Thursday, December 8, 2022
Dundee RepCinders is a hard-working and independent-minded farmer while her prince is an environmental engineering student in Lynda Radley’s cheerful reworking
You can see why Lynda Radley…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48PMMonday, December 5, 2022
King’s theatre, GlasgowKathryn Rooney’s slick production has flawless comic banter and lavish dance routines, providing impressive festive entertainment
It is tempting to grumble about t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMHull Truck theatre, HullScrooge not only exploits Bob Cratchit but cruelly cuts him out of the conversation in this innovative, satisfying production
Jack Lord is the meanest of Scrooges. To…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24AMSunday, December 4, 2022
Derby theatreRatty, Mole and the rest are subtly portrayed in this tuneful production of Kenneth Grahame’s classic
They are a timid lot, the creatures in Trina Haldar’s staging of The Wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48PMFriday, December 2, 2022
New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeLewis Carroll’s fantastical classic is transposed into the world of stage magic in this gloriously hallucinatory show
Forget about rabbit holes and mir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMThursday, December 1, 2022
Everyman theatre, LiverpoolThe eponymous fairytale does not lend itself easily to panto – requiring some princely interference – but the cast is exuberant
We are deep into act two when w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMWednesday, November 30, 2022
Theatre by the Lake, KeswickMary Norton’s 1952 novel about tiny pillagers gets a sober stage remake that blends minor-key music with contemporary fears
When Suella Braverman talked about a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32PMSunday, November 27, 2022
Tron theatre, GlasgowJohnny McKnight’s irreverent and very funny panto is full of local colour and packed with put-downs – though never at the expense of the original film
Hollywood re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMPerth theatreThe beanstalk in Barrie Hunter’s jolly, tightly choreographed and on-message show is actually a fossil fuel mountain, and the giant is a massive polluter
The temperature is ri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMFriday, November 25, 2022
Pitlochry Festival theatreThis wholesome adaptation, featuring a preening Captain Hook, focuses on playroom fun in a beautifully designed production
Captain Hook looks as if he has stepped o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32PMSunday, November 20, 2022
Coliseum, OldhamWhile younger audience members will find plenty to shout about, the classic story struggles to take shape as a panto
We could certainly do with a bit of stealing from the ric…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMFriday, November 18, 2022
Live theatre, NewcastleRic Renton’s raw four-hander is an enthralling study of male vulnerability with a deeply felt message for the justice system
That Ric Renton’s gripping new play ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMThursday, November 17, 2022
Royal Court, LiverpoolCow jokes are heavily milked in this family-friendly show, alongside nods to the city’s star turn as next year’s Eurovision host
Within weeks of the news that Liver…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AMWednesday, October 26, 2022
Theatre by the Lake, KeswickWith an excruciating clash of characters locked in a plot that is equal parts funny, sad and violent, this timeless production is as familiar as it is unsettling
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:19AMTuesday, October 25, 2022
Pitlochry festival theatreMay Sumbwanyambe’s drama tells the story of the man who established that slavery was forbidden by Scots law – but this is no easy celebration
It is the start of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMMonday, October 24, 2022
Pitlochry festival theatreSally Reid is superbly deadpan in this devastating production of Willy Russell’s play about a woman who catches a glimpse of the life she could be living
Willy Ru…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMWednesday, October 19, 2022
Shakespeare North Playhouse, PrescotA crisp production tells the extraordinary real-life story of Eva Moorhead who laid the groundwork for the ANC
In December 1919, dock workers in Cape Town…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:13AMMonday, October 17, 2022
Cumbernauld theatre at LanternhouseThe four actors are less interested in Wells’s sci-fi fantasy than in the divisions of today as they stock up for the coming apocalypse with onions, tamp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:43AMFriday, October 14, 2022
Tron theatre, GlasgowA hazily defined relationship makes it hard to fathom the squabbles and romance in this wordless show inspired by 1940s French cinema
What’s not to like? You’ve got …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25AMWednesday, October 12, 2022
Platform, GlasgowAn exhilarating show shifts Renton, Sick Boy and pals into the acid house era – and is even more visceral than the book
Perhaps you thought Trainspotting was too coy. Mayb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:07AMFriday, October 7, 2022
Derby theatreNeil Bartlett’s version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic has female leads laying bare the rot at the heart of a beastly boys’ club
We all love a chorus line. We love th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMThursday, October 6, 2022
Dundee RepThis modern-day take on Cervantes’ classic novel follows the ageing Donald who has had enough of daytime television, tea and biscuits
Everyone who cares for Uncle Donald has the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AMWednesday, October 5, 2022
Festival theatre, Edinburgh The circle of the 16th-century monarch is fraught with brittle alliances and racism in Rona Munro’s new history play
It’s a cosmopolitan place, the court of J…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMSunday, October 2, 2022
Crucible, SheffieldTom Basden’s new adaptation of the Italian classic brings in dodgy selfies, WhatsApp groups and the lord chief justice in a furious but funny broadside against police ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AMFriday, September 30, 2022
Everyman theatre, LiverpoolTheatre meets couples counselling as a night of wine, passion and allegations of infidelity leave two women pulling their relationship apart
Jesse is on her guard.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMWednesday, September 28, 2022
Shakespeare North Playhouse, PrescotNew playhouse kicks off with a boisterous, boundary-pushing production that is inventive enough to find fresh laughs in the mechanicals
You can see how it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AMSunday, September 25, 2022
Octagon theatre, BoltonThe paean to the power of the printed word loses none of its earnest intent in a deft and tremendously delivered production adapted by author Jodi Picoult
When Liesel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25AMThursday, September 22, 2022
Curve, LeicesterThis physical, modern-day version is immersed in violence, with gang members vying for sex and authority around a pool table
There is nothing polite about Frantic Assembly’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AMWednesday, September 14, 2022
Theatre Royal, WakefieldJane Thornton and John Godber’s knockabout 1985 cocktail bar comedy is updated to the cost of living crisis era, with a downsized cast doing a valiant job of keepin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55AMTuesday, September 13, 2022
After her gripping trilogy The James Plays, Rona Munro continues her ambitious series on Scottish history with a saga about power and race in the 16th century
When an early draft of Rona Mun…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AMSunday, September 11, 2022
Pitlochry Festival theatreIn a monologue starring the excellent Blythe Jandoo, Martin McCormick finds a fearful, misogynistic, class-ridden society to blame for a girl’s death
There is som…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07PM 
