Friday, February 2, 2024
The former RSC director, now visiting professor of contemporary theatre at Oxford University, will stage The Two Gentlemen of Verona
When Gregory Doran stepped down as artistic director of t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMThe Fleabag star, who took all eight roles in the solo show Vanya, says intimate scenes on stage can be discomfiting for viewers
During rehearsals for Andrew Scott’s solo version of Chekho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMTheatrical adaptation of the sitcom, opening at the Apollo theatre in May, will combine three episodes including The Germans
Torquay’s hapless hotelier Basil Fawlty is to make his West End…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMThursday, February 1, 2024
Charing Cross theatre, LondonHunter Bird’s often madcap production, based on the 1980 western, has anodyne songs and lacks the film’s weathered perspective
Bronco Billy is one of Clint E…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMOur roundup of drama to watch at home includes Danny Boyle’s remix of The Matrix, Billy Crudup’s solo show and the New Wolsey’s Romeo & Juliet
As Keanu Reeves’ Neo might say: who…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36AMWednesday, January 31, 2024
The actor, dancer and singer, who has died aged 91, did not just provide great entertainment on stage. She was an eloquent, mischievous chronicler of musical theatre
Chita Rivera had been an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMThursday, January 25, 2024
The comedy series’ originators Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse will lead a 30th anniversary live show due to begin in March
Swiss Toni, Competitive Dad and a pair of unsuitably smutty t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMDisabled actors respond to the announcement that Michelle Terry, the Globe’s artistic director, will be taking up the role
The announcement of a summer production of Richard III at Shakesp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMWednesday, January 24, 2024
The Akram Khan Company said the death of the dancer, who shaped the art form as a programmer, was ‘an immense loss for the dance community’
Emma Gladstone, an accomplished dancer who hug…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMMonday, January 22, 2024
The show’s run at Theatre Royal Drury Lane will end in September but British schools can then compete to stage it
Since the summer of 2021 it has drawn waves of excited theatregoers wearin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMThe star of The Morning Show will bring David Cale’s award-winning one-man play to London in March
Billy Crudup is to make his West End theatre debut portraying 19 characters in a solo sho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMFriday, January 19, 2024
The Other Palace, LondonThere are some excellent performances in an uneven adaptation of the hit film, staged with songs by No Doubt, Ace of Base and Placebo
After its hit with a sour bubble…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36PMFriday, January 5, 2024
Clint Dyer leads tributes to director who ran the London venue for 25 years and was a ‘pioneer of diversity in British theatre’
Tributes have been paid to Philip Hedley, who spent a quar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMMonday, January 1, 2024
If you can’t get tickets to his Macbeth, Tennant’s acclaimed prince of Denmark is online, along with a spectacular take on three Shakespeare plays by Ivo van Hove
Binge on Shakespeare’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMWednesday, December 20, 2023
Playhouse, SheffieldElvi Piper’s show for over-threes has knockabout silliness, vintage styling, cracker jokes and appealing songs
‘Welcome to the happiest place on earth, kid,” snarls…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMTuesday, December 19, 2023
Aviva Studios, ManchesterMusician-puppeteers help tell the tale of a boy and a penguin in this carefully crafted adaptation of the popular picture book
There’s more than one super furry an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMWednesday, December 13, 2023
Actor plays Shakespeare’s tragic prince in film shot at Theatre Royal Windsor, where he starred in a 2021 stage version
Ian McKellen has reprised the role of Hamlet for a new film version …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMThe double Tony-winning director staged acclaimed productions by Michael Frayn, Peter Nichols and many others in the West End and Broadway
Michael Blakemore, the actor turned theatre direct…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AMTuesday, December 12, 2023
She started out doing panto tours of northern garden centres. But Arnstein is now emerging as a thrilling performer, turning the shocks of her life – sexual harassment, her mum’s cancer …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMAfter two hit movies, the children’s books hero will lead a new theatre production from the company behind Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Paddington, Michael Bond’s “very rare sort …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMMonday, December 11, 2023
The Egg theatre, BathGaming imagery blends with traditional adventure scenery in an exuberant present-day adaptation of JM Barrie’s novel
Within a fortnight of Wendy’s birth, JM Barrie h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AMFriday, December 8, 2023
The Egg theatre, BathSet in the cherry orchard that Madame Ranevsky is preparing to leave, this story leads its young audience on a tactile adventure underground
Our host is making a list an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMThursday, December 7, 2023
Leeds PlayhouseThis production for over-fours has clever touches, lively performances and splendid puppets but the songs and the story grow monotonous
The ravenous, toothy croc in Roald Dahl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMActors to make ‘merry mischief’ in Samuel Beckett’s play at Theatre Royal Haymarket in September
Ben Whishaw is to star in a new London production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for God…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMTuesday, December 5, 2023
The Flemish theatre run by Michael De Cock has its own ‘city dramaturg’, functions like a town square and stages shows that reflect a vibrant capital, says the dynamic artistic director
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMThe comedian posted a video of the ‘shocking’ amount of litter left behind after his performance in a panto, saying, ‘You wouldn’t treat your own home like that, would you?’
“It�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AMThursday, November 30, 2023
Watch Mike Birbiglia’s hit comedy about mortality, Colm and Brenda Meaney in Enda Walsh’s two-hander or choose from a flock of Swan Lakes
Here’s Mike Birbiglia’s pitch for his Broad…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMWednesday, November 29, 2023
Derby theatreOur heroine is a straight-talker who is not bothered about the ball but still finds romance in Annie Siddons’ lively version
In her fresh version of the bridal fairytale, Anni…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMSunday, November 26, 2023
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonVikki Stone’s playful fairytale is staged with fabulous costumes and high-energy songs but falls short of delirious comedy
In 2021, Camila Cabello was a screen Cin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AMFriday, November 24, 2023
Half Moon theatre, LondonSarah Punshon’s Christmas story for over-fours is about the importance of making – and saving – electricity
Here’s a lively show that recognises how, in many…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMThursday, November 23, 2023
Polka theatre, LondonWorking best as an origin story, this new adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale is poignant but lacks danger
Why is Hans Christian Andersen’s Snow Queen …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PM 
