Saturday, August 19, 2023
Zoo Playground, EdinburghUS actor-writer Griffin Kelly proves a performer to her fingertips with this highly physical comedy show
For the first few minutes of Griffin Kelly’s playful solo …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:04PMMonday, August 14, 2023
The Scissor Sisters singer will play the Emcee while Self Esteem will make her theatrical debut as Sally Bowles in Rebecca Frecknall’s Olivier-winning musical
The musicians Jake Shears and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33PMTuesday, August 1, 2023
Ncuti Gatwa stars in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Zadie Smith relocates Chaucer to Kilburn, plus dance, storytelling and fringe drama
It’s seven years since Emma Rice swung into Shakesp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:25AMTuesday, July 18, 2023
The I Should Be So Lucky singer will play a ‘specially created character’ in the touring show which will feature a string of pop hits by the songwriting trio
Kylie Minogue is to step ba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AMSatire by German playwright Marius von Mayenburg will open next year at the Young Vic in London which will also revive Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming
Patrick Marber is to direct a new play…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMTuesday, July 4, 2023
A disco king hits the dancefloor, Beatrice and Benedick’s romcom gets a feminist framing and Lear faces dystopia as the revered rep company returns in full force
Drive west of Toronto for …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:25AMTom Patterson theatre, Stratford, OntarioAntoni Cimolino directs a sophisticated and stimulating production of Eduardo De Filippo’s funny yet poignant play
It starts with a carefree round …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AMSaturday, July 1, 2023
Our roundup of the drama to enjoy at home in July includes a glorious adaptation of the Laura Esquivel novel and Saoirse Ronan in The Tragedy of Macbeth
Food and forbidden love are at the c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:49AMMonday, June 12, 2023
The West End actor says the Shakespearean role has ‘the disastrous consequences of ambition’ in common with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical
“They think me Macbeth,” sings Reuben Josep…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37PMWith dozens of installations from around the world, the quadrennial returns to bring the Czech capital an extravaganza of performance design
‘Hello stranger.” This cheery neon greeting, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:43AMThursday, June 8, 2023
The pair will star in a revival of Neil Simon’s marriage comedy Plaza Suite, which transfers from a hugely successful Broadway run
Sarah Jessica Parker is to make her West End stage debut …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:43AMTuesday, June 6, 2023
The great American playwright, who made her Broadway debut last year aged 91, recounts what happened when she adapted a John Lennon book for Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre
In the mid-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AMMonday, June 5, 2023
Unicorn theatre, LondonConstantly surprising, this fresh take on the ‘it’s behind you!’ routine leaves its young audience asking ‘how did they do that?’
Suppose you put on a play a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMThursday, June 1, 2023
Our roundup of drama to enjoy at home includes the National Theatre’s Pearl Cleage revival and David Tennant taking on the Scottish king for the first time
Lynette Linton’s consummate Na…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMTuesday, May 30, 2023
The stage version of the much-loved sitcom, which finished on TV 25 years ago, will be written by the duo behind the original series and feature several members of the original cast
Snooty n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AMMonday, May 29, 2023
In the run-up to the festival, our writers will choose new productions that have caught their eye – but here’s a selection of those we’ve already reviewed
Richard Marsh has clearly see…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMTuesday, May 23, 2023
The singing, dancing and acting superstar originated some of the best roles in musicals – yet none of it would have happened had she not fallen through a table at the age of nine
The one a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMFriday, May 19, 2023
Conceived by the artistic director of Birmingham Rep, Sean Foley, the award will be open to all with the winner receiving £25,000
A new playwriting prize dedicated to comedy has been launch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMFinborough theatre, LondonFrom childhood pets to octogenarian friends, playwright Jacob Marx Rice addresses mortality in a warm and thoughtful play
RIP Buster. He’s in a better place where…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMMonday, May 15, 2023
The actor, who has previously starred as Hamlet at the Young Vic, is to play Lady Macbeth among a wave of star-powered Shakespeare productions this year
Cush Jumbo is to play Lady Macbeth th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMThursday, May 11, 2023
The musical will close on 4 June, after receiving mixed reviews from US critics and failing to receive a nomination at the Tony awards
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella is to close on B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMWednesday, May 10, 2023
Minerva theatre, ChichesterAmy Herzog’s play about a grandmother surprised by her grandson is given a contemplative staging by Richard Eyre
Timothée Chalamet and Eileen Atkins were fully …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMFriday, May 5, 2023
Bush theatre, LondonThe actor makes his debut as a playwright with a richly detailed character study, performing with warm humour and outrage at injustice
‘Have you seen Theresa May dance?…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMTuesday, May 2, 2023
From The Secret Life of Bees to The Marvels, she is the choreographer everyone wants. The Jamaican dynamo talks about turning humans into horses, turbo-charging TV debates and a dream Bob Ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMMonday, May 1, 2023
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Panti Bliss’s drag journey, Athol Fugard’s ballroom dreamers and Alain Platel’s nightmarish dance-theatre
How very! The sour bubblegum mu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AMFriday, April 28, 2023
The play, which the actor has described as being pertinent to our ‘savage and judgmental’ political climate, will run for 50 performances in the West End before transferring to the US
Ke…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMThursday, April 27, 2023
The production, directed by Simon Godwin, will open in Liverpool before heading to Edinburgh, London and Washington DC
Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma are to star in a new site-specific produ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMWednesday, April 26, 2023
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonWhile there is compassion and curiosity in Timberlake Wertenbaker’s adaptation, this production lacks the whirlwind quality of Roché’s novel and the film
Sh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMMonday, April 17, 2023
Lizzie Annis wins best newcomer and Arthur Hughes wins best Shakesperean performance as actors with disabilities take two prizes
Patsy Ferran has been named best actress at the Critics’ C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMMonday, April 3, 2023
The Sylvia star, who won best supporting actress in a musical at the Olivier awards, said Old Vic show attracts ‘people of all kinds of everywhere’
Olivier awards: full list of winners
T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMKilling Eve star, who won best actress prize at the Olivier awards for Prima Facie, pays tribute to women behind the scenes of Suzie Miller’s play
Olivier awards: full list of winners
Jodi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AM 
