Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Rarely cast for frivolity, the star of Intimate Apparel is now seizing the role of Gertrude opposite Paapa Essiedu in the RSC’s Hamlet. She talks about going ‘cross-eyed with concentrati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMThursday, February 4, 2016
Theatre director who brought Brechtian principles and puritanical rigour to his productionsProductions by the theatre director William Gaskill, who has died aged 85, were praised for their r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:46AMThursday, October 15, 2015
Theatre directors and writers’ estates do not always see eye to eye. As a new generation seeks to reinterpret Arthur Miller’s work, we lift the lid on the scandals, bans and breakthrough…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMSunday, August 30, 2015
National TheatreAn expansive production of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s penal colony play bristles with hope and indignationWelcome to Australia, so far from home. In the late 18th century, Br…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:04AMTuesday, August 18, 2015
Coliseum, LondonThe evil sorcerer looks as if he has escaped from a Cher tribute act and Tchaikovsky’s stirring score loses its pulse in the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre’s desperately or…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:20AMFriday, June 19, 2015
Birmingham HippodromeDavid Bintley’s sleek and gleaming new piece captures the moment, at the court of young Louis XIV, when classical ballet came of ageIn 1653, the teenaged Louis XIV pla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AMWednesday, June 17, 2015
Welcome to the worlds of Es Devlin, who has dreamed up domed catwalks for Louis Vuitton and arena spectaculars for U2, and won an Olivier award for bringing The Nether’s digital landscape …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMMonday, May 25, 2015
Critics and creatives may snort at our obsession with stories, but the need to know is what keeps us alive ... and in the theatre
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMWhy are theatre rehearsal rooms such mysterious spaces? And why are dance rehearsals so different?
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMWriting convincingly about theatre is the trickiest of arts. Does Simon Callow's prizewinning autobiography make the grade?
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMWriting convincingly about theatre is the trickiest of arts. Does Simon Callow's prizewinning autobiography make the grade?
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMWednesday, May 13, 2015
Line by line, step by step, how do performers prepare for a show? And how does it differ in the dance and theatre worlds? David Jays watches the warm-ups for King John, A Damsel in Distress …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:47PMSunday, April 26, 2015
London ColiseumJean-Christophe Maillot’s production is fresh and uncluttered but the lovers are sidelined in this flawed interpretation of Shakespeare’s tragedy Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AMMonday, April 13, 2015
Margate Winter GardensFramed by looming white industrial foam walls, Jasmin Vardimon’s performance is enthralling – but falls short of its Cocteauesque inspiration Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AMSunday, April 12, 2015
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe curiosity of choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is a smart fit with NYDC’s 38 young performers in a challenging large-scale project Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:27AMMonday, February 16, 2015
Scuttlers, the playwright’s latest drama, is about the gangs of street-fighting kids who terrorised 19th-century Ancoats with belts and blades“After the 2011 riots,” says Rona Munro, �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:28PMThursday, January 8, 2015
Twenty years ago, a critic caused a storm by declaring a dance piece ‘victim art’. Disabled dancers and choreographers who work with drug addicts and ex-prisoners reveal what has changed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AMThursday, December 11, 2014
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonMining conversations with the disabled and non-disabled dancers, Hetain Patel’s Let’s Talk About Dis tackles physical difference with wit, guile and confidenc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:11AMFriday, November 28, 2014
A juicy piece by Israeli-Dutch duo Ivgi and Greben, and Darshan Singh Bhuller’s tender work about his father, are highlights in programme that plays it safe Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMFriday, October 24, 2014
With its incest and gore, John Fords 17th-century tragedy was not an obvious choice for the director of Constellations. He explains the allure of the play and of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:17AMSunday, October 5, 2014
From helming £4,000 plays straight out of Oxford, the prolific young director with a brain the size of a planet has grown bolder with each production. But what will she choose next? Continu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:30AMMonday, September 22, 2014
This classic musical is schmaltzy and shadowy and the role of Tevye the milkman continues to reward a star turn Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:22AMFriday, July 25, 2014
English National Ballet, LondonStriking rising talents bring added vim to this sugared-up tale of an inventor and his sexbot Almost human: why is art so obsessed with lifesize dolls? Contin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:51AMTuesday, June 10, 2014
Acting? It's weird. Lyndsey Turner? She's a 'grafter'. Brian Friel's Fathers and Sons? It casts her as the Hotel Inspector. Sort of. The star of TV's The Paradise on her return to the stage&…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMWednesday, May 21, 2014
Regent's Park theatre, LondonThis revival of Arthur Miller's 1947 war-imbued drama doesn't quite hit home, but intensifies as night fallsA plane growled over Regent's Park during the opening…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:46AMMonday, April 28, 2014
Crescent theatre, BirminghamChoreographers Kit Holder and Alexander Whitley made their mark in this intimate space at the International Dance festival, BirminghamSmall spaces have proved the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:09AMSunday, April 27, 2014
Sadler's Wells, LondonCrystal Pite and Kidd Pivot's take on The Tempest has an intriguing repeating structure, and probes keenly into Prospero's character, but feels somewhat held backShakes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00PMThursday, April 17, 2014
The dark and panoramic Three Sisters has been relocated to the Middle East and set among British diplomats and military. The play's adapter and star explain why"The play has turned out …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMThursday, February 27, 2014
Rattigan's spin on La Dame aux Camélias was slated when it was first staged in 1958 and then vanished from view. Actor Rachael Stirling and director Michael Oakley explain why they've broug…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:20AMMonday, January 6, 2014
How do writers come up with character names? Some raid their emails, some plunder their school days – and some take inspiration from Psycho. Stephen Poliakoff, Abi Morgan and more talk to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:25PMWednesday, August 14, 2013
Costume designer who began her career in acting but won acclaim with her designs for the theatre and operaA baggy cardigan; a battered fedora; a starchy dress fastened high at the neck. The …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:55AM 
