on loss and retrieval

Flee is the best representation yet of what it really means to be a refugee

Anything Goes was a lot of fun last summer but it now feels dutiful and robotic

This pared-down production is very much a star vehicle for the Game of Thrones actor Emilia Clarke

Fujiko Nakaya: Nebel Leben is the first comprehensive survey exhibition of the visionary sculptor outside of Japan

A new Netflix show about tech-bro chaos and indulgence is topical and current. It's also completely played out

As the show's writer and sole performer, Nikhil Parmar deserves the highest praise for creating a show that's sad, funny and honest in equal measure

Can urban art build bridges instead of walls? Eleven artists across Europe have come together to prove just this

There’s a good play to be written about what happens to us in advanced old age. Sadly, this production is not it

Set in 2019, Roy Williams’ state-of-the-nation play tells the story of a country that’s gotten itself into a bit of a state

The new Netflix drama sets aside political quibbles and moments of cultural discord, settling instead for lighter watching

A remarkable account of illegal travels through the deserted villages and towns near Chernobyl

Heilung's ancient-sounding music has slotted neatly into pop culture’s current enthusiasm for a bloody and merciless northern European past

A Danish drama set in the world of social work paints an unbearable balancing act of competing harms

This tale of anti-democracy activists is too clever for its own good

There is more anger, passion and insight to be had in just a few minutes of this show than any number of hours sitting through a James Graham political play

Hamburg’s £740m concert hall went wildly over budget – but it is an overwhelming hit with visitors and locals

How Stonehenge helps to explain Britain’s place in the ancient world

Despite some great performances, narratively there is not much at the heart of this Danish comic drama

None of the characters really break through sufficiently to hold August Wilson's production together and give it any real focus