McHugh has a skilled hand for creating mood, sly dialogue and psychological excavation, but seems less concerned with the mechanics of plot

Willy Russell’s Liverpool drama travels to Belfast and gets a different accent and a calm ferocity

Written fitfully during the first World War and finally presented to an utterly changed world, Shaw’s experimental play remains tangled and complex. Can the Abbey make sense of it?

Michael West’s new play at the Abbey is a grimly amusing and deeply unsettling exploration of marriage

Noël Coward’s breakthrough play depicts a downward spiral, but Annabelle Comyn’s brave production feels like progress