Fiona Mountford

In 2016, when The Children , Lucy Kirkwood's three-hander about the aftermath of a nuclear disaster, premiered at London's Royal Court Theatre , one of the actors forgot his lines.

A cleverly staged 10th-anniversary revival of Lucy Kirkwood’s The Children cannot disguise the play’s flaws

A new play makes us feel wistful for what might have happened had Swinton not always been too ethereally cool for school

One might well have imagined that a musical created by Sting, about deindustrialisation in the 1980s and a beleaguered shipyard in the north-east of England, might have had its first major run in this country. Yet no: The Last Ship played first in Chicago in 2014 and then went to Broadway for a curtailed run, with the common lament being that this very English show might have worked better in, well, England. After more international productions – Salt Lake City, Toronto, Turku in Finland – the ship, with Sting himself aboard and heading the cast, finally docks in one of […]

Here's an ingenious spin on A Midsummer Night's Dream at Chichester Festival Theatre , combining integrity to the text with a wonderful sense of local identity.

John Major’s Britain collides with the Bard’s enchanted forest in Justin Audibert’s riotously fun production

Martha in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' is one of the juiciest parts for middle-aged actresses - and her chemistry with Billy Crudup is tangible

He's endured a tough few years, but an impressive turn in a West End play and a thrilling appearance on The Celebrity Traitors are a reminder of what he does best

Danny Lee Wynter’s script offers unending delight in the frank, witty and expletive-filled conversation between three east London sisters

Theatre Ilford Boy Donmar Warehouse, London WC2