Six theatre shows to see in London

Alexander Zeldin spins Greek myth into modern psychodrama at London’s National Theatre, with Emma D’Arcy and Tobias Menzies on stunning form

She plays a matriarch stricken by the onset of dementia in Tanika Gupta’s play at London’s National Theatre

The Gielgud’s revival of the Irish civil war-era drama includes a subtle performance by J Smith-Cameron

James Macdonald captures the play’s emotional depth and its political power at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket

Past and present blur in Lyndsey Turner’s stunning production

David Edgar’s drama at Richmond’s Orange Tree Theatre focuses on a dispute between the two theatrical giants