Lyceum, EdinburghPerformers dig up the stage, roll in the sack and merge with machines in Belgian theatre collective FC Bergman’s arresting show Belgian theatre collective FC Bergman’s t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMAssembly George Square Studios, Edinburgh Robert Daws stars as the great comic author in this one-man show but is let down by lukewarm humour Robert Daws has lots of previous form on PG Wode…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghWith brilliant one-liners, dazzling music and two formidable performers, this fringe highlight sees a cute newcomer end Earth’s 750m-year stint of singledom D…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMBig Yin at Gilded Balloon Patter House, EdinburghA joyful ensemble channels the spirit of 70s counterculture with dazzling costumes and cheeky choreography in a flawed show This riotous ense…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32PMPentland theatre, Pleasance at EICC, Edinburgh Voices swirl in Andreas Constantinou’s medium-like performance as he struggles still with his dad’s response to his sexuality This is a sho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMTraverse theatre, EdinburghBuried trauma surfaces at a family reunion in Karis Kelly’s darkly funny Northern Irish drama that attempts to capture a broader history of violence Karis Kelly�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PMPleasance Dome, EdinburghIn one of several Palestinian stories at this year’s fringe, writer and comedian Alaa Shehada finds humour amid the horror of Israel’s occupation This is the sto…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMSummerhall, EdinburghThe actor makes his much anticipated writing debut at the fringe with an adventurous show about homemade porn Kevin and Megan are friends who reap the benefits when a on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMFestival Theatre, EdinburghCox’s entertaining spectre of Adam Smith visits Royal Bank of Scotland’s fascinatingly bland tyrant CEO in James Graham’s ambitious play about his meteoric r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMJermyn Street Theatre, LondonThe fictional island of Sirene is home to a tangled web of lovers in this fun and frolicking adaptation of Compton Mackenzie’s novel featuring a fantastic cast…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMSouthwark Playhouse Elephant, LondonHollering songs, cartoonish characters and dire dialogue mar this well-intentioned true story of the first all-female crew to attempt the Whitbread ocean …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMSouthwark Playhouse Borough, LondonAlex Urwin’s warm drama tells the story of Simon Parkes who at just 23 bought the Brixton Academy for a pound and turned it into a mainstay of the UK mus…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMChichester Festival theatreTwinkly eyed Phillip Attmore and silky-singing Lucy St Louis have natural chemistry in this stylish, witty adaptation of the mistaken identity drama It looks like …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMJames Ijames was told Shakespeare wasn’t for the likes of him. Yet his Hamlet revamp electrified Broadway and scooped up Tony nominations. As Fat Ham hits the UK, he talks violence, vengea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMRoyal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonYaël Farber’s production manages the problem play’s shift from dark to light well, but is often opaque in meaning Male sexual jealousy driv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMSavoy theatre, LondonThis adrenalised adaptation of the 2010 film is stuffed with superb voices and sensational moves What a tremendous breath of fresh air. Amid the indefatigable rise of mo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42PMLady Macbeth Played Wing Defence combines comedy, songs and athleticism as a young netball player reckons with her own ambitions against an electro-pop score A spate of Macbeths will hit the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMLyric Hammersmith, LondonThe stage version of John Carney’s film stays bright-eyed despite the darker turns in this tale of teenage pop, poverty and fractious families This stage adaptatio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMDorfman theatre, LondonShaan Sahota’s play sets a British-Sikh politician’s schemes against his family betrayal – a tremendous debut from a writer of huge promise Adeel Akhtar has beco…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMOrange Tree theatre, LondonCasting two Netflix stars in this funny and astute modernisation of the life of Saint Clare of Assisi shows that the gulf between rich and poor never changes Chiar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMKeighley & Worth Valley Railway, West Yorkshire Stupendous set design brings E Nesbit’s children’s classic to new life as a wealthy Anglo-Indian family is forced to adjust to reduced…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMLondon PalladiumZegler excels as Eva Perón and the crowds outside are used to capture the hypnotic appeal of populism but the narrative takes a backseat in his staging of Andrew Lloyd Webbe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12PMMalta festival, PolandThis updating of Agnieszka Holland’s 1981 film about a struggling single mother suggests life under capitalist consumerism is no easier than it was under communism Ag…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMStara Rzeźnia, PoznańThis outdoor offering, part homage and part reimagining of Shakespeare’s text, has visual spectacle, a magnificent score and a cast undeterred by an actual storm Out…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMAlmeida theatre, LondonRebecca Frecknall’s usually bold directorial hand seems stilled in a glacially paced revival co-starring Michael Shannon and David Threlfall Rebecca Frecknall has gi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMTheatre Royal Drury Lane, LondonLuke Brady is the hero navigating between godliness and humanness in a show that’s big on booming numbers yet short on emotion Four years ago, Disney brough…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54PMKiln theatre, LondonIman Qureshi’s play starts as a good, old-fashioned underdog story before exploring sexuality, homophobia and trans identity A group of women convene around a piano in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMArcola theatre, LondonOn a quest to visit all 54 African nations, a band of travellers explore personal, political and social history – but it can be hard to work out what’s happening Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMRoyal Court theatre, LondonKane’s emotionally unswerving gifts as a writer are on full display in a 25th-anniversary production reuniting the original cast What must it have felt like to w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMChichester Festival theatreNatalie Dormer is exceptional in the title role with Phillip Breen’s clever production reflecting the full scope of the novel’s ambition The stampede of acto…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMDeptford Storehouse, LondonWhile Liana Patarkatsishvili’s gargantuan immersive show looks spectacular, too many ideas are thrown about without being tethered to a story The disused warehou…
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