What a difference a month makes. In my last column I celebrated the gathering of (largely) old-time theatre critics to celebrate Michael
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMTwo weeks ago, the Critics’ Circle gathered to toast Michael Billington. If you feel like you’ve heard a lot about him recently,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMIn 2015, we got to see Rufus Norris’ first year of programming as artistic director of the National Theatre. The centrepiece revival
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMOn December 29, Bianca Del Rio, who is starring in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, reached the end of her tether and took
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWhen I was 13, my mother took me to see Trevor Nunn’s production of The Merchant of Venice at the National Theatre.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:38PMJust over two years ago, I went to see Dear Evan Hansen in New York. The show tells the story of a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMIn January 2017, Natasha Tripney wrote a list titled: “Five things I’d like to see in theatre in 2017.” Top of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMSometimes, when I want to cry, I look up the latest arts stories coming out of Britain’s major news outlets. Not the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWho doesn’t have a great time at Edinburgh? Surely you made an appearance at The List Festival Party/the book festival in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMIt’s been more than a fortnight since Evening Standard critics Henry Hitchings and Fiona Mountford revealed on Twitter that they were being
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThis week’s manufactured theatre controversy arrives courtesy of the Sunday Telegraph. Its front cover featured 90-year-old Daphne Selfe, billed as “the world’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThere are plenty of battles still to be won in Britain by the LGBT+ community and its allies. Recent homophobic protests outside
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMSam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonNick Bagnall’s production ably draws out the parallels with Shakespeare’s Richard II and the cast speak the verse beautifullyThere seems to be blood on an …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PMSam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonThis atmospheric recreation of Sir Walter Raleigh’s show trial set off many modern echoes and featured strong performances from Simon Paisley Day and Nathali…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMUstinov, BathDonald Margulies’ exploration of a couple living with the lingering trauma of the Holocaust is profoundly touching Max and Lola reckon they deserve a nice retirement. Both sur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48PMNottingham PlayhouseGatiss and Adrian Scarborough are electric together in a technically striking outing for Alan Bennett’s modern classicFrom The League of Gentleman to Sherlock’s smirk…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMRoyal Exchange, ManchesterFor this earnest but often profound cycle of plays, Chris Thorpe and Sam Pritchard quarried local experience around the UK‘There’s communities – what we have …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AMExeter Northcott theatreThe actor and director Gadi Roll launch their new company with the drama set in the 16th-century Spanish courtSchiller’s 18th-century drama has long lent itself to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PMJulie Burchill has co-written a laboured drama about Brexit set in a London book club, following other referendum-themed duds. Is the problem that – like Brexit itself – they’re just t…
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