In 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMAvailable online Disgraced stars must plead for the audience’s forgiveness – or suffer a nasty fate – in a show that prizes horror over interaction, yet delivers a satisfying adrenalin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMAvailable onlineThis superb play draws on the final hours of Christopher Alder, who died in police custody in Hull in 1998 Christopher Alder’s last moments, in April 1998, were unforgivab…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMAvailable online It’s a ball playing sleuth – with Dr Watson’s help – even if you don’t identify the killer in this interactive show This interactive sleuthing show has the punning…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32PMWriters and artists including Róisín Murphy, Tiffany Calver and Sigala on the art that transports them to the dancefloor during lockdown There have been many notable nightclubs in film his…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMAvailable onlineDanny Sapani and Adrian Lester strike up true chemistry in a poignant friendship drama that wears its racial context lightly Danny Sapani describes this play about an oddbal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMAvailable onlineCovid guidelines and clunky camerawork sadly undermine the ebullient performances in this digital adaptation of Alice Walker’s modern classic It felt auspicious when the le…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMAvailable onlineHarriet Walter, Cherylee Houston and Sharon D Clarke star in the second collection of shorts in Graeae’s series of dramas The second instalment of Graeae theatre company’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMAvailable onlinePeter Barnes’s spellbinding play about class as seen by a Buckingham Palace footman is the pick of these four single-handers Most of Peter Barnes’s people in this quartet…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMOur new series profiling theatre talents continues with a sparky, award-winning writer-actor committed to making her industry more inclusive For as long as Amy Trigg can remember, she wanted…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12AMAvailable onlineJanie Dee stars as a newly bereaved Hampstead widow in this poignant, ventriloquising monologue by Terence Rattigan “I despise middle-aged women who talk to themselves at …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33PMAvailable onlineSam Tutty and Emily Redpath star in an ambitious new version of Shakespeare’s play created with digital wizardry The warring houses of Montague and Capulet are living in a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42PMIn our new series profiling exciting theatre talents, the actor-writer remembers lessons from Phyllida Lloyd and rapping in Molière The nation’s theatres may be dark, but in a new series …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMMike Bartlett, Alan Ayckbourn, Adjoa Andoh and other top theatre-makers reflect on why listening to drama is perfect for our times In the first lockdown, many noticed how the roar of traffic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMAvailable onlineJoseph Potter summons enough characters to fill the stage in Philip Ridley’s dark comedy of manners about family dysfunction and wasted talent Philip Ridley’s interest in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32AMAdjoa Andoh, who plays Lady Danbury in the show, admires the creativity, zest and collective spirit of tribute songs Bridgerton, the Regency-era TV smash that sparked a virtual water-cooler …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMAvailable onlineThe easygoing reminiscences of three women reveal depths of turmoil and heartache in Mark O’Rowe’s deftly written triumph Three friends meet around a table to catch up on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMAvailable onlineFrancesca Forristal and Jordan Paul Clarke’s show supplies sharp satire on influencer culture, but doesn’t dig into bigger issues A computer cursor clicks on the instruc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12PMResearch exposes sustained levels of gender imbalance across theatre, film and TV, with fears that it will be worsened by pandemic Gender inequality across the theatre industry is of rising …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMModern masterpiece Jerusalem storms back and Trevor Nunn goes underground with Beckett, while Bob Marley gets a musical and Frankenstein becomes a ballet Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AMAvailable onlineThe National Theatre’s pantomime paean to London feels a little too bright in the current climate, but its naughtier denizens – including a goth Queen Rat – shine Chris…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMAs the industry faced turmoil, there were triumphant stagings of classics by Sarah Kane, David Mamet and Alan Bennett – and bold new experiments More on the best culture of 2020 Continue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMAvailable onlineThis MR James ghost story has been rethought as a suspenseful tale for the Covid era, with a standout performance from Tamzin Outhwaite This supernatural thriller is based on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18PMAvailable onlineOlivia Williams voices Rafaella Marcus’s story of a woman in a house who has only bumps in the night for company There is nothing quite like a festive haunting to see us in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03PMBad films can spawn kitschy, cult devotion, as Linus Karp demonstrates in How to Live a Jellicle Life As London’s theatres prepared for tier 3 closure last night, some of us spent our las…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMDominion theatre, LondonThis delightfully staged concert has West End ritz, Disney schmaltz and an East End music-hall heart On paper, a high-octane staged concert of Charles Dickens’ Chri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06PMAfter a tough year for theatre, our chief critic celebrates the joy of the Christmas show, while five festive performers reveal how it feels to be waiting in the wings Remember your first ev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMTheatre Royal BathRosie Sheehy and Jonathan Slinger are captivating in David Mamet’s 1992 two-hander about a university student and professor in a battle of power, privilege and consent A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMFrom a weather room to dating in the bar, the theatre is inviting audiences to experience ‘editions’ of a weekly paper staged in its building. Our critic gets an exclusive look From an a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMAlmeida theatre, LondonDevised with the company, this is a bold but rough-hewn and perplexing production lifted by soothing music ‘This is not a corona play,” the production notes state.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMHampstead theatre, LondonThis revival of Harold Pinter’s two-hander about a pair of Beckettian hitmen raises questions for the age of strongman politics There is an “amusing story” abo…
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