Lyttelton theatre, LondonGiles Terera stars in a thrilling production with a radical climax that explores the domestic violence in Shakespeare’s play In 1964, the National Theatre Company …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMNoël Coward theatre, LondonThe 1968 debate between Gore Vidal and William F Buckley Jr is depicted with verve and feels uncomfortably up-to-date Could a grainy broadcast debate between two …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMAs You Like It comes to London’s new venue @sohoplace this winter. The play’s director and the theatre’s owner discuss arts cuts, the industry’s gender balance and the pandemic Arifa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMRoyal Court, LondonA British Iraqi and her father re-enact his wartime memories under the direction of three ghoulish clowns in a daring if uneven debut There are searing moments in this tal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32PMMarylebone theatre, LondonThere’s only one sleuth in Victorian London who can get to the bottom of the suspicious death of Ebenezer Scrooge, in this winning crossover mystery This is Sherl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMWyndham’s theatre, LondonLaura Dos Santos and Lucy May Barker are excellent as the frenemies in a queasy verbatim drama From the moment Coleen Rooney dropped her Instagram post (“It’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMAvailable onlineTwo actors share the role of Maya, telling stories of her absent sibling and the illusive title character which are unresolved but compelling This is a bracingly odd 30-minu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36PMSouthwark Playhouse, LondonClive Judd’s Papatango-winning play about a West Midlands family haunted by the past is unorthodox and invigorating It is hard to categorise this unorthodox and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMTheatre Royal BathGeorge Bernard Shaw’s discomfiting play finds a commanding lead in Quentin, playing alongside her real-life daughter Rose It is clear to see why George Bernard Shaw’s 1…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMMenier Chocolate Factory, LondonThere’s tension in Terry Johnson’s tale of four couples meeting for sex and nibbles but the unruly debate isn’t deep enough At first, The Sex Party look…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMOmnibus theatre, LondonAnna Coombs strips out two-thirds of the characters to deliver an intimate and intense adaptation of Shakespeare’s play There is no sign of courtly pomp or ceremony…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42PMHampstead theatre, LondonJoe White’s romantic tragedy is a brave and original depiction of the hedonistic excess and inner battles of a co-dependent couple struggling with alcoholism The c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMWhite Bear theatre, LondonInspired by real-life accounts, Jules Chan’s play returns the audience to the early months of the pandemic but doesn’t create enough drama This part-verbatim dr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMIn the first of a series of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding decisions, we consider the view from the Watermill theatre, Welsh National Opera and Pai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMSouthwark Playhouse, LondonExploring the agent’s life after she fell into Nazi hands, this beguilingly played story reflects on bravery and culpability Not enough is known of Noor Inayat K…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMThe Pit, Barbican, London With live music, video and spoken word testimony, a dramatic rap subculture energetically seizes the chance to present its own complicated story on stage Seven bala…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMRoyal Court theatre, LondonMartin Crimp’s show uses AI and deep-fake technology to question the definition of drama – and what it is to be human There are circles within circles of inqui…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMNorth Wall Arts Centre, OxfordDeborah Pugh delivers a brilliantly intense take on the ancient tales, foregrounding the heroism of women ‘This is the story of my severed head.” As first l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PMAvailable onlineEffectively filmed for streaming audiences in a sharply told adaptation, this adventure stars Luke Barton as the bumptious master detective “If this is to be our final adve…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMHampstead theatre, LondonRona Munro’s engaging debate drama has some thrilling exchanges as three characters argue the case for and against Mary Queen of Scots The Mary of the title refers…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMWilton’s Music Hall, LondonSet in the New Mexico desert, David Farr’s unusual play dips into virtual reality in order to raise questions of love, life and what constitutes the human esse…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07AMSeven Dials Playhouse, LondonA distressed woman unravels after her father’s suicide in a play that strikes the wrong balance between humour and sorrow Daddy Issues sets itself a tall order…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:13AMThey have suffered vicious abuse and ugly trolling, but the team behind the Globe’s Shakespeare and Race festival tell our writer why their work feels more urgent than ever When Farah Kari…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:19AMAlmeida, London Songs belt out deliriously in this romp through rise and fall of the Bakker televangelists and latterday gay icons – so thick and fast the James Graham script and Jake Shea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:19AMPark theatre, LondonExcellent performances enhance this story of three young boys hurtling towards gang culture King Hamlin begins with a teenager’s funeral. We learn of the boy’s stabbi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AMPark theatre, LondonThis adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s novel about a gay man grieving for his lover lacks the depth of Tom Ford’s movie version Christopher Isherwood’s 1964 nov…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AMBristol Old VicWith inky backdrops, jagged sound and frenzied violence, John Haidar’s production stars Billy Howle as a prince emanating unhinged anger The opening scene suggests that this…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:19AMBarbican, LondonThe Royal Shakespeare Company’s production has astonishing puppetry, magical music and huge emotional impact How to adapt an iconic film made by the creative giants at Stud…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:49AMMinerva theatre, ChichesterIn spite of a nifty set and new songs, this story of an oil-man trying to buy a Highlands village never quite comes alive This adaptation of Bill Forsyth’s 1983 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AMThe Hope theatre, LondonThe characters might be the Brontës themselves or they might be from novels such as Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, mashed-up with wandering strays from a zombie mo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55AMReading Rep theatrePlaywright Gary McNair turns the gothic novel into a brilliantly bewitching show performed by Audrey Brisson The small square stage looks more fitted up for a standup gig…
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