Tuesday, August 8, 2023
In her Edinburgh festival show, LA comic and clown Courtney Pauroso plays a latex-clad humanoid pleasure device. But are fringegoers ready to restart her?
The last time I saw Courtney Pauros…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:19PMMonday, July 3, 2023
From kicking out the teeth of a dead cow onstage to popularising the prefix Mx, the performer has blazed a trail. Now 60, Bond talks about channeling rage into comedy – and nonconformity i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AMFriday, June 30, 2023
Kay Dick’s novel They was almost forgotten – but its dark predictions are eerily prescient. Perfect fodder for Peake and her new company to bring to life in Manchester
In the dead of nig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:19AMFriday, June 9, 2023
Kiln theatre, LondonTender portrait of a woman caring for her love – joy and affection seep through performances that ache with the tragedy of seeing your partner slip away
Es and Flo danc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:25AMFriday, June 2, 2023
From Cabaret to Streetcar, the West End’s hottest director has a reputation for finding leads who put bums on seats. ‘I just go on my gut,’ she says
How do you tell a story to an audie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMMonday, May 29, 2023
In the run-up to the festival, our writers will choose new productions that have caught their eye – but here’s a selection of those we’ve already reviewed
Richard Marsh has clearly see…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMTuesday, May 23, 2023
Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonThis bright, bold show tries to balance humour and darkness but tends to land on the silly side of things
Michelle Terry’s Puck is an agent of chaos. She slink…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMMonday, May 8, 2023
Theatre Royal BrightonSearing collection of diary excerpts, brought to life by prominent queer voices, recalls the devastation of Aids with fury and frankness
A mesmeric reckoning with the d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMWednesday, May 3, 2023
Southwark Playhouse, LondonMaltese duo use firsthand interviews – and warm humour – to highlight the lack of reproductive rights on the island
When Marta Vella says “I love Malta” th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMSunday, April 30, 2023
Soho theatre, LondonThis debut from disability-led theatre company FlawBored is not afraid to make us squirm as it skewers virtue signalling and corporate buzzwords
What starts as an audio-d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMThursday, April 20, 2023
Royal Court theatre, LondonTatenda Shamiso sings delighted duets with the person he once was and considers the logistical hurdles he has jumped to access treatment
Warmly lit on a cluttered …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMFriday, April 14, 2023
Donmar Warehouse, LondonStephen Mangan and Rachael Stirling bare their teeth in a show that dials up the violence and sometimes struggles to navigate the humour
Love is a tempestuous, abusiv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMWednesday, April 12, 2023
John Lyly’s long-forgotten Galatea – featuring gods, mortals and a highly elastic approach to gender and sex – is being revived at the Brighton festival. We meet the team behind it
Wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMFriday, March 31, 2023
Adaptations of existing media get new fans in the building, but they also rob new plays of space
Pay attention to the posters lining the walls of Tube stations, and at least half of the stag…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMWednesday, March 29, 2023
With everything from Bake Off to Pretty Woman putting bums on seats in Theatreland, launching an original homegrown production is harder than ever. But might salvation be at hand in the unli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMFriday, March 17, 2023
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonAnne Reid shines in this delicately written drama about a woman with dementia living with a robot re-creation of her late husband as a young man
Jordan Harris…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:58AMThursday, March 2, 2023
Reading Rep theatreIt makes sense to rethink the sexual currents running through the classic drama, but this version has lost the nuance it needs
Queering Hedda Gabler feels completely natur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09AMMonday, February 27, 2023
Influenced by the music of Billy Bragg, Bonnie Tyler and Meatloaf, After the Act explores the culture of fear and self-censorship caused by the law, voted through by the Tories during moral …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMThursday, February 23, 2023
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonAs this ambitious production switches between stages, and deaths pile up like dishes, neither the comedy nor the tragedy have room to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00AMFriday, February 17, 2023
Gate theatre, LondonInventive direction and a spectacular cast make the London transfer of Robert O’Hara’s kaleidoscopic off-Broadway play a spiralling, high-energy triumph
Robert O’Ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:21AMSaturday, January 28, 2023
Having starred in some of Britain’s biggest TV shows, the pair are taking to the stage for Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, a minimalist two-hander where words are strictly rationed. An…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55AMFriday, January 27, 2023
Petty France, LondonTaking part in a trial shift to help coma patients wake up, the tension grows as it slowly becomes clear why you’re really mining strangers’ secrets
A deliciously une…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:29AMTuesday, December 13, 2022
Fire the glitter cannons! Unleash the water pistols! The panto season is here. But how did the cross-dressing dame become so central to the tradition? And in an age of gender fluidity, shoul…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32PMThe disruptive artist’s new show is a boisterous evening, with her brazen persona an exhilarating challenge for audiences
Lucy McCormick’s half-naked body is covered in tomato puree. The…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMThursday, November 24, 2022
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonIn this coruscating production from Headlong and Shakespeare’s Globe, Henry’s grasp for power is cast in a stark light
The king is weeping as his subjects …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36PMWednesday, November 23, 2022
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonThe cast’s hard work can’t save a confused script that struggles to mine comedy from a desperately sad story
A gentle chuckle is never the aim of a great far…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMFriday, November 11, 2022
The Star Trek actor is making his West End debut in a play about the 1968 US TV political debates between Gore Vidal and William F Buckley. But he fears the pair’s fiery exchanges may be p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMThursday, November 10, 2022
Theatre503, LondonMatthew Gabrielli’s play about abusive online culture cleverly uses puppets as trolls but feels didactic
Everyone knows you should never respond to trolls. In Zombiegate,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMThursday, November 3, 2022
Soho theatre, LondonDirected by Blanche McIntyre, Nathan Ellis’s drama serves as a reminder of what cuts are doing to our health service but it tells more than it shows
The bone-deep exhau…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PMFriday, October 21, 2022
Soho theatre, LondonThe raucous folk songs, open-hearted performances and tender love story make this queer gig-theatre romcom a delight
Gently directed by Ria Parry, this is a queer romcom …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55PMThursday, October 20, 2022
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonHumour and rage intertwine in Back to Back theatre company’s playful debate of ethics, language and philosophy
The unjust treatment of people with learning d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AM 
