Sunday, July 14, 2019
The Lowry, SalfordFrom Henry V’s speech to Jona Lewie’s Stop the Cavalry, this illuminating production explores the ‘flawed family’ of Europe
Way back at the start of the Brexit wars…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:18AMThe Stoller Hall, ManchesterWith fascinating – and frustrating – results, the actor plays a woman seemingly possessed by the ghost of the late Velvet Underground singer
When 1980s Manche…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:18AMTuesday, July 9, 2019
How do you re-enact a homicide for a theatre performance – and should you? Director Milo Rau invited people who knew the victim to take part
On 22 April, 2012, Ihsane Jarfi left a gay bar…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:42PMCrucible, SheffieldTransformative puppetry, design and direction, and a great human lead, make this adaptation of Yann Martel’s book unmissable
A tip for playwrights: when you want to fiel…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:24AMMonday, July 8, 2019
Various venues, ManchesterIrish company Anu’s site-specific modern stories of struggle bring the radical spirit of 19th-century protesters to life
This production is billed as a response t…
Linked From The Guardian at 10:36AMThursday, July 4, 2019
Curve, LeicesterAlice Walker’s novel is transformed into an exuberant celebration of community and female empowerment
Incest. Child abuse. Rape. Domestic violence … the foundations of A…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:24PMWednesday, July 3, 2019
New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeThis dizzylingly funny drama boasts a tremendous cast, witty costumes and surprising set
‘This is not a ballad,” says Prudencia Hart early on in David Greig…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:36AMMonday, June 24, 2019
As his bold new Oedipus heads to Edinburgh, the director discusses revamping Sophocles and the ‘poisonous nostalgia’ behind Brexit
The teenagers in the audience are all squirms and giggl…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:32AMJessie Cave’s intimate standup, a beatbox Frankenstein and a twist on the star-crossed lovers are among the Edinburgh shows we’ve previously reviewed. Here’s what we said …
Pleasance…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:48AMFriday, June 14, 2019
There’s a Belle and Sebastian play, a show in a hair salon, Frances Barber performing Pet Shop Boys songs and top comics including Josie Long and Stephen Fry. Here’s our guide to the wor…
Linked From The Guardian at 04:06AMTuesday, June 11, 2019
Albert Halls, BoltonDespite the cast’s best efforts, Oscar Wilde’s comedy gets almost no laughs in a production that tries too hard to be funny
With a good Oscar Wilde aphorism, you can…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:18AMThursday, June 6, 2019
Royal Exchange, ManchesterRelocating Harold Brighouse’s classic to Manchester’s Hindu community, Tanika Gupta finds some sharp political parallels and a very funny new cultural context
I…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:06AMThursday, May 30, 2019
★★★★☆/★★☆☆☆
Theatre by the Lake, KeswickCharlotte Keatley’s 1987 work about mothers and daughters is a wonderful gesture of empathy, while a staging of the Ealing black…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:03AMTuesday, May 28, 2019
Various venues, Edinburgh Inventive stagings keep young minds enthralled as detectives test their bravery, dancers evolve and superheroes fall out
There’s an extraordinary moment in the mi…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:48AMFriday, May 24, 2019
Prestonpans Town HallCutting between austerity-hit East Lothian today and the battlefields of the 1930s anti-fascist volunteers, this gutsy play reveals the complexity of righteous crusading…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:03PMWednesday, May 22, 2019
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghZinnie Harris reframes the tragedy to take in the consequences of male violence, as Kirsty Stuart’s duchess provides a defiant centre
They’re a pathetic lot, the m…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:18PMMonday, May 20, 2019
Tron, GlasgowJemima Levick revives this tale about three sisters coming of age with wit and charm
The clue is in the socks. We’re faced by three girls, identical in their yellow coats, red…
Linked From The Guardian at 04:18PMFriday, May 10, 2019
SSE Hydro, GlasgowThe renaissance man’s song-and-dance spectacular skips merrily through his acting career with celebrity pizzazz and unashamed sentimentality
Is there a market Hugh Jackma…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:03PMMonday, April 29, 2019
Perth theatreMorna Young’s personal tale of trawlermen risking their lives for pay evokes the romance and brutal realism of the sea
Margaret Thatcher’s greed-is-good ethos left its mark …
Linked From The Guardian at 05:06AMMonday, April 15, 2019
New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeIn this revival of Lizzie Nunnery’s debut about a family in the 19th-century Liverpool slums, misery is piled upon misery – for the audience and the characte…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:00PMFriday, April 12, 2019
Royal Exchange, ManchesterSarah Frankcom and Aletta Collins ditch Jerome Robbins’ choreography and keeps the stakes high in a superb production
For more than 60 years, productions of West …
Linked From The Guardian at 05:10AMMonday, April 1, 2019
Theatre By the Lake, KeswickHoward Brenton’s no-nonsense translation of Strindberg’s astute drama charts the marriage of a failed artist and his more successful wife
Adolf is in the mid…
Linked From The Guardian at 04:00AMSunday, March 31, 2019
SWG3, GlasgowOriginally planned to coincide with the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, the National Theatre of Scotland’s night of cabaret and comedy was performed under a sombre cloud
Imagin…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:21AMFriday, March 29, 2019
In a defiant riposte to president Bolsonaro and intolerance, performers at São Paulo’s international theatre festival are reclaiming the rights to be seen and to be different
If ever ther…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:41AMThursday, March 28, 2019
Tramway, Glasgow Stef Smith’s excellent adaptation has Noras experience economic and emotional pressures through history
There are three door frames and three cavernous pathways to an unce…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:47PMWednesday, March 13, 2019
Yang Sing restaurant, ManchesterThis rich, dreamlike play feeds body and soul as it chronicles the complex lives of migrants from China
Cheung Wing is looking back over his life. He’s been…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:04AMMonday, February 25, 2019
Dukes, LancasterThree young fighters grapple with a world of blue-eyed heroes and foreign-looking villains in Nick Ahad’s witty play
Real life has a way of sneaking into the theatre. Only …
Linked From The Guardian at 11:46AMMonday, February 18, 2019
Traverse, EdinburghKwaku Mills is a revelation as a boy growing up amid poverty in this touring revival of Arinzé Kene’s crackling, compelling monologueImagine an inner-city version of Un…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:54AMWednesday, February 13, 2019
New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeBeatrice and Benedick engage in heartwarming hostilities in Northern Broadsides’ rich and rewarding productionRobin Simpson’s Benedick has just been …
Linked From The Guardian at 07:24AMThursday, February 7, 2019
The Manipulate festival in Scotland has surreal square dances, puppetry without puppets and jaw-dropping human landscapesIn between shows at the Manipulate festival, a veteran arts producer …
Linked From The Guardian at 11:54AMWednesday, February 6, 2019
Derby theatreSabrina Mahfouz has impressively distilled the inspired novel about a world where the power rests with the black populationAt the heart of Malorie Blackman’s young adult novel…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:42AM 
