Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonEchoes of Gaza and Guantanamo ripple through the violence of Shakespeare’s paradoxically poetic play, immaculately staged by the RSC It is not just heads t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMWyndham’s theatre, LondonIbsen is moved to the Hamptons in Lila Raicek’s play, co-starring Kate Fleetwood and Elizabeth Debicki, about the destruction wreaked by adultery Henrik Ibsen’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32PMWith star names, a Hamlet in shades, orgiastic murder and a miners’ strike musical, Indhu Rubasingham promises something for all. But can she attract newcomers while keeping diehards happy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PMBooker-nominated writer Deborah Levy is thrilling audiences with her play about a psychoanalyst dealing with a very unusual patient, seized with anxiety about modern life. She explains how i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AMYork Theatre RoyalOldman gives an emotional encounter with his past selves as he single-handedly directs, set-designs and performs Samuel Beckett’s existential monologue Gary Oldman’s de…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54PMOld Vic, London Terrific performances from Chris O’Dowd and Rosie Sheehy lead a populous family drama hinging on a broken-down country farmhouse Conor McPherson’s family dysfunctional dr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AMColiseum, London F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic jazz age novel ought to be the perfect basis for a musical, but no amount of Charlestons from a fine cast can put the fizz into this There is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32PMTo survive in acting, she thought she had to nail received pronunciation. Then she remembered Port Talbot’s extraordinary lineage, reverted to her native accent – and everything changed …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMCan you imagine starring in Mamma Mia! for 10 years? Or The Lion King for 17? Or Blood Brothers for 26? Theatre’s epic endurance performers reveal how they keep the magic alive night after…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMBush theatre, LondonMohamed-Zain Dada’s play set at a speed awareness course bristles with humour and snarls with home truths about the bigotry experienced by British Asians Representation…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMKiln theatre, LondonAmy Ng’s ‘untold true story’ of two friends, who become China’s foremost theatre director and Mao Zedong’s wife, is a story of survival and a play of ideas It b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMSouthwark Playhouse Elephant, LondonWhile the story of broken dreams and desperation can’t make the leap to an all-singing all-dancing setting, there are great moments among the bleakness …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18PMThe celebrated actor has long struggled with the murder and dismemberment at the heart of Titus Andronicus. Now, at 64, he is finally tackling a play that ‘teeters on the edge of acceptabi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMNew Diorama, LondonWriter-director Alan Fielden and his talented performers explore people smuggling, ancient imperialism and the sound of globalisation It starts off with single words being…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMWilton’s Music Hall, LondonEvery character is distinct in this bewitching solo performance by Mark Lockyer, a masterclass in pacing and emotional clarity Shakespearean performance has been…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMTheatre Royal WindsorWhile it might have been revealing to 1970s audiences, this domestic drama featuring cliche characters and a wavering tone fails to pack the same punch Watching Alan Ayc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMAlmeida, LondonDespite some delightful clowning, Omar Elerian’s version of this timely tale of conformity has too many ideas and lacks focus Omar Elerian clearly has an aptitude, and appet…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMKing’s Head theatre, LondonA dysfunctional brood gather at a wedding-cum-funeral in actor-writer Rosie Day’s dark comedy A wedding is repurposed into a funeral in writer-actor Rosie Day�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMTheatre Royal BathDespite its cleverly conceived monochrome set and some compelling songs, this series of stories from the master of suspense is a letdown Alfred Hitchcock had confirmed his …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMYork Theatre RoyalFun, intelligent and powered by Rice’s joyful whimsy, this playful take on the spy movie is a crowd-pleaser Mistaken identity fires Alfred Hitchcock’s Kafkaesque 1959 s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMWas the second wife of Henry VIII really guilty of the crimes she was beheaded for? Pickett’s award-winning new play takes a sideways look at her downfall – by imagining its impact on ev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMOrange Tree theatre, LondonCamaraderie, comedy and a love of the trade shine through in April De Angelis’s group portrait of Nell Gwyn and the other female actors who were the first to be …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMThe Other Palace, LondonSarah Cameron-West’s one-woman show switches between inner and outer voices to explore envy, anger and inadequacy We are not given the name of the main character in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMMenier Chocolate Factory, LondonAs a gym-bunny vampire channelling Frank-N-Furter, James Daly leads a superb cast in a gender and genre-inverting romp that lacks bite Before they took on Bra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMArcola theatre, LondonThis firecracker adaptation of the 1990 Johnny Depp film pokes fun at American conservative values in rockabilly songs bursting with biting ironies This musical adaptat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMTrafalgar theatre, LondonAmy Heckerling adapts her own iconic screenplay for a lumbering production in need of more belters from composer KT Tunstall What do you get if you cross a high-scho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36PMYard theatre, London Jay Miller’s production raises the ghosts of troubled memories with powerful intimacy in this final show before the venue gets a grand refit Tennessee Williams’ semi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMHampstead theatre, London A group of fantasy gamers begin to exorcise their struggles with grief and trauma in a drama with a brilliant set-up Fantasy isn’t factual but it’s true, said U…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMArcola theatre, LondonMadeleine Brettingham’s play aims to unpick male friendships and send up criminal groupies, but it treats the subject of mental health too lightly to make it meaningf…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMBarbican theatre, London Thomas Ostermeier’s masterful staging has tremendous performances from a cast including Tom Burke, Emma Corrin and Kodi Smit-McPhee Chekhov described his country-h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMPark theatre, LondonCassie Bradley and Barney White are vulnerable, brittle and finally tender as Violet and Leonard, in Nick Payne’s love story moving through decades Writer Nick Payne e…
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