Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Arcola, 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 11:24AMMonday, May 23, 2022
After 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 02:37AMSunday, May 22, 2022
Hampstead 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 08:07PMThursday, May 19, 2022
Available 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 11:12AMWednesday, May 18, 2022
Coliseum, 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 02:33AMFriday, May 13, 2022
Hampstead 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 11:42AMWednesday, May 11, 2022
Brighton 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 07:24PMTuesday, May 10, 2022
Jermyn 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMMonday, May 9, 2022
Soho theatre, LondonFeaturing scintillating performances, Stephanie Martin’s play sidesteps schmaltz with bold and sharply original verve
This is a girl-meets-girl story of two women flirt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMSunday, May 8, 2022
Bush theatre, London A family gathers following a son’s death to tackle unfinished business provoked by cultural tensions and an absent father, in Beru Tessema’s absorbing play
House of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMFriday, May 6, 2022
Barbican, LondonWhile the emotional complexities remain, Ivo van Hove’s high-octane makeover featuring unrelenting pyrotechnics and riveting performances is a visual epic
The fires are bei…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AMThursday, May 5, 2022
Dorfman theatre, LondonGentle comedy leavens David Eldridge’s sequel about a couple mired in the swamps of regrets and resentments
‘What’s wrong?” says a husband to his wife when he …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMTuesday, May 3, 2022
A two-star show has the potential to be turned into a five-star hit – as I learned on a recent trip to the Royal Court
I went to see a play for the second time recently and changed my mind…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMSouthwark Playhouse, LondonViSiBLE Theatre Ensemble’s play underexplores the effects of insomnia on its characters, who deliver a series of fragmented monologues
A play about insomnia is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMSunday, May 1, 2022
Globe Theatre, LondonLucy Bailey’s ambling production of Shakespeare’s comedy, set in northern Italy on the eve of Mussolini’s defeat, exudes pastoral elegance and feels like the start…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMFriday, April 29, 2022
Apollo theatre, LondonProblematic gags limit the power of Jez Butterworth’s layered drama about myths and Englishness but the lead performance still astonishes
Full disclosure: I did not l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMThursday, April 28, 2022
The actor’s response to criticism of The First Lady is astonishingly thin-skinned and misses our role in building dialogue and serving readers
It’s hard to see your idols torn down unfai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMWednesday, April 27, 2022
Harold Pinter theatre, LondonThe Killing Eve star makes a masterful West End debut in Suzie Miller’s play about sexual assault and the legal system
Jodie Comer’s West End stage debut is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36PMAvailable onlineWorking-class history and a young woman’s story combine in this audio drama from the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Keli is a three-part audio drama about brass band contests and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMTuesday, April 26, 2022
The playwright reflects on the importance of difficult conversations, putting female characters centre-stage and reading a Greek tragedy a day to write The House of Shades
In 2016, Beth Stee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMMonday, April 25, 2022
Finborough theatre, LondonThis slow-moving drama inspired by the life of Lady Grange explores the historical control of women and changing attitudes to mental health
The little-known story o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMHer Majesty’s theatre, LondonThe Italian actor delivers an elegant but eccentric show that can’t quite decide who it’s for: opera aficionados or initiates
It is a thrilling pairing on …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMSunday, April 24, 2022
National Theatre, LondonEmlyn Williams’ 1938 play is a kind of Billy Elliot of the Valleys: the old-fashioned but hugely entertaining and affecting story of a Welsh miner’s son who escap…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMFriday, April 22, 2022
Donmar Warehouse, LondonDespite strong performances, Jackie Sibblies Drury’s play zigzags so much that it overshadows the remarkable life at its centre
The provocations and final controver…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMThursday, April 21, 2022
One Cartridge Place, LondonThis immersive retelling of Greek tragedies is stylish and atmospheric but lacks narrative momentum and its scattered scenes can be frustratingly arcane
It is imme…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33PMBirmingham RepCasey Bailey’s moving, emotionally honest grime musical grows in power and has its own poetic, street-smart presence
Grimeboy starts off with a deceptive lightness as a comin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PMMonday, April 18, 2022
Available onlineThe canine curse is given a comic makeover, sapping the story of its terror but bringing laughs and charming energy from the cast of three
Arthur Conan Doyle’s sinister tal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMSunday, April 17, 2022
Bush theatre, LondonThe performer of this one-woman play steers through multiple characters with charm, but is held back by a story that is less than the sum of its parts
Princess Dinubolu o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMFriday, April 15, 2022
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonMike Bartlett’s rambunctious capers with types including Lady Susan Climber and Matt Eton MP are great fun if not exactly stinging satire
In Mike Bartlett’s ramb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AM 
