Arcola theatre, LondonBeguiling but deeply disturbing verbatim solo show is based on testimony of Gazan children and relates the confusion and tragedy of war Eleven-year-old Renad dreams of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMRoyal Court theatre, London Rosie Sheehy and Robert Aramayo excel as a couple reeling from an ultrasound scan in Luke Norris’s extraordinary play The trigger warnings are handed to us on a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMThornton Wilder’s classic American play is transposed for the inaugural production of National Theatre Wales. The result is heartfelt, though its emotional bite can feel uncertain A reviva…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01PMMalmaison hotel, LondonTheatregoers move from room to room as emotional messiness is laid bare with spirited bridesmaids, painful encounters and ‘call it all off’ nerves When isn’t the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AMArcola theatre, LondonChris Bowers, a former British diplomat in Iraqi Kurdistan, brings authenticity but not enough human drama to his play about the 1991 Kurdish uprising This historical d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:31AMIn All Is But Fantasy, the fates of Juliet, Lady Macbeth, Cleopatra and more are given a thrilling twist by US writer, director and singer Whitney White. She talks about untimely deaths – …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMAldwych theatre, LondonJamie Eastlake’s play about two football fans mixes together song, dance, comedy and dark family drama, with incohesive results This tale of two hard-up reprobates i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMHampstead Theatre, LondonWith shades of MR James and Inside No 9 Jamie Armitage’s innovative recording studio haunting is a good old-fashioned fairground-ride chiller The trigger warning a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMJermyn Street theatre, LondonAn outstanding cast grapple with this revival of Lyle Kessler’s 80s set drama but the play feels incomplete with too many threads remaining unresolved The quie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMHarold Pinter theatre, LondonCrudup and Denise Gough lead a tense adaptation that turns the film into a debate play whose McCarthy-era roots resonate powerfully today How do you turn a class…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24PMDuke of York’s Theatre, London Sheridan Smith’s disconsolate housewife seeks refuge in a fantasy world, in critique of the emptiness of married life Susan is not the first woman battling…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32PMLesley Manville and Aidan Turner unite for Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Michael Sheen launches Welsh National Theatre and Bridget Christie revs up for a return to the stage Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMOrange Tree theatre, London Comedy’s upper-class antics are transposed to 1920s Bath and bring a crowd-pleasing mix of anarchic spirit and silliness, though it slackens occasionally Richar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMOmnibus theatre, LondonSweet and funny show is based on rumoured vampire sightings in north London in the 1960s and 70s – though it could do with producing a few more goosebumps For a time…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMChichester Festival theatreA musical adaptation of Matt Haig’s children’s book is visually delightful and heroically performed by Chichester Festival Youth Theatre but the songs are humd…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AMTrafalgar theatre, London Arriving from Broadway with much fanfare, Cole Escola’s play about Mary Todd Lincoln is loaded with obvious jokes and squanders the talents of its cast Oh, my! M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMA meet-cute between Humanity and Earth, a mod ballet and Nick Mohammed’s career-best standup set – our critics pick the best stage shows of the year 10. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMAlmeida theatre, London A north London Jewish family share a meal – and heated arguments – in this complex and courageous drama Stella Adler, the renowned actor and teacher of Yiddish o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMFestive theatrical feasts serve audiences a slap-up dinner with their entertainment. But is what’s on stage as appetising as what’s on your plate? In west London, a line of smartly dress…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMLyttelton theatre, LondonCoughlan plays a barmaid, alongside Derry Girls co-star Siobhán McSweeney, in JM Synge’s 1907 classic Every woman loves a bad boy, or so the cliche goes. Here it …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMBridge theatre, London Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s fairytale adventure follows its archetypal characters into real-world emotion, brilliantly drawn and sung Can Stephen Sondheim an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02AMYoung Vic theatre, LondonA powerful blend of VR, testimony and theatre exposes the human toll of benefit cuts – and asks what justice looks like in a new political era David Cameron did no…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMYoung Vic theatre, London Rajiv Joseph’s tale of a captive animal that returns from the dead after the 2003 invasion is bracingly unconventional There is an exciting wildness to the Europe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMAs bombs fell on the capital, a Bengal tiger was left all alone – until a US marine shot it. Rajiv Joseph explains why he brought the beast back from the dead for his Pulitzer-nominated dr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMSwan theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonHuman drama and witty direction as the RSC stages an adaptation of John Galsworthy’s dynastic shenanigans Long before the upstairs/downstairs drama of Down…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PMMenier Chocolate Factory, LondonJanie Dee and Alexandra Gilbreath are excellent as wives preparing to meet an old flame in an entertainingly directed play that builds to comic chaos and a ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMSherman theatre, CardiffAlice is a boring grownup at the start of this intelligent and catchy Christmas musical – then she’s whisked off to Wonderland again What has happened to Alice? W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMArcola theatre, LondonThis riff on Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories has flashes of promise but its comedy and purpose never land Shouldn’t that be Flat 2b? Then again, there are bi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMSavoy theatre, LondonState-of-the-art animatronics, imaginative staging, fabulous performances and some marvellous songs about marmalade make for an evening that will fill you with joy and m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06PMRiverside Studios, London The madcap sci-fi tale is retold on a lavish scale, complete with in-show merch, but it never really blasts off Douglas Adams’s sci-fi comedy about Earth’s dest…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMJermyn Street theatre, LondonAbigail Pickard Price’s stripped-back staging conjures ghost stories, seaside dreams and Dickensian tragedy through three performers’ dazzling transformation…
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