Milo Rau

Hate Radio review – vivid and urgent retelling of ‘Radio Machete’ atrocities

Depicting the Rwandan radio station that spurred on genocide, this harrowing show raises a warning to be heeded today

Ryan Gilbey

21, Apr, 2023 @11:11 AM

The best theatre to stream this month: Billie Holiday’s blues, McKellen’s Lear and Newsies

Our roundup of stage shows to watch at home includes a Tony award-winning musical, international dance and a radical dramatisation of the crucifixion story

Chris Wiegand

01, Oct, 2022 @5:01 AM

Édouard Louis: ‘Truth is a revenge because we live in a world of lies’

The author, who became a literary sensation at the age of 21 with The End of Eddy, is appearing in a show exploring acting in theatre and in everyday life

Mark Fisher

13, May, 2021 @5:00 AM

The New Gospel review – a thrilling and unsettling Easter story

Milo Rau’s film mixes a dramatisation of the crucifixion story with a real-life portrait of exploited migrant workers

Mark Fisher

29, Mar, 2021 @7:00 PM

Familie review – Milo Rau's soulful hymn to life on the brink of death

An acting family play the members of a family about to take their own lives in this unnerving and heartbreaking celebration of the ordinary

Mark Fisher

05, Jan, 2020 @12:54 PM

Top 10 theatre shows of 2019

Katori Hall gave us a miracle, Caryl Churchill delivered a dark quartet and Tom Hiddleston astounded in Betrayal. But the year’s highlight was a breathtaking Ibsen with Hayley Atwell

Michael Billington

17, Dec, 2019 @6:00 AM

The week in theatre: The Secret River; La Reprise; 8 Hotels – review

English settlers terrorise Indigenous Australians in an unflinching production from Sydney

Clare Brennan

11, Aug, 2019 @7:00 AM

La Reprise: Histoire(s) du Theatre (I) review – compassion and curiosity in recreation of a murder

Director Milo Rau asks disturbing political questions while attempting to honour the real-life victim of a senseless homophobic crime

Michael Billington

04, Aug, 2019 @11:47 AM

Making a murder: true-crime stage show recreates a shocking killing

How do you re-enact a homicide for a theatre performance – and should you? Director Milo Rau invited people who knew the victim to take part

Mark Fisher

09, Jul, 2019 @3:37 PM

Edinburgh festival 2019: 50 theatre, comedy and dance shows to see

There’s a Belle and Sebastian play, a show in a hair salon, Frances Barber performing Pet Shop Boys songs and top comics including Josie Long and Stephen Fry. Here’s our guide to the world’s biggest arts festival

Mark Fisher, Lyndsey Winship and Brian Logan

14, Jun, 2019 @6:00 AM