Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonArthur Hughes is the scheming sociopath in a production of magisterial stagecraft that builds to a powerful climax Arthur Hughes is the first di…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMBush theatre, LondonThree generations of a working-class Muslim family clash in Ambreen Razia’s meditation on the complexities of motherhood This lean multi-generational family drama explo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24PMSouthwark Playhouse, LondonThe use of puppets to portray mob justice is not the only bad call in a play that rarely achieves enough dramatic tension A stranger arrives at a seaside town wit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMHaving settled the ‘sound wars’ of their childhood, Ben and Max Ringham reveal how they went from drum’n’bass maestros to prolific theatrical duo Max and Ben Ringham had wildly clash…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AMTheatre Royal Stratford East, LondonRousing children’s musical provides a zippy guide to the great women of history that sets toes tapping and young minds alight “What’s a suffragette?…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMAmbassadors, LondonTheresa Rebeck’s play follows the relationship between a terminally ill father and a mentally unstable son Theresa Rebeck’s play opens as a dysfunctional father-son dr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12PMThe actor and campaigner came to Britain from Trinidad and Tobago in 1954 and rose to join Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre company. Clint Dyer and others explain why we should remember…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMA group of queer, black friends, the Jewish experience, how a British Iraqi saw the Gulf War … as she unveils her radical programme, the artistic director talks about learning from the row…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:07PMPark theatre, LondonAny earnest intentions in this 80s-set coming-of-age tale are ruined by odious vulgarity and lazy, Benny Hill-esque humour This coming-of-age story, set in the kitchen of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37PMTower Vaults, LondonA thrilling live adventure is marred by moments of bewildering VR in this immersive voyage back to 1605 It may set Harry Potter fans’ hearts aflutter to know that Tom F…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMJermyn Street theatre, LondonFine acting and lively dialogue save this philosophical play from feeling static as it applies Athenian ideals to modern dilemmas Howard Brenton’s play about …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PMArcola Outside, LondonSorcha Kennedy gives an astonishing performance as a cycle delivery rider with grand literary dreams Firstly the venue: what a delight this covered wood and corrugated …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMIn the first of our festival previews, we round up some of the best offerings we’ve already reviewed – including Tim Key, Liz Kingsman, La Clique and Hungry This searing, sweaty disco is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMWatermill theatre, NewburyThis fast-paced comedy mashup of the great Victorian novelist sends up Britishness with oodles of silliness Some may already know this ticklish literary comedy from…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMDictating to the Estate uses documentary evidence to tell a story of everyday heroism and scandalous political neglect While the nation commences its parties for the Queen’s Jubilee this w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37PMLyric Hammersmith, LondonTimberlake Wertenbaker’s take on Racine’s version of ancient Rome is replete with power-crazed emperors, deadly poison and juicy family politics Rome might have …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMDuke of York’s theatre, LondonTennessee Williams’s story of yearning, passion and despair never puts us under its spell in Jeremy Herrin’s production Tennessee Williams’s narrator be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMUstinov Studio, BathA strong creative team featuring Lindsay Duncan and Hilton McRae cannot bring this dreary revival to life August Strindberg’s 1900 drama of marital drudgery and torment…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42PMThe Globe, LondonThe sexy makeover with dildos and inflatable testicles doesn’t work and the text additions only highlight the disjointedness It is rare to see this history play get an o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMKiln theatre, LondonFamily dynamics and toxic masculinity are explored in Marina Carr’s riveting version of the story of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra The story of Clytemnestra is not quite a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMRegent’s Park Open Air theatre, LondonAn overhaul of the original’s gender politics, plenty of Gen-Z touchpoints and a big dollop of kitsch make this musical an irresistible cocktail He…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMArcola, LondonA tender series of vignettes explore family dynamics in Norris’s personal play, but it needs some grit in the oyster Barney Norris has written a personal play about family li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMAfter her show-stealing turn in the Steven Moffat drama, the actor is returning to comedy with his play The Unfriend. She talks about why funny women intimidate men, her daredevil partner …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:37AMRoyal Court, LondonSet two decades into the future, in Palestinian territories that are still occupied, Sami Ibrahim’s play is a startlingly bold tragicomedy and a furious call to action D…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:37AMHampstead theatre, LondonSatinder Kaur Chohan’s all-female play raises serious issues affecting women in London’s south Asian community, but the confused, sitcomy tone is frustratingly l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07PMAvailable onlineThe music and visual effects dazzle in this 2018 update of Sophocles’ tragedy from the Classical Theatre of Harlem It is ironic that this production reconceptualises Sophoc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMColiseum, LondonEliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins are back in a time capsule of nice frocks, great tunes and comic bickering – but it’s solid not spectacular This garlanded production of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48PMAlmeida, LondonBeth Steel’s ambitious new play follows the Webster family over decades, with Duff as a thwarted singer This is an intergenerational family drama, inspired by Greek myth, wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33AMHampstead theatre, LondonQuestions of consent, violation and trauma go unanswered in this stolid staging of Naomi Wallace’s oblique drama The Breach is packed full of shocks. A story of d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMBrighton festivaldreamthinkspeak’s timely new production on inequality and abuse of political power offers its audience a choice: complicity or compliance? We are instructed to meet at a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMJermyn Street theatre, LondonSmart, funny adaptation of Woolf’s exploration of multiple selves is pint-sized but faithful, and Taylor McClaine is excellent as the titular lead A list of pr…
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