Theatre Record
Sign In

Top Picks

Under the Shadow

Based on the film by Babak Anvari — Adapted by Carmen Nasr

They travel on the wind, just like that missile, and they only land once they find someone to possess. When Shideh's husband is conscripted to serve on the frontline, she is left alone with her young daughter as Tehran is bombed. The missile strikes bring terror and destruction and...

Continue reading...

Driftwood

By Martina Laird

Heat is rising in colonial Trinidad. While support for political independence is growing, a downtown Port of Spain gentlemen's club is about to be entangled in a custody battle of its own. ALMA promises guests a welcome escape from the bustle of the capital. Owned by Englishman Mansion, governed by...

Continue reading...

Allegra

By Peter Quilter

Allegra (Maureen Lipman) is full of joy. So much of it that she cannot stop herself from bursting into song. At home, in the street, even in shops and restaurants. Sometimes the music is only a fantasy in her head. But at other times, it results in a loud and...

Continue reading...

Recent Openings

The Long Drop

By Denise Mina. Adapted by Linda McLean

Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

Previews05 June 2026
Opens/Press Night10 June 2026
Closes20 June 2026
Running Time2 hours 20 minutes
First PerformedWorld premiere
Presented ByCitizens Theatre

Glasgow, 1957. A family destroyed. A man who insists he knows why. Between whisky-soaked confessions and half-truths swirling in cigarette smoke, William Watt and Peter Manuel share a night that will change everything. Winding through stale-aired bars, shadowed backstreets and tangled lies – leading to one of the most infamous trials in Scottish history.

See cast, creatives, and 7 reviews

The Hen Night
A Play, Pie and Pint

By Debbie Hannan

Òran Mór, Glasgow

Previews08 June 2026
Closes13 June 2026
Running Time50 minutes
Presented Byoran mor & Assembly Roxy

Jade, Amber and Lilac have been organising Coral's hen night for the past six months and it's going to be epic! But at the last minute, Coral's cousin Luna rocks up uninvited. Perfect skin, a model, a poet, and a human rights lawyer…a total goddess. It's too easy to hate her but little do they know just how much they need her…Can the trio unleash their inner Greek chorus or is Coral's fate in the hands of the gods?

See cast, creatives, and 3 reviews

We Had a World

By Joshua Harmon

Hampstead Theatre, London

Previews29 May 2026
Opens/Press Night08 June 2026
Closes04 July 2026
Running Time1 hour 45 minutes
First PerformedManhattan Theatre Club 2025
UK premiere
Presented ByHampstead Downstairs & Celia Atkin

Joshua Harmon's deeply personal and searingly funny play brings to theatrical life his New York childhood, caught between his hilariously eccentric but indomitable grandmother and his mother. His grandmother's influence shapes him as both a person and an artist, but as he traces the family's relationships, he uncovers their secrets, revealing thirty years of family fights, monstrous behaviour, enormous cruelty and enduring love.

See cast, creatives, and 5 reviews
View All →