GORDON PARSONS revels in an ebullient production of Shakespeare’s magical comedy

GORDON PARSONS regrets the price, but is dazzled by an outstandingly ambitious study of the way art restoration in particular, and culture in general was weaponised by the Nazis

GORDON PARSONS is disappointed by Kenneth Branagh’s lightweight Prospero in an ambitious rendition of the play

GORDON PARSONS is disappointed by the outdated form of a play set in Trinidad, whose subject is the switch from British to US imperial control

GORDON PARSONS salutes the apt return of Brecht’s vaudevillian cartoon drama that retains the vitality of the boxing or the circus ring

In this gung-ho moment, GORDON PARSONS has doubts about the ambiguity of a patchy production of Shakespeare’s paean to warfare

GORDON PARSONS is intrigued by a biography of the Marxist intellectual and author, made from the point of view of his son

GORDON PARSONS applauds a marvellous story of human ingenuity and youthful determination, well served by a large and talented company

GORDON PARSONS is fascinated by a musical — and questioning — survey of Shakespeare’s attitude to women

For GORDON PARSONS, a dramatic exploration of the abuse of young men at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre trumps Beckett, a couple of Hamlets and a bracing Candide

GORDON PARSONS relishes an adaptation of Dahl’s children’s tale, but issues a warning for the over 11-year-olds

GORDON PARSONS steps warily in between the lines of Britain’s most famous diarist