Monday, January 31, 2022
New Diorama theatre, LondonA young woman escapes her present through reveries of her grandparents’ wartime romance in Kandinsky theatre’s playful, probing work
The Winston Machine is a t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMWednesday, January 26, 2022
Riverside Studios, LondonDirector Gaby Dellal’s striking production splices film and theatre with finesse while McGovern as Gardner riffs on important moments and men in her life
Much like…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMSunday, January 23, 2022
Southwark Playhouse, LondonThis stripped-back, teen-oriented version crowbars ad-libs into the text, messing with the dramatic rhythm
Part of Southwark Playhouse’s Shakespeare for Schools …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06PMThursday, January 20, 2022
Young Vic, LondonAnthony Ofoegbu portrays a man at the end of his tether, but this play gives frustratingly few clues as to how he got there
I keep waiting and hoping for the story to land. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMFriday, January 14, 2022
Available onlineOriginal Theatre Company combine clever camerawork, projected visuals and live music to tell the real-life tale of a sea rescue mission
Filmed in a breath-holding single take…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMFriday, December 10, 2021
Old Fire Station, OxfordCompassion and community lie at the heart of this hilarious one-woman show about curtain-twitching neighbours
Mike Bartlett wrote Mrs Delgado during lockdown, after a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMWednesday, December 8, 2021
Little Angel theatre, LondonThis gripping adaptation of Piers Torday’s book will have your children excited, a little scared and bursting with big questions
It’s Christmas Eve and young …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PMFriday, December 3, 2021
Hackney Empire, LondonTweenies writer Will Brenton packs this festive frenzy with all the kids’ favourite flourishes, but there isn’t much for the adults beyond Rowe’s delightful Dame …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMThursday, November 25, 2021
Unicorn theatre, LondonClary’s joke-filled books make for a vibrant stage show, replete with slapstick laughs, daft songs and a wholesome message
It just wouldn’t be Christmas without a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMWednesday, November 17, 2021
55 Aldgate High Street, LondonSwamp Motel’s latest immersive experience has an intriguing set design and cracking sound effects but might just be too scary for some
Is it OK to want to esc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMTuesday, November 16, 2021
The actor is finding it ‘worryingly easy’ to channel his inner Scrooge for A Christmas Carol. He and director Matthew Warchus talk about faith, family entertainment and festive mayhem
Le…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMWednesday, November 10, 2021
Theatre 503, LondonThis striking and lively story of a young woman dislocated both by her baby and the warping of American politics has a confident, surreal swagger
Trump is in power. No, re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMWednesday, October 20, 2021
Reading Rep theatreThis experimental adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray is a riotous homage to queer culture
It might sound like a safe bet to christen a new theatre with a bit of Osc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMThursday, October 14, 2021
Orange Tree theatre, RichmondMichele Lee’s two-hander is a thoughtful take on the power of women at work
The Orange Tree theatre is creating a series of internationally focused plays with …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMSunday, September 26, 2021
Southwark Playhouse, LondonCordelia O’Neill’s romcom about a pair of mismatched Londoners nails the giddy energy of young love, but isn’t as adept at tragedy
Alex and Rupert should nev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32PMFriday, September 24, 2021
Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonTwo brooding men are slowly sunk by their own narcissism in this subtle play about a counselling session
When Conor McPherson’s brooding play premiered …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMFriday, September 17, 2021
New Diorama, LondonThe audience wears headphones for Curious Directive’s complex new production, which takes us into a school – and a network of caves in Indonesia
There is layer upon la…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMWednesday, September 8, 2021
Rose theatre, LondonAlys Metcalf’s drama is packed with quips and playfully directed but gets lost when the action moves to the bedroom
A vengeful female lead in a tight bright dress stalk…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMFriday, August 20, 2021
Pleasance theatre, LondonThe real joy of this tale of three working-class friends scheming to save a local hospital lies in its bold, energetic storytelling
Writer Amy Guyler has deftly cons…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMMonday, August 16, 2021
Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, LondonPuppeteers subtly animate a range of folkloric beasties, including a magical unicorn and screechingly strange fairy, in this comical, spellbinding sho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMTuesday, July 20, 2021
Arcola Outside, LondonSwooning Sloanes give Marivaux’s class criss-crossing comedy a modern twist in this theatre’s new outdoor venue
This modern version of Marivaux’s romantic 18th-ce…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMWednesday, July 14, 2021
Chiswick Playhouse, LondonBoth life’s great crossroads and mundane moments on the wayside are given great pathos by the cast of four in this finely observed musical
This new musical about …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMThursday, July 8, 2021
Barbican, LondonThe walkways and pools of the London arts centre shimmer with possibility in this promenade adaptation of a radio play
There’s nothing like a stroll to get the synapses whi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMFriday, July 2, 2021
Hope theatre, LondonGeorge Rowlands makes a stunning debut in John Straiton’s Bruntwood-nominated play about an angry old man and a squeaky-clean student bonding on a north London estate
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03PMMonday, June 21, 2021
Available onlineLynda Radley’s drama about three women who meet in an antenatal class captures the love and fear, the comedy and terror of motherhood in all its contradictory reality
Lynda…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03PMFriday, June 18, 2021
Hampstead theatre, LondonDeborah Bruce’s play about the awkward reunion of two fortysomething ex-lovers contains some individually striking observations but too much contrivance
Alex (Clai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PMMonday, June 14, 2021
Little Angel theatre, LondonNutty animals and witty puppetry liven up this at times bleak version of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s picture book
The Little Angel Theatre celebrates i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMSaturday, September 5, 2020
From the return of The Mousetrap to an abundance of monologues, theatre is making a comeback – just don’t expect an interval ice-cream
It is late July, and Beverley Knight is about to si…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMFriday, July 24, 2020
Available online Collaborating remotely during lockdown, National Youth Theatre players deliver an intriguing mix of sketches by Isley Lynn with restless verve
It’ll come as no surprise th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03PMAs restrictions lift and cultural events spring up, we pick the best theatre, musicals, pop and opera you can enjoy alfresco
With restrictions lifting, outdoor cultural events are springing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMThursday, July 9, 2020
Available onlineWorking with other audience members, you decide whether a defendant is guilty of murder in this fun bit of lockdown theatre
A man has been killed and his body, along with mos…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AM 
