Our critic looks back at the best, worst, most underrated and most irritating performances of 2025 and recommends the plays to see this Christmas

Curtain’s up! Rugby is back on the boards in a big way with two productions either side of the Irish Sea…

A stellar Othello in which the narrative takes centre stage puts the spotlight on the theme of the outsider, which threads through many of this month’s productions

27 DECEMBER

It has been 24 years since Kiefer Sutherland first barked orders into a flip phone in 24, the headlong war-on-terror TV drama that elevated raspy CTU agent Jack Bauer into the all-time action-hero pan

KIEFER SUTHERLAND teams up with REBEL WILSON for a panto – oh, yes, he does!