As The Death of a Black Man returns to Hampstead theatre, it’s time to remember and revive Fagon’s other confounding and ambitious dramas Alfred Fagon was many things before becoming a p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMAvailable onlineTyger Drew-Honey and Kirsten Foster star in Shaun McKenna’s noirish tale of crime and punishment Apartment blocks can make convenient backdrops for noirish thrillers with d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PMAvailable onlineIn a twist on John Byrne’s debut Writer’s Cramp, this is a fast-paced spoof hagiography of pulpy romance author Pamela Crichton Capers In 1977, John Byrne staged his deb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PMAvailable onlineThis moreish serial drama finds new terrain with excellent performances from Rachael Stirling and Alec Newman “You’re on mute,” says Emilia to Giovanni, minutes into th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54PMBBC iPlayer Covid-postponed production moves the play to the 1950s but lacks the inventiveness of the National’s recent Romeo and Juliet This RSC production opens in a 20th-century Sicilia…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36PMAfter embarking accidentally on his career, Pappenheim has created innovative soundscapes for theatre, opera and radio Max Pappenheim’s journey into sound design comprises a series of happ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AMAvailable onlineThis set of 15 monologues – from writers including Lemn Sissay, Jodi Gray and Juno Dawson – is heartfelt but feels underpowered In one of the 15 monologues here, Juno Daw…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PMAvailable online A meeting between the writer and the double agent, once colleagues at MI6, is strong on friendship and betrayal – but takes us no closer to the heart of either man In Febr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18PMThe Young Vic and Royal Court are rethinking their work practices to unpick centuries of ingrained attitudes – and achieve ‘the miracle of equality’ The Young Vic and Royal Court theat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PMUS activist and dramatist Erika Dickerson-Despenza wins Susan Smith Blackburn prize with the play cullud wattah A “bold and urgent” play about the Flint water crisis, seen through the ey…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42PMSky ArtsJosh O’Connor and Jessie Buckley captivate as the star-crossed lovers in a pacy, painterly and emotionally raw production The National Theatre’s first foray into film-making is a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42PMAfter the pandemic nixed a stage run of Shakespeare’s tragedy, the theatre launched an ambitious film version starring Jessie Buckley and Josh O’Connor Just over a year ago, Simon Godwin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32AMThe bright mind who lit up Blindness at the Donmar and the National Theatre’s panto approaches each job like a mystery After Jessica Hung Han Yun’s first professional gig as a lighting d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMAvailable onlineDeborah Bruce’s grief-stricken monologue Guidesky and I is the pick of the Orange Tree theatre’s introspective bunch Inside comprises three short studies of what it means…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMThe minds behind Britain’s oldest black theatre group discuss pulling out of Birmingham Rep when it became a Nightingale court – and their plans to conquer the West End Britain’s oldes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMAvailable onlineThe playwright takes us inside the mind of his late mother in a poignant audio play that dramatises her shifting sense of self Anyone who has observed dementia at close quart…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMIn the second of our two-parter, rock stars, roadies, actors, dancers, composers and comics describe how their lives have been transformed without live shows – and imagine what now lies ah…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMAvailable onlineIan Hallard’s entertaining romance is full of conversational crossed wires and social awkwardness A pandemic drama that centres on two people in a Zoom conversation is a ri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32PMHome, presented by the Abbey theatre, shines a light on decades of abuse of unmarried women and children in Ireland Ireland’s Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, which …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PMThis online experiment uses live motion capture to bring the fairies and sprites of A Midsummer Night’s Dream to vivid life The opening moments of Dream contain all the enticements of an a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMAfter drama school, the actor feared she’d made a terrible mistake until she had a run of acclaimed roles on stage, TV and in the hit film version of David Copperfield Rosalind Eleazar rem…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMAvailable onlineEternal youth and beauty exist only online in this thoroughly modern adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s fable, which counts Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley among its impressive cast…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12PMThe acclaimed Swedish director’s Projekt Europa will have a UK residency in Kent and collaborate with migrant theatre-makers Maria Aberg was having one of the busiest times of her 20-year …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMAvailable onlinePart two in NTGent’s Sorrows of Belgium trilogy is a visually arresting account of the rise of the Rex party and the horror of the second world war Director Luk Perceval’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PMAvailable onlineIn Steppenwolf theatre company’s creepy satire on palace life, two women have an intense teatime meeting It is tempting to assume that an American drama about black women c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMBBC Radio 4David Mamet’s new play, adapted as an audio drama, follows an indomitable Manhattanite willing to sacrifice everything to save her murderer son It is peculiarly low-key for a p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMThirst Trap and Swimming Home are two new audio productions which audiences listen to while submerged – but don’t expect a relaxing soak Two new immersive audio shows involve running a w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32PMAvailable onlineScenery, sounds, light and casting are treated with endless invention in this charmingly low-key take on Fitzgerald’s classic Stage and screen adaptations of The Great Gats…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMAvailable onlineAs two women compete for the attentions of a middle-aged man, Athena Stevens’ production explores abuse and complicity Everything about Late Night Staring at High Res Pixel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24PMAfter cutting her teeth on carnival parades and the Olympics opening ceremony, the bright designer collaborated on dazzling creations for major London stages Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey’s car…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMIn a drama written by artificial intelligence, the computer’s imagination touches on themes of love and loneliness – but is mostly obsessed with sex Kazuo Ishiguro, whose new novel Klara…
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