Saturday, August 17, 2024
Assembly George Square Gardens, EdinburghIn the Taiwan Season, a spirited trio deliver acrobatic antics – and their mischief spills into the audience
‘Don’t try this at home,” childr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMFriday, August 16, 2024
Zoo Southside, EdinburghAcrobatics, juggling and carpentry are fixed together in a humorous and lightly unsettling production in the Made in Germany showcase
Power drill? Check. Hammers? Pr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:37AMPleasance Dome, Edinburgh This comedy puts the audience inside the giant wooden ruse, alongside a cast who add fizz to a show with real interest in the classical age
Here is an alternative t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:47AMWednesday, August 14, 2024
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghBased on real interviews, these verbatim-style sketches are often candid and funny, with some emotional revelations
Jeremy rubs his nipples and calls Meryl’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:11AMTuesday, August 13, 2024
Roundabout @ Summerhall, EdinburghLessons at the pool expand to take in slavery’s legacy, Olympic achievement and Afrofuturism in an assured play by Somebody Jones
The depths plumbed by So…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AMMonday, August 12, 2024
Summerhall, EdinburghDoom-scrolling and dopamine hits take centre stage in this arresting show in the festival’s Taiwan Season
You may not recognise the word but you will know the behaviou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:59AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghBettina Paris and Tina Rizzo play sisters who care for their father from different countries in a sincere two-hander
Bettina Paris’s play has a scenario that …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:15AMSunday, August 11, 2024
Summerhall, EdinburghIn an often raw performance that retains a light touch, Yolanda Mercy delivers a bittersweet and valuable reflection on the theatre industry
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:20AMSaturday, August 10, 2024
theSpace @ Niddry Street, EdinburghCult clown duo Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland play muddy-kneed boy scouts in this knockabout comedy with an emotional punch
At the fringe, despite the predo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:16AMSummerhall, Edinburgh Friends facing an uncertain future attend a boisterous party in this authentically played, vibrant drama
Luton has one of the youngest populations in the country. Playw…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMFriday, August 9, 2024
Summerhall, EdinburghJulia McDermott is captivating as a presenter whose all-American smile cracks in the face of environmental nightmare
Scorchio! The Fast Show’s persistently sunny forec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:57AMWednesday, August 7, 2024
Park theatre, LondonTawni O’Dell’s raw, reflective account of real-life trauma is more diary than drama, making for an often jarring production
When her daughter was raped, novelist Tawn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:44AMTuesday, August 6, 2024
With catchy tunes and endless zingers, this hit comedy is finally on a London stage but only for two nights. When will it get a full run? That is the question …
What’s the sign of a good…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:39AMThursday, August 1, 2024
Get a taste of Edinburgh fringe, enjoy Shakespearean insights from illustrious actors and sing along with a handful of musicals in our pick of streaming shows
Lindsay Duncan shines in the Na…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMFriday, July 26, 2024
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonPlayed at the volume of a pantomime, this makeover of the fairytale favourite is flatly unadventurous
You might have walked into the Emerald City. The art deco audi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24PMSam Wanamaker Playhouse, London Gleefully batty caper finds one of the weird sisters in hot cauldron water after making reckless promises of a very bright future to a passing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMSunday, July 21, 2024
Orange Tree theatre, LondonFinn Cole plays swimmer Ray, whose life enters choppy waters when performance-enhancing drugs are discovered at his club
A pair of swimming briefs is quite the cos…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24PMFriday, July 19, 2024
The French choreographer took over Bausch’s dance company in 2022. He never met his hero, but explains how their histories have entwined
In 2023, the German choreographer Pina Bausch’s g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:02PMOpéra Grand, AvignonNoé Soulier’s new piece has six dancers, five musicians and one fixed camera which picks out details from individual and entwined figures
For his new creation, French…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AMThursday, July 18, 2024
La FabricA, AvignonBausch’s 1978 classic is presented six times, interspersed with memories of the performers, in this epic treatment by Boris Charmatz
Since Pina Bausch’s death 15 years…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PMChartreuse de Villeneuve, AvignonThere is gallows humour and unzipped ribaldry as a mischievous group share stories that are joyful, tender and sometimes eye-watering
Warning! The people in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMSunday, July 14, 2024
County Hall, LondonVisitors get stuck in when they enter the world of 32 Windsor Gardens, thanks to a merry immersive show boasting hands-on games and evocative design touches
Michael Bond�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMThursday, July 11, 2024
After six years at Pitlochry, the admired director known for ‘big-hearted theatre work’ takes reins at major producing centre
Sheffield Theatres have appointed Elizabeth Newman as artist…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMTuesday, July 9, 2024
Hampstead theatre, LondonIn Sarah Power’s emotionally acute three-hander, 17-year-old Bo struggles to keep her father’s alcoholism a secret from her new college friend
It’s a familiar …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMMonday, July 8, 2024
With manga circus, a Jaffa Cake musical, silly science and a llama adventure, there is something to entertain audiences of all ages this summer
The jaw-dropping, dreamlike animations of 1927…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PMFriday, July 5, 2024
Audiences step out of their comfort zone at this annual extravaganza in the historic old town of the Swiss city, where the shows are staged in eye-catching settings
Lausanne has been the off…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMMonday, July 1, 2024
This month’s picks include a Starlight Express intro for kids, a rollicking wedding play at the National and an explosive hour of dance
Micheál Mac Liammóir’s 1960 solo show interweave…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AMFriday, June 28, 2024
The side-splitting Something Rotten! fondly mocks Shakespeare and musicals at the annual arts jamboree celebrated for both. It is a witty accompaniment to fresh takes on Romeo and Juliet, Tw…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMThursday, June 27, 2024
Savoy theatre, London Plastics and fellow students give high-grade performances but the songs and production don’t get quite enough As
It’s 20 years since Tina Fey’s sharp-tongued tale…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24PMFriday, June 21, 2024
Nicholas Hytner has shared details of his forthcoming production, which will give the actor his highest profile Shakespeare role to date
Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey is to play Richard II …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMMonday, June 3, 2024
The Doctor Who star’s performance coincides with David Tennant’s Macbeth and Ncuti Gatwa appearing in The Importance of Being Earnest
Jodie Whittaker is returning to the stage for the fi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AM 
