Friday, September 25, 2020
Tristan Bates theatre, London, and online In her lockdown romance, playwright Gemma Lawrence explores desire, isolation and homophobia
A remote love story seems so fitting for our times. Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06PMThursday, September 24, 2020
New general secretary Paul Fleming says that amid this summer’s Black Lives Matter protests, the union received spike in reported cases of racist behaviour
Equity, the UK trade union for c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMMonday, September 21, 2020
The explosion of digital productions of all sizes has shown great creativity and made hit shows more accessible – but is it all financially sustainable?
In the past six months, theatre has…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMSunday, September 20, 2020
Soho theatre, LondonThis larky Zoom-era adaptation of the director’s film about white-collar leadership is full of improv-style gusto
In 2006, a year after the US launched a version of Ric…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMWednesday, September 16, 2020
As she publishes a moving memoir, the Corrie, Dinnerladies and West End star talks about her three-decade battle with typecasting – and almost dying of Covid-19
Shobna Gulati is speaking …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AMSunday, September 13, 2020
Greenwich + Docklands international festival A basketball court becomes a stage to deliver short plays of protest over racial injustice, completing a fine festival embedded in its London com…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMFriday, September 11, 2020
Bridge theatre, LondonRochenda Sandall is sensational as a woman suspicious of her husband’s behaviour, while Kristin Scott Thomas’s genteel dowager revels in nostalgia
This pair of mono…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMWednesday, September 9, 2020
Bridge theatre, London Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads monologues were TV gold during lockdown. Seeing Monica Dolan and Lesley Manville perform them live is even better
The quietly desperate …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AMTuesday, September 8, 2020
After her villainous role in the explosive police drama, the star is playing an isolated woman in Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads and an activist in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe
Rochenda Sanda…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMFriday, September 4, 2020
Various locations, London In this immersive, socially distanced show which the audience follows on foot, an unhappy woman meets her leather-jacket-wearing guardian angel
We have been instruc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06PMWednesday, September 2, 2020
Nora Ephron’s romcom was brilliantly written and perfectly cast with an elegant score. Our chief theatre critic, who loves the film, writes a letter after seeing its stage adaptation
Dear …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMSunday, August 30, 2020
Bridge theatre, LondonIn the return of live indoor theatre, Ralph Fiennes delivers the playwright’s fury at the government’s response to the virus – and his despair when he catches it …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMMonday, August 24, 2020
The first new indoor musical since theatres closed in March is a version of the Meg Ryan romcom starring Kimberley Walsh. Will it persuade West End producers that the show can go on despite …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PMThursday, August 20, 2020
Available onlineNeighbours clash over racism and sexism in the Abbey theatre’s virtual production of Lisa Tierney-Keogh’s highly topical drama
The six members of a Dublin residents’ as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48PMTuesday, August 11, 2020
The drama first staged after the EU referendum has taken on new relevance and is being broadcast by the BBC. Its creator reflects on the ‘emotional weight’ of Britishness
Mike Bartlett�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMSunday, August 2, 2020
Many black theatre-makers say they feel unwelcome in major venues. Are some performances for black-only audiences the answer? And how can a play spur white audiences to confront their own bi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMWednesday, July 29, 2020
Hallowed quiet gives way to personal laments in an interactive re-creation of house-front chatter
Lockdown culture: the best theatre and dance online
‘Some of our best conversations are in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PMThursday, July 23, 2020
I bristle at the idea that plays are ‘not the real thing’ unless they are live – I fell in love with Shakespeare and Beckett through televised performances
Every theatregoer I know is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMMonday, July 20, 2020
Available onlineFloods plunge Britain into a state of emergency in an engrossing audio play performed by 14- to 18-year-olds
Ben Weatherill’s audio play is set in the year 2025 when a flo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMMonday, July 6, 2020
Available onlineThe chef’s mouth-watering memoir is now a ‘part radio play, part animated film’ in which even a biscuit is a trigger for grief
Nigel Slater’s feted memoir has been re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54PMSunday, July 5, 2020
The Booker-winning writer has returned to the stage, penning a drama defending the NHS. She talks about ‘bittersweet’ success – and getting caught up in attacks on Nicola Sturgeon
Bern…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMThursday, July 2, 2020
Available onlineThis socially distanced adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’s novel cleverly moves between times and places, with only an author narration striking a wayward note
The story and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMTuesday, June 30, 2020
Disney+Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical is smart, witty, funky and leaves us reflecting on America’s past and future
Hamilton was hailed as revolutionary theatre in 2015, with its rapping 18…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMMonday, June 29, 2020
They’re separated by a two-metre stick but their chemistry is as strong as ever. The Crown stars on their socially-distanced take on Lungs; lockdown diets and naked drawings
Claire Foy and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMFriday, June 26, 2020
Available onlineRichard Nixon’s downfall may be resonant with our age, but in Adam Donen’s experimental sound dramatisation the psychological noise drowns out the story
Hottest front-roo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMAvailable onlineThere are astute lyrics and energetic performances in this tale of a relationship, from first night to marriage to break-up
Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMThursday, June 25, 2020
Available onlineA gay love triangle leads to a generational battle over queer identity in this beguiling, Zoom-broadcast comedy of manners
Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and danc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36PMWednesday, June 17, 2020
Available onlinePain, anger and everyday racism are examined in this powerful series of short films from the Bush theatre
A week ago, the Bush theatre asked six writers for their dramatised …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMMonday, June 15, 2020
Available onlineTen short plays responding to the rise in racist attacks since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak have a cumulative power
Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMWednesday, June 10, 2020
Available online In Gerry Moynihan’s monologue, recorded at the Finborough in 2017, Paul Kennedy gives a magnificent performance
Gerry Moynihan’s debut play begins in a bustling Northern…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03PMTuesday, June 9, 2020
It would be a tragedy if the lockdown left drama narrower and risk-averse. Our chief critic hears from Kwame Kwei-Armah, Indhu Rubasingham, Lynette Linton and Rachel De-lahay
As protests ove…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PM 
