Culture: Theatre

Pains of Youth / Days of Significance

Blairite boozers reach the parts that 1920s medics can't

The prude of love

The erstwhile Victor Meldrew is on fine form

The Power of Yes

David Hare is brilliant on last year's financial crash

The NS Interview: Fiona Shaw

I Bought a Blue Car Today (Vaudeville Theatre, London WC2)

Mr Cumming's solo show feels more than a little me, me, me . . .

Helen

Three parts comedy, one part tragedy

Boo, hiss, hurrah!

The theatre critic Michael Billington tells Elizabeth Kirkwood why he sees himself as a one-man “resistance movement” against consumerism

From the NS archive: drama and democracy

In this extract from his 2007 review of Michael Billington’s book “State of the Nation”, Johann Hari examines the relationship between theatre and politics

The Black Album

Kureishi’s novel about young British Asian men makes a problematic play

Festival and Fringe: Our critics pick the best of Edinburgh

The best art, theatre, comedy, music and dance at this year's festival