Review

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

This sequel to a Henrik Ibsen classic can get overcome with its sense of how clever and novel it is

A newly translated novel portrays Europe as a dilapidated hotel that’s wallowing in nostalgia

A new edition of the closest we got to a David Bowie autobiography lifts a little of the on-stage mask

A new Spanish Netflix series asks what privacy in the modern age looks like, especially when all too often the little we have gets betrayed

This new take on a Greek tragedy is slow, pretentious and mind-numbingly boring

Hollywood star Amy Adams is the draw in this revival and she's content just to get on with some proper acting for a change

Quartiers nord is Marseille rapper Alonzo's most affectionate tribute to his hometown yet

A new exhibition celebrates Pompeii’s erotic art and artefacts, many hidden from public view since their excavation in the 19th century

For a Gen-Zer, Nick Hornby's marital vignettes are reminiscent of late-night and wine-filled debates with family members

The big numbers in this adaptation are all too familiar but they are listlessly performed and all the emphasis is on Peter Andre’s cameo turn

Bartlett Sher’s production is totally unnecessary and maybe a form of sacrilege

A new boxed set provides a rare insight into the life and mind of one of the most popular cultural icons of the 20th century during what were to be his final days

Jason Solomons has been to Cannes 25 times as a reporter, critic and presenter. How would he fare at his first as a producer?

The cast is cut down, but it's no mean feat to even attempt to put this particular whodunnit on Chichester’s main stage

Megan Nolan loves a bad rom-com, but this latest Netflix effort is stupid and hateful

Steven Moffat’s new play is a rather slight one-joke comedy - but a five-star one

This Netflix film about a Danish restaurateur could have done with being much worse or much, much better

With this play about the man who murdered Gandhi, Anupama Chandrasekhar has bitten off more than she can chew

Waleed Akhtar has produced an elegantly written, often very funny, piece that works precisely because it takes a moral position on Afghanistan

A new exhibition reveals the secrets of a forward-thinking heiress whose taste and beliefs transcended her patriarchal age

The story of Sweden's first celebrity gangster is a sub-Tarantino gushing glorification

If part two of David Eldridge's trilogy of plays about relationships is a state-of-the-nation play, then all it has to say is that the nation is in a bit of a state, which will hardly come as a surprise to anyone

Russia is absent from this year’s edition of the world’s biggest international art exhibition. But the main talking point is a decisive move away from domination by white men

BritBox's latest is a perfectly pitched and painfully funny new addition to the canon of works about Irish alcoholism

This utterly misguided take on an ancient musical will antagonise the only people it’s likely to attract

Newcomer Michael Workeye dominates this superbly written, but often intensely painful piece